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Comment by shell (Ship 11, Div 167) on August 27, 2012 at 1:04am

I would plan on staying until Sunday and just pray they get to stay that long. The letters to your recruit are like gold to them. My son received at least 2 letters every day, his younger brother and I wrote and mailed letters each day, that is what kept him going.

Comment by navymom3 on August 26, 2012 at 9:50pm

JoshBsmom as for the time after PIR you get the the rest of friday until 7 or 8 depends on what time they are told to be back by. The rest of the weekend will be in the air until he gets his flight ticket. And unfortunately it is only a day or 2 before PIR and won't be able to tell you before you come. You just need to be flexible in case his flight isn't sunday. 

Comment by cinder on August 26, 2012 at 9:50pm

You won't really know when they will fly out to school until PIR. Our son had told us he would fly out on saturday and he ended not leaving until Sunday. It cost us a small fortune to change everything . I would plan on staying until Sunday.

Comment by harpist mom on August 26, 2012 at 9:20pm

Me too! I highly recommend the questionnaire.

Comment by Josh B's mom on August 26, 2012 at 8:53pm

Tazdeana- I wish I knew how much time we will get with our SR for PIR weekend. I have written 8 letters and I ask that question in all of them. My son will be tired of that question for sure. It's nice to have someone in the same 'boat' no pun intended. LOL. I hope u hear from your SR soon. I know I am counting the seconds until I get the box and that first letter

Comment by Josh B's mom on August 26, 2012 at 8:48pm

speaking of ships.... my son and I talked a lot before he left for boot camp about taking a ship if he had a chance. Is it really that slim of a chance? He plans on being a in for at least 20 years and you need a deployment for an ESWS pin (if I'm not mistaken) and you need an ESWS pin to make chief... well unless there is another way. Does anyone know how this works?

Comment by sammy1990 on August 26, 2012 at 8:13pm

lol, clockard...I wish that board was more talkative but I think our sailor have us too scared to talk!

Comment by navymom3 on August 26, 2012 at 7:33pm

JoshBsmom and Tazdeana welcome to the CT page. Here is a link to the CT jobs. You can click on the CTN one and it will tell you what they will be doing and how long school will be. Unless they end up going to C school. http://usmilitary.about.com/od/enlistedjob1/a/cryp.htm

Now when you are estimating time for school all will have some sort of wait time once they get to Pcola before they actually start there schooling. They do have plenty to do while waiting so don't think they will get to run free. There are several discussions above that may anwser some of your questions. As for the one about leaving for school right after BC is yes. They will fly out anytime from sat to monday depending on how full the flights are. Make sure you have joined the group for your son's PIR. If you don't know the date you should be getting for letter soon.

Comment by Tazdeana on August 26, 2012 at 4:33pm

JoshB's mom, we have alot in common.  My son also went to BC on Aug. 22 & will go to FL for A school for CTN (Which I have no clue what that is. lol)  I am really struggling with the no contact.  Do you know if they go straight to school after BC?

Comment by Josh B's mom on August 26, 2012 at 2:28pm

Hello, I am new to this group. My son went to GL to bc on Aug 22. He will go to FL for A school for CTN... what should I expect from there? How long is school? 

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