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July 29, 2013 DEPers?
Well in three months and one week, our son will be heading to MEPS in Milwaukee and then down to Great Lakes.
We're hoping to find others in his class to share with, communicate with and to hold on to during this time!
Also, from our readings here on N4Ms, we have learned that there may be a way to get other recruits to help us get our whole family into the PIR.
We have a family of seven including our recruit, and as we understand it, he is only allowed to list 4 people as guests at the PIR.
So, if there's anyone who has a recruit starting on the 29th, who won't be using all of their guest passes for PIR, please get in contact with us if you can help us out. Thanks!
God bless us all!
Maureen and Andy
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Permalink Reply by boymom3 on
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Good luck to your future sailor! There are always SRs who have extra billets as their families can't attend. We had 6 and ll got in, but I will brag and say that our son won the USO Award for his PIR group. So in the end we didn't need extras. All the graduates are award winners though, but do start early asking around. There will be a main group for your PIR group and I encourage you to become active with them and go to the get-together you will have in Great Lakes. Good luck and let us know how we can help. BTW, does your SR have a rating yet, I.e. know what area they will be going into?
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Permalink Reply by maureenwithfive on
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Thanks for your wonderful reply! This is truly a great website and community.
His rating is Nuclear Propulsion Engineer. We're very excited for him!
Maureen and Andy
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Wow, he must be very smart to be a "nuke." Mine is a CTI and spent a year and a half learning his language at Defense Language School in Monterrey. He loves it! Best of luck and stay in touch. Marla
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I have seen conflicting info on here as to how many guests get to go PIR. Is it 3 or 4?
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Hello L,
I believe it's normally 4 per family at PIR. But sometimes when they have a large number of recruits going through Boot Camp and have to add an extra ship, they have to compensate and lower the number of guests per recruit because only a certain number of guests are allowed to PIR in total.
Maureen and Andy
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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It is 4 if the TG has 12 divisions or less and 3 if there are 13 divisions or more. See http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/pdfs/FamilyGuide_v14Mar2013.pdf and http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/upcoming_grads.asp. It is important to talk with your future Sailor about the 3 people who he absolutely wants to be there and the other person he will put down is he gets to invite 4. Everyone over the age of 2 must be on the Access List to attend PIR.
Be sure to check out the discussion, Things to Do in the Last Month Before Your Future Sailor Leaves for the RTC, for other things that you need to be talking about.
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Hi Maureen,
My son's date is 7/30 - maybe he'll end up in the class with your daughter! The time is going so quickly....I am happy for my son, but will miss him while he's in boot camp and we won't be able to communicate!
L.
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Hello L,
Nice to hear from you! Yeah, I don't know how the different dates (when so close together) will work out. It would be nice if our kids (sons) could be on the same ship together.
Three months... wow... I don't know who is going to handle this better, me or my husband.
All in all though, this part is only 8-weeks, and after that when they are in A school, they will have a multitude of ways to communicate with us on a daily basis - texting, email, cell phones, Facebook, video conferencing, letters, etc. And like my husband Andy says, that's a lot more than when he was in the service. Back then, all he had to communicate with were letters and phone calls.
Maureen and Andy
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I feel the same way. I will be fine with A school because we can text and email. It's the lack of communication that bothers me. A call here or there, which I hope I don't somehow miss (my cell phone will be sewn into my bra LOL) just isn't enough! If we at least could get a call every Tuesday or whatever --- you know, some kind of regularly scheduled call.
Where is your son doing A-school? Mine is staying in Great Lakes for A-school.
L.
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I see you have joined Great Lakes A School Q&A; you may also want to join GL A-school moms. You can also check out the Training Support Center (TSC) Great Lakes Facebook Page. There are no groups specifically for EN, but you can check out Engineers, Snipe Moms(enginers), and/or Snipe Moms.
(Group names are clickable links.)
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Permalink Reply by PurpleCarnation on
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Hi! I just DEP'd in today as an IC with the departure date of July 29th. I'm from CA and will be leaving out of San Jose. I'll let you know if I'll be able to give up one of my guest passes for your family. So far there are only three people on my list - my parents and my husband.
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Hello Purple,
Thanks! We'll watch for your next post!
Maureen and Andy
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