This is Jeremy's Dad. Forgive me but it's taken a while to figure out this blogging stuff and I'm still not sure I have it right. Anyway I'll get right to it as it's news from Jeremy that you are interested in:
The first thing that arrived was an old cardboard box containing everything Jeremy stood up in when he left. It's the Navy way; they provide everything a sailor needs, (including a sewing kit) so it was Good Will or send it home.
This is what he wrote in his first letter:
.........the good news is that I'm in a 900 Division so we will perform during graduation. The bad news is that there are 10 other trumpet players, so I may have to mini-audition to be in the band section. The hardest thing so far is the attention to the smallest detail. After some high volume correction I get it done their way! When we arrived (that was the evening of the 8th.) we got our uniforms and gear, weighed in, drug test, breakfast (note: no sleep yet) TB test, haircut, stencil and stamp our gear, march to our barracks, dinner, then finally end a long Friday. Saturday we spent half the day at the drill hall starting to train for performing. The rest of the day was rules lectures and finish stenciling. Sunday is usually a rest day but we will resume training when I finish writing this letter.
I'm doing fine,
Jeremy

If you want to write him:
SR Falk, Jeremy, P.
Division # 919 Ship # 06
Recruit Training Command
3510 Illinois Street
Great Lakes, IL 60088-3119