My name is Kait im 20 ive been with my fiance Chris for 2 years we are from boston mass we have a 2 month old son named Jaeden!!! Chris just left for boot camp in the army in Georgia. It happened really fast he left like a week or so after he signed up so this whole thing confuses me:dunno :). I was wondering how long it'll take for him to be able to write to me and how often their allowed to ? I could use any information on the whole thing and what to expect and any advice anyone has. WE've never been apart like this and i miss hm like crazy :depressedi cannot even imagine having him go to iraq so god bless people who do have there boys over there. Well anyways it would be nice to meet some people and have someone to talk to that understands everything im going threw because my friends dont get it they'll say ya i know how you feel i cant see so and so for a whole 2 days this week and i wanna hit them:vent haha so hope someone responds!


Thanks!!!
kait

:hi welcome to the site where we serve all the support you can handle! it's a buffet of helpful advice!
not exactly sure, but about a week or so into marine bootcamp i recieved a letter from him with his address. believe me, they usually can't wait for you to have their address! even before i had the address i would write him letters daily. then sent them all at once. wish i could have seen his face! :giggle if he has a pretty friendly recruiter, i'd go visit him or call him with questions. i'd visit my hubby's recruiter about once every 10 days or so. we actually became pretty good acquaintances. but i'm sure there are plenty of people on here who could answer them as well. good luck and best wishes! :hugs

welcome!

:welflash

Hey Kait! Welcome to SOS!

:heythere Yeah he should get the address once he actually gets into bootcamp. Depending on the location and the drill srgts the phone calls are usually just once a week for 2 minutes at first then they can earn more time later. Everything is earned so it also depends on how well he does. He'll probably ask you to write letters and send them everyday cause it's so important to them. He'll write you during personal time which depends but I think it's an hour per night. My df wrote during class sometimes too so I don't know how much time they get. Hope this helps. :)

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:hi Welcome!

welcome to SOS! I am a 19 year old army fiance and the love of my life is in fort hood texas and im in illinois :-( we went through the basic training and ait so if you have any ?s feel free to write :-) good luck with everything!

:weldust! :)

Welcome to SOS!!

He should be able to call you with an address about a week after he gets there. The first week they are in welcoming batallion and have no address. Usually the 2nd night or 1st sunday after they are moved to the basic training unit, they are allowed a 5-10 min phone call in order to tell you they are there and give you an address. My brother is at Ft. Sill basic right now and my husband is at Ft. Benning basic right now and this is how it worked for both of them. My husband seems to get more phone calls though. He has actually called me 7 times since he got there and he's now in week 5 of basic training. My bro is in week 7 and has only called 2 times. i think it depends on the drill. Good luck with everything. You should hear from him soon.:)



My name is Kait im 20 ive been with my fiance Chris for 2 years we are from boston mass we have a 2 month old son named Jaeden!!! Chris just left for boot camp in the army in Georgia. It happened really fast he left like a week or so after he signed up so this whole thing confuses me:dunno :). I was wondering how long it'll take for him to be able to write to me and how often their allowed to ? I could use any information on the whole thing and what to expect and any advice anyone has. WE've never been apart like this and i miss hm like crazy :depressedi cannot even imagine having him go to iraq so god bless people who do have there boys over there. Well anyways it would be nice to meet some people and have someone to talk to that understands everything im going threw because my friends dont get it they'll say ya i know how you feel i cant see so and so for a whole 2 days this week and i wanna hit them:vent haha so hope someone responds!


Thanks!!!
kait

He should be able to call you with an address about a week after he gets there. The first week they are in welcoming batallion and have no address. Usually the 2nd night or 1st sunday after they are moved to the basic training unit, they are allowed a 5-10 min phone call in order to tell you they are there and give you an address. My brother is at Ft. Sill basic right now and my husband is at Ft. Benning basic right now and this is how it worked for both of them. My husband seems to get more phone calls though. He has actually called me 7 times since he got there and he's now in week 5 of basic training. My bro is in week 7 and has only called 2 times. i think it depends on the drill. Good luck with everything. You should hear from him soon.:)



My name is Kait im 20 ive been with my fiance Chris for 2 years we are from boston mass we have a 2 month old son named Jaeden!!! Chris just left for boot camp in the army in Georgia. It happened really fast he left like a week or so after he signed up so this whole thing confuses me:dunno :). I was wondering how long it'll take for him to be able to write to me and how often their allowed to ? I could use any information on the whole thing and what to expect and any advice anyone has. WE've never been apart like this and i miss hm like crazy :depressedi cannot even imagine having him go to iraq so god bless people who do have there boys over there. Well anyways it would be nice to meet some people and have someone to talk to that understands everything im going threw because my friends dont get it they'll say ya i know how you feel i cant see so and so for a whole 2 days this week and i wanna hit them:vent haha so hope someone responds!


Thanks!!!
kait

Hi :hi

HEY! Welcome and congratulations!

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Hey hun Im Samantha My DH is currently in BCT right now as well. He's at fort jackson in SC from my experiance you prob. won't get a letter for at least two weeks and than you'll start getting them on a more regular basis you'll get one phone call with his address that last about two seconds and I just got my first phone call in 4 weeks last weekend. he has 26 days left and if you have an questions please feel free to ask hun I've been going through it for the last 6 weeks. :) good luck sweetie It'll fly by!

:weldust

Good Luck girl and Welcome

Thanks so much everyone ive gotten 3 letters now and my first phone call was today it was so nice to hear his voice! But thanks so much for all the welcomes and info ")

my df didnt give me a mail back address for like 3 weeks, and i wasn't able to get a call until much later, but this may vary from base to base...they are supposed to get an hour of "down" time but my df said that never really happened because they were always having to do other stuff... so good luck and welcome to the site!!!

Welcome!

:welflash

I think I know your fiance, I'm going to PM you!

:welflash

Keep yourself busy and do not try to think of the negative and him possibly getting deployed. Oh and welcome to the site, this is a good place for support. You are correct, people, moreso your civilian friends do not understand what it is to be a military SO. People ask me all the time how my wife is and how I am able to handle being here ahd her on a ship. I understand it more because I am prior Navy. Write hime ofter in basic because he will look forward to letters.

it was about 3 weeks before i got a letter with a return address. hang in there girl :hugs

HI Kait, I'm Sandy. Welcome to SOS, you'll like it here. Everyone is lovely and willing to help with anything. I hope you are getting osme rest especially with a new bub. Your guy will be home son, just keep smiling. :)