Over the past 2-3 days iv had at least 2 maybe 3 friend requests.in your application you would have been told to send the request along with a message to say u were a recruit.im only the rank of lance corporal but I WILL follow procedure ie:- I will not by any means accept any friend requests if I don't recieve a message along side it.keep on top of ur application thread and if u read through it details everything u need to know and follow.