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Alumni PIR 10/14/2011 TG 48 - 11 DIVISIONS (341 - 348, 820 - 821 & 948)

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This group is for the families and loved ones of those who will graduate boot camp on 10/14/2011. We are here to support and comfort each other durring the weeks to come and to encourage all. Hopefully we can meet up at PIR

Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 99
Latest Activity: Sep 17, 2019

Welcome to PIR 10/14/2011

OPSEC, OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmust importance. Please take the time to read the Opsec and Community Guidelines. A quick note here: Last Names are never allowed on this site. If it is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended. First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but discouraged.

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You need to be a member of Alumni PIR 10/14/2011 TG 48 - 11 DIVISIONS (341 - 348, 820 - 821 & 948) to add comments!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 26, 2011 at 11:07pm: Leaving this group now also...thank you for sharing your PIR experience with us. Blessings to you all and to your Sailors. Don't hesitate to PM if you need anything.
Godspeed.
FTLW

Comment by luvmysailor on October 17, 2011 at 11:32pm: mattsmom - thank you for the input...my husband just booked the flights, we are staying till monday at 6 am....whatever happens will happen! lol

Comment by mattsmom on October 17, 2011 at 10:49pm: Annette, it's hard to say what would be best. I'm pretty sure she'll leave on the saturday, as only the ones staying in Great Lakes for A school will get all 3 days Liberty, no over nights though.

We didn't know when our son was leaving until 2 weeks before Graduation and then went ahead and booked our flights. Some of my sons friends didn't leave the airport until 8pm.

I'd maybe wait until closer to PIR before you book the flights. It's hard to judge, so good luck.

Comment by luvmysailor on October 17, 2011 at 8:28pm: mattsmom - so what would you suggest? should be book the flight for return, sat night, sun or even mon?? Just want to be able to squeeze in all the possible time.

Thanks

Comment by diannep on October 17, 2011 at 7:50pm: Leaving you guys now. Congrats to all of your new sailors and many blessings for their next course in the US Navy!

Comment by mattsmom on October 17, 2011 at 5:09pm: Hi Annette, Welcome :)

My son just graduated friday and he left for Pensacola on saturday. We got to spend time with him until 8pm on friday, although we dropped him off closer to 7,as we didn't want him to be late. He left for the airport early saturday morning, so we went earlier to spend a few hours with him before he flew out, it was only an hour before our flight,so it was perfect.

Just a heads up too, if you don't plan on renting a car, DO NOT use a taxi from the airport.Call ahead and get one from near your hotel, we had to pay $99, our credit card had been blocked due to some fraud, so we found out the hard way. On our return we paid $46, big difference !!!

Good luck to your daughter, the weeks will fly by, so hang in there :)

Comment by luvmysailor on October 17, 2011 at 3:32pm: @MomKaren...thank you so much for your reply, my daughter will not be a grad and go, she is leaving for Pensecola...I just wanted to get some kind of idea because "officially" it states they leave sometime sat, but I thought it was more like they had liberty with us sat & possibly sunday..

Thank you

Comment by MomKaren (07-346) on October 17, 2011 at 3:01pm: Hello Annette, welcome to N4M! It depends on where your recruit will go for A School. If it's in Great Lakes, you will have a few minutes with your daughter immediately after graduation Friday, then she would report back to her ship to pack and move across the street like my son did. He was out by 3:30, and we had him until about 8 pm, then all day Saturday and Sunday (no night liberty). Some sailors were "grad and go," meaning they only had Friday liberty. There is another website called "navy for dads" that has more detailed info. http://www.navydads.com/forum/topics/navy-boot-camp-faqs

best of luck to your daughter!

Comment by luvmysailor on October 17, 2011 at 2:47pm: Hi all, My daughter has her PIR Dec 2, I am trying to get an idea of the Liberty time they get after... I know they get Friday, but is it just up in the air for Sat and Sun or will they most likely get sat & sun? Any help will be greatly appreciated...

Congrats to all your Sailors!

Comment by MJ (Dan's Mom) on October 17, 2011 at 9:20am: We had a great time at PIR on Friday. It was awesom to experience. Spent some time with Dan on Friday and then drove down again on Sunday to see him again. He is just an Awesome Sailor, We are all so proud of him! He has changed so much! Can't wait to go back down to school and see him again!