When are airforce basic training recruits allowed to write letters?

Question

My fiancé is in the airforce basic training and it has been two weeks and I still have not heard anything from him. How long should it take me to get a letter from him? I keep writing him tons of letters, is that okay? I am worried... please help.

Answer 1

You can write letters in your free time, but there isn't much of that and that's also when you have to do your details and studying and preparing your uniforms and so on. Plus, basic is an immersive process -- you're isolated in a tiny little world that is unfamiliar and stressful. It's quite easy to feel so wiped out mentally by the end of the day that you can't even think of anything to write.

I wouldn't worry, and keep on sending him those letters -- mail is always welcome!

Answer 2

I wouldn't expect a phone call anytime soon. Unless the TIs have gotten soft since I was there (about 5 years ago) we only got two phone calls. One was our initial call home to give our family our mailing address (which was all just reading from a script and then saying bye) and the second call didn't come until we where in our 6th week. We had a little time to write letters but we weren't given a chance to mail them. We would always throw them in a mail box on Sundays on our way to church, it was the only time we didn't have a TI around. So if you don't hear from him don't worry,its normal. Just keep sending him letters it will help him get through a very ruff time.

Answer 3

When they get there they are afforded and opportunity to call and let yu know they made it there alive. Either he was for some reason unable or he didn't want to. Do not go to Red Cross because it's used for emergencies only. Sunday is the most likely day to have time to make calls. If 2 weeks have gone by and you haven't recieved a letter then he may not want to write. Unless it's an emergency, you will have to wait until he writes you to get his address. Otherwise wait for weekly phone calls. I hope he's your son and not your lover. Good luck.

Answer 4

We got to write ten minutes to write a letter on our third day. Basically, we were alive and at such and such address. Be advised that your boyfriend doesn't have access to a post office, etc and is relying on his TI to mail his letters for him. About the third week we got a little more free time and could write more. I lived for the letters and cards I got....keep writing because he is most likely receiving yours. He's most likely sleep deprived, hungery and stressed. Try to be positive in your letters; they may be the only good thing in his day.

Answer 5

Wow.. Two weeks?
Several of the guys that work for me now said thateveyone was required to write home and call hom their first few days in Basic, so they can stay in touch with family. It was the same way when I went through.
He could be really busy, but he should at least call. Just be supportive and let him know you care. That's important. Basic can be a cuture shock at first.

Answer 6

If he ever gets to, it wont be until he is in like the 5th week. He is too busy right now, they have changed it since I went through, so I know they have a lot more to do now. They are doing a lot more combat training now, when i went 2 years ago it was only one week. So be patient, depending on his TI he might not be able to write you at all until his last week when he is about to graduate.

Answer 7

Dont worry. They are allowed to write letters in their free time, but free time is so limited, and you are usually so tired the last only thing you want to do is rest.
He'll write sooner or later, but, just don't worry. He did not foget about you.

Answer 8

After duty hours during your free time which is in the evening.