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Are cell phones allowed what if you have kids and want to call home? I heard that you can bring it and they allow you to call once a week and write letters on Sunday's is this true?

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Comment by lemonelephant on July 3, 2015 at 12:59am: The recruit will use the cell phone to make the "I'm here!" call upon arrival at the RTC and will soon after remove the battery from the cell phone and put the battery in one shoe, sock, or pocket, and the rest of the phone in another shoe, sock, or pocket of items that are placed in :the box" and sent home. Calls are scheduled by the RDC as often as the RDC chooses to schedule them when the phone banks are available and are made from pay phones using phone cards that the recruits bring with them or purchase at the NEX. "If you have kids and want to call home" you'd better hope that the RDC has scheduled a call that coincides with your "want to call" but it probably won't happen that way, so you might as well realize that if you do join, you won't be speaking to them very often in BC or when deployed. Letters are written during holiday routine on Sunday. The first holiday routine is no earlier than the second Sunday after arrival. See Arrival and What Happens at the RTC, Phone Cards and Phone Calls, and Letter Writing & Fun Stuff/Questionnaires to send to your Recruit.

Comment by lemonelephant on July 3, 2015 at 1:03am: I left info for you on your My Page.

Comment by Tonya on July 5, 2015 at 8:54am: My son must have kept his cell phone because it wasn't in the box. However his charging cord was so that rendered it useless.

Comment by lemonelephant on July 6, 2015 at 12:59am: Tonya, a recruit would get in a LOT of trouble if he kept his cell phone--anywhere from a large fine to separation. Check in every pocket, sock, and shoe. It should be in "the box" somewhere--usually in two parts.

Comment by bearyfr on July 6, 2015 at 9:32am: At MEPS the lady in charge (she was a drill instructor) told all the parents that they are now allowing SR ro keep their phones but can only use it Sundays. She said this is a new rule? Im confused

Comment by lemonelephant on July 6, 2015 at 10:54am: Tonya, I left info for you on your My Page.

Comment by lemonelephant on July 6, 2015 at 10:59am: bearyfr, The RTC has not released anything indicating a change in the practice. Some Army recruits and Air Force recruits do get to keep their cell phones for calls home, but the Navy only allows calls from a recruit's cell phone for the "I've arrived!" call and then the cell phone is sent back in "the box" and is not used by the recruit until the recruit is a Sailor and away from the RTC after PIR.

I left info for you on your My Page.

Comment by lemonelephant on July 6, 2015 at 11:25am: bearyfr, the Navy doesn't have "drill instructors". The Navy refers to their drill instructors as "Recruit Division Commanders", or RDCs and an RDC wouldn't be at MEPS.

Comment by lemonelephant on July 6, 2015 at 11:37am: You will find many posts going back to 2011 and before indicating that recruits would be able to keep their cell phones and only use them on Sunday, but it hasn't happened.

Comment by Tonya on July 6, 2015 at 7:00pm: My sons recruiter told him and me that they may let him keep his phone. But like I said, he sent his charger home so the phone is dead.