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Yesterday I drove myself from memphis on my birthday up here to great lakes to see my husband for the adopt a sailor program and to live here for the duration of his boot camp and A-School. I hadn't talked to my husband since December 5 but i have been getting his letters. anyway this morning with barely an hour of sleep he calls me and I'm all excited but its all blown away when he tells me he has a new ship, division, and address, not only that I cannot adopt him for Christmas, but his PIR date moved back a week as well. I'm sad and discouraged. Why did this happen to me?

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Permalink Reply by Ericuts on December 23, 2014 at 1:31pm

I'm so sorry you got disappointing news, I'm sure you are sad you won't see him at Christmas. Extending a week is not uncommon, this has been a push group, with things moving more quickly. Sometimes recruits need more time, or have physical injuries and need to heal before testing.The oat iportant thug toucan do is encourage your recruit in up beat letters or on phone calls

Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on December 23, 2014 at 1:43pm

He wasn't in a Push Division, but he has somehow fallen behind.

Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on December 23, 2014 at 1:39pm

It happens sometimes. He has fallen behind somehow and they want him to be able to make it and become a Sailor and if he were to continue with his previous division, they did not see that happening. This is a good thing because he should be having a PIR this way and the other way he may not have had PIR. See Battle Stations-21 (BST) for more on that. I'm sorry that you won't be seeing him this week, but you should see him next month at PIR.

Join PIR 01/16/2015 TG 10 - 7 Divisions (061-066 and 910 to connect with others with loved ones training with your recruit.

Permalink Reply by kielovestez on December 23, 2014 at 1:53pm

I'm confused. He was supposed to graduate on 1/9/15 and now it's 1/16/15 he has a new ship div and address. he did something wrong?

Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on December 23, 2014 at 2:12pm

He has fallen behind in some way. He will be the only one who can tell you what has happened.

This is a good thing. I know you don't see it that way, but this gives him an extra week to take care of whatever the problem is and have PIR.

Permalink Reply by W2110 on December 23, 2014 at 4:44pm

He may not have done something "wrong" necessarily. From my understanding of all the stuff I've been reading the past couple of weeks (and granted, I could be wrong as I have information overload, lol) but I believe they can also move him back for medical reasons. Pulled muscle, ear infection (from swimming) or some other injury could prevent him from being able to complete the PT part of bc right now. They might feel that while he will recover, he will need an extra week to recover before he can accomplish the PT test requirements.

Try not to think of this as something bad that has happened to you, and instead be supportive of your recruit. I am sure he feels absolutely terrible about being held over a week and the support and reassurance he gets from you could make all the difference in his success!