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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 OMG hes a Sailor (div180) on May 17, 2011 at 10:46pm: I don't think you should worry, has he been to med about it? If not he needs to go first thing so he can get the drops

Comment by laurelbc 11/180 on May 17, 2011 at 10:43pm: Thanks for the reassuring words OMG. He wants to do BS with his division for sure.

Comment by OMG hes a Sailor (div180) on May 17, 2011 at 10:39pm: If he does have it and gets the drops ASAP it should be cleared up by thir?? Brandon said his cleared up quickly!

Comment by laurelbc 11/180 on May 17, 2011 at 10:30pm: I JUST got a disturbing call. My son said he has pink eye and if he does he may not be able to do BS with the division. Please keep him in your prayers and good wishes. He would be devastated not to graduate with his team. He did not call about the pink eye. He called for security info and mentioned it in passing. Oh dear. a new worry.

Comment by laurelbc 11/180 on May 17, 2011 at 10:13pm: Everyone wondering about the password. There was a posting from RTC on FB yesterday in which they basically said they don't give out passwords and they do not give "hints" to a password on a public website as this is a secured Navy Base. They are on lockdown due to recent world events, so I imagine security will be very very tight. Please don't post the password here or on the other sites. Hate to have the Chief PO waiting for me on base with a mad look :)

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on May 17, 2011 at 9:59pm: They usually get more time for this call, many get an hour. It does depend on how many are waiting for the phones and of course it also depends on how many people they call. My Sailor called me first, then her dad, her grandparents and then her boyfriend, then she called me again lol. She had 45 min total for the calls but some get more and some get less. Good thing I had sent another phone card, they use up a lot of minutes for every call.

Comment by diannep on May 17, 2011 at 8:12pm: texasmom: I'm A Sailor calls usually start coming in around 2 pm GL time...sometimes they start a bit earlier, sometimes later...therefore, phones GLUED to you all day!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on May 17, 2011 at 6:35pm: Lisa you sound like me, I always loose things, or used to. Now I make copies of everything. I was so afraid of taking my order book for the ribbons with me to VA when I went to see my sailor that instead I made copies of the upcoming PIR group pages with the orders so I wouldn't risk lossing it.

Comment by texasmom Ship 11 Div 179 on May 17, 2011 at 5:14pm: Thank you again so much Diannep, Yes, I have kept all my letters even the form letter in an envelope in my bedroom by the computer. So, yes I was thankful that I did that right from the begaining because, he has been in there now for 4 month and for me to remember something like that for 4 months would have been horrible. lol :) my brain cannot remember thing that long. :) I am so excited we are down to 8 days. I cannot wait... I know that the gas chamber is over and my SR said it wasn't that bad. Burned his eyes alot. He said that they were doing their last PFA friday, I hope that all went good. I guess they will do their battlestation on thursday, 2days, yea.... I can't wait for the phone call. I guess it will be Friday afternoon? does anyone know about what time?

Comment by diannep on May 17, 2011 at 5:07pm: You are very welcome, texasmom. Where the trouble comes in is for those who have lost the original form letter with the password. Many of those ladies in the past had a hard time getting the password as the PAO didn't want to give it out.

I'm glad that you had the original one and had no problems!

The gate pass is not needed if you take the shuttle to PIR. Nor if you drop your sailor back off at the front gate after liberty. But any time you are driving on base, it is needed.