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ALUMNI OF PIR 01/06/12 TG 07 — 09 Divisions (029–036 & 907)

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This is for each of us who are anxiously anticipating that special day on 1/6/12 when all the effort, support and worry is coupled with our recruits hard work and dedication and will come to fruition. Each tear shed and moment spent on sleepless nights will not go away during the next eight weeks, but to know we have a support system where we all share the same goal, will help lift our spirits as we continue through this exciting journey together!!! Let the countdown begin!!!:)

mome2jord started this group but has had to leave for another PIR group.

allie4298(ship07/div036) will be the acting group leader.

Thank you to you both!

Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 73
Latest Activity: May 31, 2012

Welcome to PIR 01/06/12

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 as their RDC's read this site and can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture.

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Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on January 10, 2012 at 7:04pm: fishingmom - THANK YOU for the video! May I share it with the current PIR groups?

Comment by diannep on January 10, 2012 at 6:30pm: Jansu: Emailed you the screen name of a friend on here whose son is in Japan (has been for 1.5 yrs). Thinking that you may want to contact her and get some support from her. She is a great lady!

Comment by jansu831 on January 10, 2012 at 5:02pm: PIR was such a great experience - the weekend made all the worry for the past few weeks worth it. We were in DIV 030. My son stayed in GL so he had to leave us after graduation to move over to that base. We got him from about 4 - 10 pm on Friday. Saturday and Sunday he was on liberty from 5 am - 10 pm. He stays in GL for 4 weeks, comes home for 3 weeks and then leaves for Japan after that. I met a mom at our hotel that didn't even know about the N4M website - she was shocked at how much information we had vs. how little she had. I am so thankful I had this forum. Thanks so much to the veteran moms for all your help, support, hand-holding and wonderful information!!!

Comment by MrsBis06 Shp12 Div031 on January 10, 2012 at 4:10pm: Catcat- my son will be in GL A school for next 18 mos
Feel free to add me.

Comment by fishingmom SHIP2 DIV907 on January 10, 2012 at 1:29pm: This is for those of you who asked for pictures...As you can tell I'm not a great at it but I wanted to share what I did capture anyway....

http://youtu.be/rQHAjoKQ5Ao

Comment by diannep on January 10, 2012 at 10:15am: CatCat: There is a group called: Great Lakes A School Q&A

Just go to groups tab and plug it in...and join!

Comment by Catcat49USSHopper on January 10, 2012 at 9:51am: I am looking for Mom's who have Sailors at GL. If you find a group, please let me know.

Comment by kimberlydale (corpsmanmom) on January 10, 2012 at 12:00am: Congrats to all who had sailors complete PIR this last friday. It was a fantastic display of well disciplined young men and woman and what a sight it was!!! My son shipped out on Saturday at 2pm. They did have to board the 1am bus to the airport and just hang out in the USO till flight time. We were able to meet him at the airport and spent the whole morning/afternoon with him until he loaded the plane. Prior to this - just after PIR on Friday he came with us and we took a cab to Libertyville, had a wonderful lunch, wandered around town a little then headed back to the motel for some rest and relaxation. Pool time. Then he had to be back to the barracks (gate) by 7pm ....and on to the ship by 8pm. He didn't want to be late - so several of them met in the lobby and took a taxi (SARGE) back to the gate. DEFINATELY would recommend SARGE and his helpers......they were AWESOME!!!! On to A school in SAN ANTONIO..... HM Thanks ladies for all your advice, encouragement and support over the last three months it really made a difference !!!

Comment by Popeye's Mom Alum DIV 031 1-6-12 on January 9, 2012 at 11:21am: P.S. Was anybody on here at The Ramada Meet & Greet? I had hoped to meet some of you but the only other DIV 031 folks I didn't know.

Comment by Popeye's Mom Alum DIV 031 1-6-12 on January 9, 2012 at 9:45am: We're PIR Alumni now-how cool is that? It was wonderful, exciting, awesome-can't think of enough words to describe it! Our sailor thought he had all weekend with us until 2 weeks before when he found out he was what I think is called "grad & go." We had Friday after PIR until he had to be back on base @ 8:30 PM. Then we got up @ 2AM to leave by 4AM to see him off to Connecticut. He called Saturday nite & was having a hard time adjusting. He was going on an hour of sleep for almost 2 days, I think. After having your time scheduled for you 24/7 for 10 weeks & then going out by yourself was just too overwhelming. He was much better on Sunday! As someone else said, being able to talk & text makes all the difference in the world! We are so proud! We stayed at The Navy Lodge & it was great! The whole weekend was terrific except for saying good-bye again.