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Comment by hollyP(03/025) on October 7, 2011 at 1:27pm

Mine leaves on the 26th anyone else?

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 7, 2011 at 1:24am

The PIR 11/23/2011 group is up. Here is the link:
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir11232011

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 6, 2011 at 5:27pm

The 11/23 PIR group will be up TODAY. I will post the link as soon as it is up. Sorry for the delay.

Comment by Pentwater98 on October 6, 2011 at 6:42am

Thanks Lynn,,,, His recrutier told me call in two weeks if I don't have his address by then. I will tell him that everyone is so proud of him... I am feeling like a big baby right now... I just went and laid in his bed so I could feel him and smell him.. Is that over the top... Please tell someone else did that too..

Comment by Pentwater98 on October 5, 2011 at 8:11pm

Lynn -  It has been a rollercoaster for me so far.. Was doing bettter after my SR call last night to say he was there but that didn't last long. Now I am back to missing him so much.. Nighttime is the worst for me still can't handle not getting my good night hug but I know I am going to make it... I started writing to him today so when we do get his address I can send him a letter right away.. Thanks for all the support and thinking about me... It does help to know that I have someone to talk to that knows what I am going through...

Comment by Arwen on October 3, 2011 at 1:13pm

Right now your recruits are so proud and excited for what they are about to do. Your Child 1.0 is the person you always knew, but full of anticipation.

But this is the rollercoaster that is the Navy. Be prepared.

A week or two into boot camp, most of them will re-examine their desire to be in the Navy. Many of you will get letters saying they made a huge mistake, or they will say they want out of the Navy. But, for most of them their pride wins out, and they stick with it.

By their fourth week of training they are starting to feel that pride again. They're no longer newbies. They have all of their uniforms, their marching is looking better, and they're no longer confused. When they pass a division of P-day-ers (those who haven't yet started training day 1-1) they pity them, and feel a little superior to those still wearing the sweatsuits they were given that first day.

By their 6th week they are very confidant, wanting to win the competitions, to be better than anyone else. The letters you receive, and by now the phone calls, are ebullient. Their RDCs are treating them like human beings, finally, and they're eager but a little stressed about their final tests, the PFT and Battlestations 21.

When you see your SAILOR at PIR, you may not recognize him/her. This is Your Child 2.0, a new version of the child you raised. You gave the Navy a slightly slobbish, slouching,young person, and the young person you meet barely resembles your child. S/he calls most civilians sir/ma'am, puts his/her coat on the hanger when walking into a room (instead of dropping it on the couch or floor), holds the door, stands (even sits) up straight, - and is proud and ready to show his/her new attitude.Treasure this weekend, it doesn't last long.

Then comes A-school. Within weeks that proud, straight sailor goes right back into a tailspin. They may even get a little of the attitude they had before the Navy. There is the waiting, then not knowing what they are doing. But this time they're on their own, no RDC breathing down their backs to be perfect all the time. Most revert to some point between the civilian slob and the perfect boot camp new graduate, this is Your Child 1.5.

When they complete A-school some of that pride returns, but tempered. They balance their pride with a bit of reality, find the balance between the self and the sailor. When they come home on leave they will want to find a little bit of that old self again, to rediscover the civilian world, their friends, and tend to dive back into whatever their habits were before they joined the Navy. Many parents plan for a week with their child, getting to know this new person, but discover this new child is neither the young person they gave to the Navy, nor the respectful new sailor they met at PIR weekend. You may not like this person very much, as many parents have found. They spend the entire week of leave with friends, showing off to their friends, and spending their new found income on whatever it takes to impress those friends. This is a time of transition for both parent and Your Child 3.0. Your Child 3.0 is a bit of a defect, according to many, and has to be returned to the Navy to get the bugs out.

Finally they get to their first duty station. They will be there for some time before they get their first leave. But when they do, you will be pleasantly surprised. After six months to a year of workaday life, you get Your Child 4.0. This child has most of the good traits that Your Child 1.0 had, plus a maturity that most parents have to wait many years to see. Off-duty, Your Child 4.0 ibehaves a mature young adult with neither the intensity of Your Sailor 2.0, nor the attitude of Your Sailor 3.0. On-duty, s/he is a military professional.

As I said, it's a rollercoaster, so be prepared.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 3, 2011 at 1:10pm

Hello Everyone

This is confirmed from RTC website for our newest PIR group:

TG 01 — 07 Divisions (001–006 & 901) Graduate Nov. 18, 2011

Here is the link for that group:

http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir11182011

The next PIR group for the date of 11/23/2011 (NOTE: this is a Wednesday PIR)

should be up and running within a day. I have a mom for the group already.

Thank You!

FTLW

Comment by Pentwater98 on October 3, 2011 at 8:28am

We take Wyatt to the Recruiters Office in about three hours... Trying so hard not to cry.. Just wish my heart would get to the place my head is than I would be ok... I know that will take awhile but it will... I know I will be ok because I have the best spport group ever with the moms on herel, family and friends..

Comment by Pentwater98 on October 2, 2011 at 11:02am

We had a going away party of Wyatt yesterday. Everyone had a great time and loved being able to say their good byes. I am so proud of myself I didn't cry once. That was until my husband and I went to bed than I lost it. It least it wasn't in front of him.. Today is our last full day with him. We take Wyatt to the recruiters office in the morning to begin his trip to boot camp, Today we are doing to do whatever he wants to do which means a whole day of football. That kid loves his football and is going to miss it alot.. I am not going to waste one minute of my last day crying. I wll do that tomorrow after he leaves..

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 2, 2011 at 5:48am

Hello Everyone!

I am in the process of starting the 11/23/2011 PIR group.(Note: this will be a Wednesday PIR because of Thanksgiving) I will be working on it this weekend. Should be up and running the beginning of next week.

If this has been something you have been thinking about I am asking you to hold off so we don't have duplicate groups. I have a mom as of right now but will still take a friend request (I'll ALWAYS look at those anytime!) with a private message from anyone interested and just put you in line!

Please be patient ladies...stay on here and keep reporting in with your Ship/Div numbers and PIR dates! Thank you for your help!

FTLW

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