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Comment by Hisbelovedlinda on July 6, 2011 at 11:06am

oops, a type O >>the next to last line in message below:  typed: to sore his suitcase, but should be to STORE his suitcase.

Comment by Hisbelovedlinda on July 6, 2011 at 11:02am

Bobbie, my son was headed to  Corpsman Hospital Medic A School so yours may be different ...the Corpsman are going to San Antonio, Tx. now....so it may be totally diff. situation for your son, but they told my son that he would NOT be able to stay overnight with his parents but I read on NAVY moms that it did happen that they were granted liberty to stay the entire weekend with the parents!  We rented a suite @ Springhill Suites by Marriott (a very GOOD choice)  that had a livingroom area & lots of room...we did this just in case he could spend the night!!!  He did!!  but we did NOT find this out until we picked him up late that afternoon after PIR...so just be prepared!  All of them did not get to do what my son did, but I was so glad that we were prepared for him being with us! 

    Remember also, what ever they take to A School has to fit in their Seabag when they leave!  My son was able to get Leave & come home for Memorial Day Weekend, so he took an empty suitcase back with him so he would not have to walk a couple of miles with any excess stuff to MAIL home at the Post Office!  He did have room in his dorm "Ship" to sore his suitcase!  We probably could have left an extra suitcase after PIR???

  Hope some of this helps? 

Comment by bobbie (ht mom) on July 6, 2011 at 10:58am

will he be able to move in on the fri after pir?

Comment by slapout52 on July 6, 2011 at 10:55am

In addition to cupcakes for b'days, you can send your Sailor Navy challenge coins for graduation. They are small, meaningful, inexpensive, and your Sailor will wind up collecting them anyway. I sent 2--one to commemorate PIR & another one with his rating logo on it for A school. Google Navy challenge coins & it will give you a bunch of websites.

Comment by jdmom on July 6, 2011 at 6:25am

bobbie my son's PIR was mid May and it ran the same as everyone has said.  He was allowed the cell phone as soon as he moved into his new "ship", we picked him up just after 4 Friday, had him with us from 6 am to 8 pm each Sat & Sun.  I mailed out a few civilian clothes a couple weeks later and I mean a few, 4 shirts, two jeans,and one pair of shorts.

Comment by bobbie (ht mom) on July 6, 2011 at 6:00am

thx everyone ive been checking into storage there lol my son doesnt want much of his clothes told me to donate them but wanted to wait til get graduated from A school and came home so he can go thru them.....he also said he wanted to buy new stuff so  u know lol i was also told by his recruiter that is he gets to move into A school he can put it all there but sometimes they are placed until that monday so he wouldnt be allowed to take anything civilian back to base ... he will not be able to stay overnight with us will have to be back by 9pm each evening thx again everyone for your wonderful advice

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on July 6, 2011 at 1:34am

LoL Tiff'sMom,  Sailors should have a sign.  Instead of Do not feed the Bears, it should read,  *Do Not Send Stuff*  I  really must resist the temptation to send a trunk full of Goodies.  When I ask my son if I should send stuff from home, he always reminds me that it won't fit on a ship..

One time a mom asked us if we knew anyone who could mail her son' bowling Balls back to him, LoL

Comment by Tiff'sMom (Sharon) on July 6, 2011 at 1:20am

Just catching up (was enthralled with the Casey Anthony trial)  DO NOT SEND your kids a lot of junk, stuff, etc...  I got back from GL a few weeks ago and my daughter had all her bc stuff to send home, stuff people sent her (blankets, stupid nick nacks, etc) all of her A school books, some food I don't want to know what it is LOL  OHHHH And another mother asked if I could get her sons' stuff, he was sent to his C school and left a "FEW" items behind at GL.... my daughter, her little skinny friend and I went to get the box from this Sailors ship, thinking it was a small box... it was a FREAKING Moving box, with his weights in it... OK, I'm not a little lady, my daughter is, her friend, he's small but strong, so he took the box.... we made it to the sidewalk, they found a friend that had a car on base and we loaded it in there so I could put it in my car (for the two day drive back home)... DO NOT SEND THEM STUFF! hahahahaha

Comment by Hisbelovedlinda on July 6, 2011 at 1:00am

Bobbie>> my son graduated Boot Camp in March, he was Grad & Go.  Right after PIR he had to go and move his stuff to the Corpsman A School Dorms, he had to go through an orientation for the new rules, etc.  That took until 4 to 5pm, he called and we picked him up at the Gate ( we actually picked him up at the Train Station, his dorm was right beside it)  He stayed with us the entire weekend, he had to be back late that Sunday Night)  He took his cell phone, lap  top, I Pod, etc with him. He kept some of his civilian clothes with him also.  We had to mail him more civilian clothes/shoes/belts... They can wear them as time goes on: they have to earn the privilege! I don't have a clue what it will be like for your son, they change things often & lots of thing depend on their commanders and how they do things.  I think some parents can't stay after graduation with them until their A School starts....so they look for a place to store their stuff a couple of days???  just don't know for sure about all that...keep asking questions, your son will let you know but it may be the last minute, so keep reading & just be prepared!  We had planned to leave him at the gate that Sunday Night  by 7pm like we had been told & had read, BUT he did not have to check into his dorm until 9:45pm that night for Corpsman A School, so it was a very good thing that we had reserved our hotel through Sunday night!  We added another night to our stay since we could spend another few hours with him! He was able to wash his fatigues (sp?) & get everything reorganized & packed up!  

  We left that Monday morning instead. It was so well worth it! 

Comment by ProudGMBarb on July 5, 2011 at 10:01pm

bobbie...on PIR weekend...because our sailor was "grad and go" and was staying at GL for school, YES he was allowed to then have and keep a cell phone and laptop. Immediately after PIR, we had to wait about three hours for him to "check in" across the street on the school side, (move into his new barracks, go over liberty rules, etc.) and then he had liberty and spent time with us.
That was January...The liberty rules have changed a bit since then, but I haven't heard anything about them not being able to have their phones/laptop (if they are grad and go). I'm sure Angie would know!

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