Families can see your recruit at Marine recruit training during liberty on Family Day, the day before Graduation. You may not visit your recruit until Family Day, the day before Graduation.

If a Marine in recruit training gets injured, training delay, company transfer, or separation, the recruit will be permitted to call one person to notify them of the situation, its cause, and what happens next. If the recruit cannot remember the phone number or is unable to reach someone, the recruit’s recruiter will be contacted. If the recruit is unable to make the phone call for any reason, depot personnel will call someone designated by the recruit.

Marine recruits are required to make one phone call the night they arrive to inform their next of kin or recruiter they’ve made it to training safely. After the initial phone call, all correspondence is made through letters and postcards. New Marines can make personal calls and use the internet during on-base liberty on the Sunday after the Crucible, the following Saturday and Sunday, and the Thursday immediately before graduation.

Marine Recruits are required to make one phone call the night they arrive to inform their next-of-kin or recruiter they’ve made it to training safely. After the initial phone call, all correspondence is made through letters and postcards. Recruits will send their first letter home seven to nine days after they arrive. The letter will include their mailing address with company and platoon information.

If recruits have to leave, they’ll be moved to another Marine Corps base to continue training until it’s safe to return. Recruits will be unable to call their next-of-kin during an evacuation due to the large number of recruits undergoing training.
Recruits will be kept informed about possible actions leading up to a natural disaster. Rely on letters from your recruit for information or monitor official resources such as the MCRD website.