Encouragement Questionnaire

[Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons]

You will have to copy and paste this to word and tweak it a little so that it works for you. This is one of the questionnaires I made and sent to my sailor/daughter. It is a great one to send now that your recruits are halfway through. Plus you can get answers to questions you need answers to. And they take less time than writing a letter so the recruits love them. Change it around and make it yours and have fun with it. There are some very encouraging parts near the end. Enjoy!!!

Thanks,

LaLa, The PIR Ribbon making Queen :)

 

This is a test of the “NavyMoms” broadcasting system, should this be an actual GPA butt busting exam you would have been informed by your RDC. Remember this is only a test!

1. What is your name sailor? _____________________________
2. What is your rank? __________________________________
3. What is your serial number? ______ JK don’t really put that haha.
4. What is today’s date? _______________ BC day? Ex week-1 day-2______________
5. What is the date of Battlestations for your DIV? _______________________
6. How many ribbons have you won and what were they for? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. How many flags has your division won? __________________
8. Tell me something funny about your chief or petty officer. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
9. Do you get test grades on the book exams or just a pass or fail? ______________
10. If so, what were the highest and lowest scores you have received? ____________
11. Has anyone made you laugh out loud? __________ Who? ___________________ And why? ______________________________________________________________________________
12. Are you happy with your decision to join the Army? _______________________
13. What? You thought this was the Navy? _______ hahahaha
14. Who is your bunk mate? _____________________________________________
15. Does any he/she snore? _________________________________________________
16. Tell me about your best friend at BC _________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
17. Where will you be going for A-school? _____________________
18. Do you want to be on land, ship, or air? ___________________
(if air you might be in the wrong branch lol.)
19. What is your favorite kind of candy? ______________________
20. What are you missing the most? _________________________
21. Do you even miss your cell phone? __________ I hope not, I donated it to charity, lol JK
22. Is anyone giving you a hard time? __________________ Cause I can come up there and woop some ass!!! No really I can!!! Don't think I won't do it. I have been thinking about breaching that gate.
23. How many hours of sleep do you get each night? ___________
24. Is it getting easier to get up early? _______________________
25. Are you or your whole division Grad N Go or Saturday Departure? _________________

Ok, now is time for some advice.
I guess you have realized that boot camp in many ways has gotten easier in the last couple of weeks. But now it is getting hard again. The RDC’s have loosened up a little and you have made some friends. It is no longer about what you can do. It is about what your group can do together as a team. When you are going through battle stations remember what they want is teamwork. There is no “I” in team. You must be able to work together. Battlestations is to prepare you for an actual emergency on a ship. They have to know that you have what it takes to handle any kind of emergency situation. So when you are going into battlestations think of yourself as just one very small part of a machine. If all the other parts are not working the machine will fail. If one part is having a hard time you must step in and help that part out. If you need to take the lead do it. If you need to let someone else take the lead let them. That’s what teamwork is. You can do this. You should know by now that you have to work together. The RDC’s are not looking for who does the best at this point. They are looking at how well you come together as a group and how you handle an emergency. Take care of your team first and do your part. Help those who are having a hard time. Don’t think you can’t be set back at this point because you can. You have to keep busting your ass to get this done. You have come too far and grown too much to turn back. Now it is time to finish this task. If a division does bad as a group it looks bad on the person in charge. It makes him/her look like they didn’t do their job. So bust your butts and get this done together as a team. You can do this. Most recruits say battle stations is fun after it is over. But you must have that teamwork. So make sure everything y’all do from this point on is all about teamwork. Yeah!!!! GO TEAM!!! You got this, you really do. Good luck! And this Navy Mom loves you all….

26. Answer only questions 1 -3 above. Hasn’t the Navy taught you anything? Lol Only give your name, rank and serial number Sailor !!!!!!

[Sethsmom]

I love this!, it will be in the mail tomorrow! Thank u so much!

[stephanie ship03 div027]

Thanks so much,what a great idea! I saw another questionaire a few months ago, but I can't seem to find it anywhere.Has anyone else seen it?

[Sethsmom]

here is one- there is a group for Questionnaire's I just found on her too.  There looks to be several on there! 

I love these!

Please select the appropriate answers to the following questions or fill in the blanks so your poor mother will have more detail about what you are doing other than taking 3 minute group showers and folding, ironing and marching!!! J

 

 

What day is today for your division? (example 4:4) _____________

What is today’s date (mm/dd) ________________

 

What dates are your divisions Battlestations (mm/dd) ___________

 

Have you started training on Marlinspike yet? Yes___ No ____

 

If yes, was it cool and if not are you looking forward to it? (Comment) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

How do you win a flag? What does that mean and what is it for? (Comment) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Is bootcamp what you expected? Better______ Worse_______

Why or why not?_________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

 

Are you looking forward to Battlestations? Yes_____ No_____

 

Are you looking forward to the Captain’s Cup? Yes____ No____

 

Are you getting to be friends with any guys in particular? Yes___No___

 

If so, who and where are they from? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Do you want me to send you anything in particular? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Have you lost any weight or gained any weight? If so, how much

Lost ______  Gained______ Neither ______ I don’t freakin know!! J ______

 

Are you worried about passing any certain test (academic, gas chamber, firefighting etc) of any sort or do you think you will ace everything once you learn it? If so, what?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

What do you hate most?___________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

 

What do you like most?____________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

 

Do you wish you would have been more prepared before you left ((ie) Done a little more prep and learned more details about bootcamp) or is just learning about it as you go okay?

____ Wish I would have known more details

____ Learning as I go is fine

 

Do you feel that you are doing well in bootcamp overall? Yes___ No___

 

Where do you stand at in marching line so I can be able to pick you out at PIR. (example which row and how many over from left/right side?)

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Do you like the fact that I am involved with Navyformoms.com or do you think I’m weird?

____ I think it is cool. You are giving me information that is helping

____ No, I think it is useless

____ Yes, I’m glad you are a Navy Mom, but your still weird J

 

Do you actually realize that it will be much easier after bootcamp?

_____ Yes, bootcamp is supposed to suck, the next 3 years will be fun

_____ No, I wish I would have just kept working a dead-end job

 

 

Are you looking forward to your job (once you learn it) and going to new places?

Yes___ No____

 

Are you hoping your orders after A-school are at sea or on land? Sea___ Land___

 

Which type of ship at sea would you most like to be on?_____________________

 

 

 

Which land base would you most like to be stationed at?

CONUS ____________________________________________

OCONUS____________________________________________

 

Are you impressed at how your mother is learning Navy lingo so well!!! J J J

Yes___No___

 

Are you proud of yourself? You should be damnit! Yes_______ No_______

 

 Do you know how proud your family is of you? You should damnit!! J

 Yes_____ No_____

 

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Choose the most appropriate answer:

 

Right now I would most like to

(a)  go to sleep in a real bed

(b) have some of my home cooking

(c)  wear some pajama pants and boxers

(d) drive your car

(e)  watch TV

(f)  listen to music

(g)  iron something J

 

My RDC is:

(a)  pretty cool, yells a lot but he likes us overall

(b) mean as hell, he hates us

(c)  mean but that’s their job

 

The first thing that I want to do after graduation is

(a)  go to the bathroom by myself

(b) eat/drink something sweet

(c)  take a long shower by myself

(d) wear civvy’s

(e)  other __________________________________

[stephanie ship03 div027]

I love these...I'll have to find that group!

[Sethsmom]

I downloaded 4 or 5 of them last night. I had a hard tome finding it again but it is there! I have 2 ready to mail today. They are great!