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Div 818 PIR 9/2
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As our recruits get furthur into bootcamp I thought that maybe some of the Moms in Division 818 PIR 9/2 would like to get more specific information. I'm brand new at this but thought I'd try and maybe some more knowledgable Mom's will help us.
Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/div818pir92
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Latest Activity: Oct 26, 2013
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Comment by Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours) on August 5, 2010 at 5:32am
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Good morning - 4:00 am here in TX ... hugs all - will check in from work when I get there.... Godspeed moms and Recruits!!!
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Comment by CKH on August 5, 2010 at 12:38am
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I am so glad that you like the idea. I assigned each of the 14 divisions a color once I ruled out all the awareness ribbon colors. Thank you so much on the offer to help roxanne, and congrats to your daughter!!!! What a huge day it must have been for her and you! Things have been a little crazy over here so I will try to post the ribbon details tomorrow. Thanks for your input and support. I will talk to you tomorrow. Sweet dreams! XO Caddie
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Comment by swanksmom on August 4, 2010 at 10:42pm
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Hey ladies, hope everyone is getting their stuff together. I have my hotel booked. We will be driving. It is about a 5-6 hour drive. we will be coming in on Wed. I received a lettr from Swank, he says that he will be leaving Fri in the a.m. after PIR. HE is a Grad and go. He says the div is really coming together as a team. He has not called because of his job. We love our boys. PIR will be here beform we no it.. Gnight girls!!
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roxanne - yippie but now the fun begins right - another driver in the fam... yes Ben confirmed that they get them up at 4 to iron if there is time they can lay back down before 6 .....
CKH - you are just awesome - that sounds like fun - Ribbons! what color are we 4/818??? you know how we love colors ahahaha
richsmom - I am dealing with that tooo - Trish said that the kids need to get permission from RDCs to talk to Human Affairs or whom ever they tell them to talk too - not their first time Im sure!
Kelly59 - me too - nothing today - got the im sick call last night - isnt it odd that he was able to call 15 min before tapps ???? Anyone get a call that late???
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Comment by roxanne on August 4, 2010 at 7:51pm
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Thank you Kelly59, Trying to remember how I taught my son to drive, only 4 yrs ago but I can't remember.
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CKH, If you get the ribbons I will be glad to give you money towards it or I can get some of the ribbons. Let me know how I can help. I feel kinda slighted I am flying Southwest and won't get tickets or boarding pass til 24 hrs prior. Real tickets would be better then an e-mail. I was reading on the PIR site about Hell week coming up. Our guys are already doing 4 am to 9 or 10 pm. Hope it doesn't get much harder for them. Praying for all
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Comment by kelly67 on August 4, 2010 at 7:41pm
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roxanne, Congrats to your daughter...& to you also for surviving the process! No letter here either today...hoping for tomorrow!
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Hello everyone, My almost 16 year old daughter got her driving permit today we survived the DMV and her first drive. Hope everyone is doing well. No letters today, hope and pray that all recruits are fine.
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Hi Ladies, no letter for me today. :( Hopefully tomorrow. I have booked our hotel and not our flights, waiting to have my husband weigh in about the kids. It's starting to make me nervous. Maybe I should just buy them...any thoughts????
Also, I have made a list of colored ribbons coordinating with the 14 divisions for PIR. The idea is to have the ribbons at the meet and greet so that we can differentiate between divisions. I hope everyone is ok with that. I am planning on either getting the ribbons myself and bringing them or letting each division know their color and we each can get our own. It was challenging to find colors that did not correspond with an awareness ribbon i.e. pink for breast cancer. :) Anyway, I thought I would run it by my 818 girls before I posted to the PIR site. Wow, that site is getting huge and I am always reading 5 pages of posts if I am not checking frequently! haha It's great that we have so many!! :)
Please let me know what you think. I am always open to ideas. XO
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Comment by MissingK on August 4, 2010 at 5:08pm
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haha plz dont make it any longer haha I have a counter on my page that lets me know exactly how many days and hrs and min and sec.'s till that day!!! lol Im not obbsesed ha? lol And are any of you Moms or Girl friends or wives going to do banners or any of that?
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