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Comment by Tiffany on September 20, 2013 at 2:26pm

proudmama- My son PIR'd this past February and he was able to leave with us for the day. They flew out Sunday (early) like 3 or 4am. So we had Friday and Saturday with him. We drove and it worked out for us. Arrive early that morning.

Have a great weekend mama's!

Comment by proudmama on September 20, 2013 at 2:17pm

dbristol and Nancyn- Great points. I will keep them in mind.

MK5Diver- Congrats on your son doing well in RSS! How proud you must be!

I have a question for you all.. when you sons/daughters PIR'd.. did they leave straight from the graduation hall out with you or did they go back to their barracks and pack and join you later? Trying to figure out if we should drive or take the shuttle. I ask all of you because all of your sailors went to P'cola ...so I thought would ask people who made the journey that my son will soon make.

 

 

Comment by MK5Diver on September 19, 2013 at 3:44pm

Sorry I haven't been on lately--life has been crazy and weather is quickly getting cold here in the North East.  My son is now in finishing his second week RSS and doing really well. He's happy to be training again.

For those of you who have sailors heading to Pensacola--they typically will be in hold pattern for a while prior to their first phase of training and their liberty is limited and restricted when they first get there.  My son has not been able to receive any care packages at all so far.  He says he will be able to receive care packages again once he moves over to the other side of the base and starts "A" school.

I'm happy to hear all of your sailors are doing so well and wish all of them the best of luck.

MK5Diver

Comment by nancynature on September 19, 2013 at 8:26am

dbristol that is a great point! My son also put on about 10 pounds of muscle so far, he has a way to go yet, and some of the clothes we had brought him didn't even fit! Just recently he had asked for some 'dress' clothes(he was invited to a wedding) and I had to remind him that they wouldn't probably fit and he should just buy some instead. He was a bit disappointed  for there were a few things he had just bought not that long ago.

Comment by dbristol on September 19, 2013 at 8:12am

My son really did not want anything sent down. He said they do not have alot of room and if they get rooms switched, it stinks to haul of the stuff to the next barracks (or the next state). I didn't have to worry about sending clothes. My son was very skinny when he went in and now a year later he has put on about 20 pounds of muscle, so needless to say, none of his old clothes really fit. When I went down to visit him, we did go on a little shopping spree for some clothes(: 

Comment by proudmama on September 18, 2013 at 9:53pm

Thanks ladies for the advice:) It is really appreciated. Helps me know how to best help my son!

Comment by Melissa on September 18, 2013 at 5:33pm

Once my son got to Pensacola he asked me to ship him some of his clothes and shoes - and he picked up other things while there.  There isn't much room, so I would suggest waiting until he is there and then letting him tell you what he really needs/wants.  They find that a lot of the things they thought they couldn't live without are things that they really don't need. 

Clothes are expensive, yes, but remember your son now has a job and an income and very few expenses - plus as a grown up, he needs to begin making some of these things his responsibility, not yours.  Though as Mom's we always want to help out. Heaven knows, I just spent a fortune sending my son new towels, beach towels, and swim suits because he asked.  =)

Comment by nancynature on September 18, 2013 at 12:38pm

proudmama - my son wanted his fins and mask also but he was told they were not allowed to have them in their rooms. When he got to phase 2 and we visited him we brought them along so he could use them in the YMCA pool and the ocean - I think he kept them in his car. Now that he has moved to a new barracks he said he has even less room than he had before. I am sure that the heat in the car is not good for the rubber.... He does have the Navy issued fins and mask so the ones from home are just for extra workouts now.

Comment by jaxietwo on September 18, 2013 at 10:04am

Jodi that is so funny - my son did the same thing - just get rid of everything - I kept it all, I wonder if he will also ask me to send it all down!

Comment by Jodi-alumni Ship 4 on September 18, 2013 at 9:47am

My son had me ship him his Xbox, TV and clothes. He didn't want his fins or mask. I think they are issued those but I might be wrong. The funny thing about the clothes is that when he left for bc he told me to just get rid of all his clothes, that he would just get new ones down there. I, however, am a tight wad and couldn't see getting rid of his clothes so I kept the nicer ones. After he went out shopping and saw the prices of clothes (I'm not sure what planet he was on before that he didn't know how EXPENSIVE clothes were) he asked me to send clothes down.

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