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Comment by diannep on January 7, 2013 at 7:36pm

Ok, wait...just saw sailsetter's post....ok, hmmm.....so if New Years Eve was a "hold" day also, then today was actually 2-3, Lisa.  Do I now have you totally confused???  HA!  Best to just ask him to date his next letter and tell you what day he is on then.  But guess what?  Martin Luther King Day is coming up...yep, another "hold" day for them.  So here we go again! 

Comment by diannep on January 7, 2013 at 7:34pm

FTLW:  Obama made Christmas Eve a holiday a few days before it this year.  So the 24th and 25th were hold days for them, as was New Years Day, but not Eve. 

So, Lisa:  If he told you that the Wed, the 26th was 1-2, then the following Wed was actually 2-1 since they lost another day with New Years Eve.  So my guess is that today was 2-4 for them. 

Comment by sailsetter on January 7, 2013 at 7:15pm

fireTeamLeaderWife My SR did say that christmas eve and new years eve were hold days for him.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on January 7, 2013 at 6:03pm

Boot Camp Days ~ How to Count them... Boot Camp is anywhere from 7.5 to 9 weeks (longer around Holiday time), actual weeks of time there.

This next part is all generic and based on an "ideal" scenario of 8 weeks.

"Week 1" is "P" Processing days...usually about 5 days could be longer.

"Weeks 2-7" are Training Weeks.

"Week 8" is the final week and PIR.

"Week 1" of P days are counted P1, P2, P3 etc. up to 5. After 5 I believe they then says "P" Hold.

"Weeks 2-7" - Days of Training (DOT) are counted W1D1...Week1 Day1...and so on on the Weeks up to 6 and the Days up to 5. W2D1 is Week2 Day1. *Note, DoT does not always start with a Monday, it could be any day M-F.

"Week 8" - Practice for PIR, getting ready to depart RTC and PIR.

Here is an exemplar based on a recruit whose W1D1 day starts on a Wednesday. (I'm not starting with P days since they can vary)

W - W1D1

Th - W1D2

F - W1D3

Saturday and Sunday do not count in the counting of "P" or DOT days.

M - W1D4

T - W1D5

W - W2D1

So, their Day 1 will always be on the same day... ...except if there is a Federal Holiday. Then, it would push forward a Day. So, the above SR has Day3 on Friday...let's say Monday is a Federal Holiday...it is treated like a Sunday. Now, Tuesday is their Day 4 instead of Monday...and you start counting from

there again. Wednesday - Day5, Thursday - Day1.

Does your head hurt now?! LOL

When you write your recruit...ask them to write the actual date and the DOT next to it...

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on January 7, 2013 at 5:53pm

Lisa - Hmmm...usually Christmas Eve and New Years Eve would not be Holidays. SO that would have made the 24th W1D2.

BUT then, I don't make the schedules, do I? LOL iInce W1 D2 and D3 consist of a lot of medical and dental testing etc...it may have been put off untuil the day after Christmas.

I would go with what he has written you. If that happened then W1D5 - New Years Eve would be their first PFA (Folks - Don't panic if they write and say they did not pass it...really the first one is a "measure" to see where every one is at. Reassure them that they WILL get it :-)), so don't know if they would put that off or not.

AND go ahead and write him again and ask him to write the Training Day next to the "real time" date.

Comment by KYKathryn Ship2Div913 on January 7, 2013 at 3:24pm

Thank y'all, as always, for helping me out of my crazy tree during these moments.  Thank you, 8lb 6oz Baby Jesus, for Navyformoms.com.

Comment by MissElly( ship02DIV913) on January 7, 2013 at 3:19pm

Mail is so sporadic at BC. My SR received #10 with #8-9 missing. I'm just hoping all of it will reach him soon. They'll eventually get it all anyway so I'll just continue to write as much as I can even if it's a one-sided conversation hah.

Comment by ellen0502 on January 7, 2013 at 3:02pm

KYKathryn, If you mailed them on the 26th & 27th they would most likely not even get to him until after he mailed the letter dated 1/1. It seems to average four to five days for them to receive letters mailed from almost anywhere. I would bet he got them right after the New Year, and th address looks fine.

Comment by KYKathryn Ship2Div913 on January 7, 2013 at 2:29pm

I'm freaking out a little bit.  This is the 3rd letter I've received from my SR (dated 1/1/13) and he still hasn't received my letters yet.  I know I mailed them out on the 26th & 27th.  I guess thye just hadn't made their way there yet?  I'm mailing them from Houston.  Would someone please confirm that I am addressing them correctly?  Also, if they AREN'T  addressed correctly, would they at least give him a heads up that he won't receive any of my letters because of it?  I hate that it could seem to him like I haven't mailed 10 letters already --

SR Lastname, Firstname Initial

Ship 02 Div 913

3600 Ohio Street

Great Lakes, IL 60088-7105

Comment by Lisa on January 7, 2013 at 1:09pm

I am hoping someone can help me figure out what week and day of training my son might be on. He is Ship 13 DIV 095.....He told me by letter that on Friday 12/21/12 they were on week 1 day 1 and because of holidays and p-holds that the Wednesday after Christmas 12/26/12 would be week 1 day 2. Are New Years Eve and New Years considered holidays as well? How many training days are in a week....5 days or 7 days? Thanks

 

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