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about a week – sometimes more….
If its Ur first letter I would say 3 to 4 days. After that mail should become steady and arrive within 2 to 3 days.
week to a week and half
takes say 4-5 to go though the regular mail system and then it’s goes to the postal house for processing on the base.
which takes another 2-3 days to make it to his barracks and then they get to pick when they will hand it to him
expect delays
Typically the first couple of letters to them will take a bit longer and they end up getting a stack of them at one time. It used to be that you’d hear from them inside of 2 weeks. The post office gets the mail to the base in time (usual 7-10 days max depending on where you’re sending it from) but the sorting to the recruits is what takes the time. Don’t stress if you haven’t heard from him. He’ll call you as soon as he’s able to. They keep them superbusy at the beginning and they’re just exhausted. Everything is regulated…even how long it takes them to eat.
I don’t know where some folks get their info, but it is a federal offense to muck with the US Mail. That means even Marines have to deliver it in a timely manner.
All military postal clerks must take and pass a test and this is on top of their regular job if they aren’t stationed at a military postal unit. (i.e. company, battalion, regiment, brigade, division postal clerks.)
When you put a letter in the mail it will be on Parris Island within 48 hours. He will receive that letter within 24 hours of its arrival on the Island.
There are natural holdups such as weather, holidays, Sundays where there usually is no mail call on Sundays plus he could be training for a few days away from the company area, which would cause delays as well (rifle ranges bivouack etc.) It could take a day or 2 longer. The US Mail can’t be held up from anyone domestically.
War Zones on the other hand are handled much differently and it could take as long as 10 days to two weeks for someone to get mail in Iraq or Afganastan (I know I mangled that spelling) since units are on the move at times, so are individuals for that matter.
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