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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 diannep on May 3, 2011 at 9:01am: OMG: Many take the train into Chicago and explore. The train ride is cheap. My son was Sat Departure so we had little time to do much and stayed around Great Lakes. But the things you mentioned are good....Navy Pier is fun for alot of them (closed when we were there...winter). There is a Six Flags nearby but I don't recommend you go there on a holiday weekend! Maybe some of the other veteran ladies will jump on and give you better ideas.

Comment by OMG hes a Sailor (div180) on May 3, 2011 at 7:44am: OK I woke up this AM super syked about PIR, OMG it is just around the corner>>>> WOOP WOOP WOOP. I have been looking at stuff to do when we are there... anyone else thought about what you are going to do with your SR when you are there. We those that get the extra days ( sorry to those that don't) Navy pier? downtown? parks? what to do what to do. Boat rides?? The ladies that have gone before us please.....Give me some advice

Comment by OMG hes a Sailor (div180) on May 2, 2011 at 10:30pm: Please pray for thefamily of David Brooks Ferrell Jr., 18 here in Greensboro NC, he left home after a fight with his mother last week. He had been depressed. He never came back. No one could get him on the phone and he car was not found. Untill today. It was found in a lake in Greensboro with a body inside. They have not said for sure that it is him in the car but you have to know it is...Please pray for this family. Please pray for this mother...I can not imagine....

Comment by OMG hes a Sailor (div180) on May 2, 2011 at 9:57pm: I got a check in the mail today from B. In the memo it said "gift for Momma" that was so sweet of him, I know he wants us to use it for the trip but I was thinking I would use it to get something for him.....maybe try to find a good used laptop?

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on May 2, 2011 at 5:36pm: HisSailor- I know what you mean about crying to the patriotic songs. I still do that sometimes. And, my daughter let May 25th for bootcamp last year. The next week I was at my Water Gym class and the instructor thought it would be great to play patriotic music throughout our class. I had tears in my eyes and could barely see to swim by the end of the first song but when Anchor's Aweigh came on I pretty much lost and got out of the pool. Everyone was so worried about me and they came to the dressing room to make sure I was okay lol. They understood when I said my daughter is at boot camp :-)

Comment by D for Megan on May 2, 2011 at 5:20pm: Proud NaVy Mom: That is assuming that he actually was buried at sea. I could easily see that they are saying that to 1) keep the Jihadists from getting even more up in arms, and 2) to keep them from having an actual body to worship\revere. As for the Islamic customs regarding burial, it just has to be within 24 hours and has nothing to do with being buried at sea. If the body was, to quote the National Security Advisor's mispeak from a Q&A earlier, "disposed" of at sea, then they probably just dumped it overboard.

Comment by Virginia (Ship 2 - Div. 928) on May 2, 2011 at 4:51pm: I just realized that we're only four days away from being in the teens for the PIR countdown. Where did the time go!?! Yay!

Comment by PNM #2 (Proud NaVy Mom-2nd SR) on May 2, 2011 at 4:46pm: OBL is so fortunate that he was able to have a proper Islamic burial at sea following his religious ideals. Too bad the people of 09/11 weren't afforded that same luxury. I'm sure those families would have loved to have had a proper burial for their loved ones...

Comment by PNM #2 (Proud NaVy Mom-2nd SR) on May 2, 2011 at 4:45pm: I didn't realize this picture was on there and I believe I might have taken it! How funny is that! Maybe I didn't take it but I was sitting close enough to have taken it. Those were the good old days...

Comment by HisSailor(Ship02/Div928) on May 2, 2011 at 4:23pm: I didn't even knew it existed, but I stalked our SR on FB the other day like a crazy!