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Ship 12 (USS Triton) Divisons 053 & 054 (Brother Divisions)
Welcome to the Division Discussion for divisions 053 and 054.
These two divisions are brother divisions and will be training together from the beginning through BS21 their final test. Your SRs, soon to be SAILORS, are becoming friends, and some of them may be heading to A School together.
Get to know each other, your SRs are!
Please still use the Main Wall of the PIR Group to post questions, and concerns, we “veteran” moms don’t always get to into the discussion area as often as we would like.
Every single question that is asked is important Every single concern is genuine Every single member is important to us We don't want to accidentally overlook any of them or you.
Hang in there!!!
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Permalink Reply by ellen0502 on
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Posted by NavyGirlfriend<3 on December 20, 2012 at 7:18pm
We got a letter saying that they are in a Push Division and his graduation would now be 1-5. It was supposed to be 1-11. Does anybody know what this means and how this changes things?
Thanks
(copied and pasted from duplicate discussion)
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Permalink Reply by SailorV'sWife on
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This was lemonelephant's response. The division's PIR date will not change.
Comment by lemonelephant 1 minute ago
There are some who are concerned about PIR dates changing.
Once you know the PIR date, that is the PIR date for the division and that date will not change for the division.
A push division is one in which some of the recruits arrived on Thursday or Friday of the week before and there were not enough to fill the division and so they had to wait for some other recruits to arrive on Monday or Tuesday of the next week. The recruits who arrived on Monday or Tuesday were pushed ahead a week into the previous week's TG and are at the RTC a week less than others who arrived the same day who are put in the next week's TG. They also push them to be ready for PIR. Those assigned to a push division were not given a different date.
A PIR date could change for individual recruits, if the recruit is ASMO’d due to needing additional training, or for medical or disciplinary reasons.
Once you know the date, plan for that to be the date of PIR. Have faith in your recruit and those at the RTC to help him/her make it through on time and in God to hold him/her within His care no matter what happens.
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Permalink Reply by Bella7177 on
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Sooo, ship 12DIV 053 IS STILL GRADUATING ON 1/11...am I right? There seems to be much confusion on this matter. I got a letter today, and it didn't say anything about a change in date. I was going to make my airline reservations tomorrow. Should I wait a few more days?
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It's not changing. :) IF it was, we would've gotten a phone call ASAP. Make your reservations! I think the question just got passed around a lot today in different groups to help get affirmation of the fact that the date wouldn't change without us being notified, that they don't do graduations on a Sat, and to clarify what a push division was. WOOT! 3 weeks til PIR!!!
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I want to go to one of the meet and greets, but how do I find out which one is closest to the Navy Lodge? That's where we are staying...
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Permalink Reply by diannep on
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DebbieF: I have been following the PIR groups for about 3 yrs now, and have never seen a graduation on Saturday (they are usually on Fridays, but occasionally on a Wed or Thurs when there is a holiday situation). Like lemon elephant said, they never move up/back a PIR date for a division. It is what it is. Individual SRs can be asmoed (setback) for one reason or another to a later PIR group, but they will not be moved up. The form letter is the date. So keep your plans! :-)
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Bella: Try to attend Sarge's MeetandGreet. He actually will pick up from many of the hotels and take you there. His will have the most info for you (good food too!)....you won't regret it! I'm sure there will be others going from Navy Lodge. It is probably about 4 miles from where you are. Not far.
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Thanks, Diannep...I was pretty sure that was going to be the one I chose. I have a question. I'm retreading the form letter, and it says that if my SR is going to A school at Great Lakes they will check into their school and they MAY get weekend liberty. Does that mean they will NOT get graduation liberty? When I graduated we got to spend that entire day with our families. Has that changed?
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Did your question get answered yet? If your SR is staying in Great Lakes for A-school, they will have a short amount of time when liberty is first called (I've read anywhere from 30min-1hr), then will have to go check in. The check-in process can take up to 5hrs. They need a calling card and # to reach you at when they're able to go on liberty. Then they have to be back by whatever curfew they were told that night - I believe that's when they can take their laptops, phones, etc back with them. And they should have liberty both Sat and Sun, though it may be interrupted if they have a watch or duty - though I've read that's normally no more than a few hours if it does happen. My husband is staying in Great Lakes, so I'm not leaving til Mon so I'm available the whole weekend to see him.
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