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PIR 05/26/11 TG 28 — 7 Divisions (179–184 & 928)

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Greetings March Ship date Moms! Looks like we have a date to look forward to. If all goes as planned, our recruits will graduate on Thursday, May 26, 2011. I look forward to seeing all of you in Great Lakes on the new Holiday, 5/26/2011

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Comment by PNM #2 (Proud NaVy Mom-2nd SR) on May 20, 2011 at 12:13pm: LisaB: That's a great idea! My SR is a dirt magnet; he always did wear more food than he ate!! I'm thinking we might be eating barbeque too so that would definitely be a good investment!!!!!

Comment by lnovell011/180 on May 20, 2011 at 11:41am: I think Lisa is talking about getting stains out with the pen. Especially useful when wearing Dress Whites :) You can just LOOK at them and they get a stain!

Comment by diannep on May 20, 2011 at 8:14am: Fireteamleaderwife: We have been told that they will accept school photo ID card with an official form of ID (birth certificate, social security) for those over 12. We had been advising all to get state ID if having no drivers license before that. Did you check that with RTC FB to see if that is still ok?

Comment by diannep on May 20, 2011 at 8:12am: Thanks, joan. I guess they will be next week then!

Comment by OMG hes a Sailor (div180) on May 20, 2011 at 8:01am: http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/USIL0225

weather outlook for PIR weekend. nice but not cold not to warm.

Comment by joankf Ship11 Div 181 on May 20, 2011 at 12:38am: dianep, my SR in Div. 181 wrote they had tests and inspections scheduled all week and still had to do firefighting and battlestations. I don't believe they will do BS until Sunday or Monday but do not have the confirmed date for BS.

I'm lighting my blue candle for 179 and 180 BS tonight! Good luck!

Comment by OMG hes a Sailor (div180) on May 19, 2011 at 9:57pm: Hello 180's our boys are going to kick butt tonight im sure of it.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on May 19, 2011 at 9:37pm: Jasmine-THANK YOU so much!

This is great to know!

Oh and Sonia I'm sorry I meant to put in my last post that I am sorry if my posts made you feel that way, not my intention at all,...sometimes writing stuff doesn't always come off the way we want it too...even with "expressive" punctuation :-)

Comment by Sonia 02/928 on May 19, 2011 at 9:19pm

Comment by Sonia 02/928 on May 19, 2011 at 9:16pm: Hi all, this is Jasmine, Sonia's daughter, again...I just wanted to give you all a heads up on the mail situation, since I have gone through it already once with my husband a few years back. I wrote my husband EVERY day that he was in boot camp, up until the day I got on the plane to see him. They absolutley will get their letters. They get forwarded to A-School. If not, they will be returned, but I have really never heard of that, I just know they DO get sent to A-School....It takes a little while longer to get to them in A-Shool, but they eventually do get them...my husband got at least 20 letters from myself and family members that had written him in BC while he was in A-School, and his A-School was in MS.

And also remember, throwing away mail is a federal offense, so I really doubt they would just get rid of any incoming mail for recruits that have graduated.

Here is a link to a picture of one of the letters I sent my husband that got re-routed to A-School. By now, RTC already has their A-School adresses, so they are ready for any incoming mail after they graduate, it happens all the time...

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z329/jgrace7/037.jpg

I would say, keep writing...trust me, the will love getting those letters in A-School, knowing that you were writing and keeping them going right to the end...I know my husband did :)