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Hello all, my daughter left for BC 7/17 and her PIR is 9/13 DIV 340. I added myself to the group PIR9/13 but still waiting to be including in the group. I have spoke to my daughter twice and have received her Box, the welcome letter with her address and a couple letters in the first month. I haven’t received a letter lately or heard from her in over two weeks it will be 3 weeks Saturday. I pray she is OK! Does anyone have a child in my daughters DIV?

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Hi Rene - I was trying to look at other information and on your profile page it seems like you may have just requested to join the PIR group yesterday or so. Those requests have to be approved my one of the administrators on this site, and everyone is a volunteer here. So sometimes it takes a couple of days. I understand. For example, I need to be wrapping presents and finishing making a baby blanket for my daughter's baby shower, but since I noticed no one had replied yet, I wanted to reach out to you. 

I did not find out about N4M until right before my PIR and it took me a day or so before I was approved for the PIR group. 

Your daughter is in the middle of her final weeks of training  and then Battle Stations will take place the last week or so of BC. There are many factors that can prevent her from writing to you. We always say No news is good news - but that can be tough!!

Hang in there, and be patient. - Another thing that is hard. My advice, start packing your bags, have your checklist all ready. Have anything you may be taking to your daughter all packed and ready. Go with the positive and that way, when the call finally comes that she is a sailor, you are ready to go. Unlike me who became so nervous trying to figure out when I would hear something and when the call would come on the day I thought it would (brief hours before we needed to leave to drive a far distance) that I had not gotten everything ready. I did not have the car packed when my husband came home from work early and we were an hour late leaving out of town!! Because my son did call and I then talked to him and had to get back on N4M and report the call, etc. etc. Worry is a tough one for us moms so use the energy to get ready. 

HUGS

Hi chipmunk thank you for reaching out to me. I was in the Navy back in the day but I was o. The other side :) I am glad I got approved into Div 340 now. Thank you for your kind words and your supportive presence. hugs

Rene - You are welcome! 

Just to familiarize you with some of the regular ladies on this site - all who are volunteers - Ellen0502, Lemonelephant, and B'sNukeMoM (anchor) MMN are admins on this group and they are the ones able to approve people into the PIR group. 

Other regulars on the BCMom group are - belovedbyHim, Anti M, Phoenixmom, I pop over when I can. If you stick around after your daughter's PIR, and follow the BC Mom thread you will get to know some of these ladies stories, just by seeing their posts and comments. It is always nice when those who have recently been through PIR, share their experience with new members. 

All the best to your daughter as she goes through her final week of BC. And BelovedbyHim mentioned - get your rest - You will definitely need it. 

Hi Rene-- I can't help with approving you to the PIR group but If you post on the main Bootcamp page you will hear from some of our other new moms with that PIR date.  Chipmunk's info is spot on.  They are so slammed the last 3 weeks of training and really only have time on Sundays to write that it's not unusual for them to "Go Dark" for these last weeks.  Get ready if you are traveling and try and relax and rest now-- There is no time for sleep once you get to GL!! From the EARLY morning that Friday to the E.A.R.L.Y Morning on Saturday (Assuming she is flying out for A-school) you will just not have a lot of sleep time!  The fact that you haven't heard anything is GOOD NEWS!! That means she's well and on track! You'll be hearing from her soon and Getting that AMAZING Sailor hug in a week!! Hang tough Momma!! You made it this far... The finish line is in SIGHT!!!

Hi Rene - You are approved for the 9/13 PIR group now!

Thank you for helping me and approving me to get into the group for PIR 9/13 DIV 340

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