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ALUMNI OF PIR 03/02/2012 TG 16 — 09 Divisions (075–080 & 914–916)

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For families and friends of recruits with a PIR date of 03/02/2012

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 100
Latest Activity: Jul 10, 2013

Welcome to PIR 0302/2012

OPSEC, OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmust importance. Please take the timeto read the Opsec and Community Guidelines. A quick note here: Last Names are not 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 remember someone can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture.CLICK ME

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Comment by Dawson'sChefMom on January 15, 2012 at 12:22pm: @Lala Sounds like a plan.Thanks alot!

Comment by lesliet--son came home:( on January 15, 2012 at 12:22pm: Need a like button! I *like* lala ribbon queen comment!:)

Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on January 15, 2012 at 12:21pm: Lala, I love the visual, lol.

Good Morning ladies, I'm Betsy and another veteran on here. Welcome to our Navy family. My youngest son is in Pensacola currently on hold for Orders. He is a CTT. We also have a soon-to-be son-in-law who is an ET stationed in Hawaii. My daughter also is there with him. I will be kinda MIA today, due to the Raven's football game, but will be back tomorrow. Have a great Sunday!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on January 15, 2012 at 12:16pm: Do what I did at the movie when my daughter was there, sit on an end seat, as near the door as possible, put your phone on vibrate and lay it on your upper chest tucked under your bra strap lol. If it vibrates look an see who it is and if it's possibly your recruit answer the phone and head for the door :-)

Comment by Dawson'sChefMom on January 15, 2012 at 12:05pm: Good Morning Wonderful Moms....I see some have gotten phone calls and I am hoping I get one. I was planning on going to see a movie this afternoon but I am afraid I may miss a call. I know I should live life as normal, but I don't want to miss this call!

Comment by diannep on January 15, 2012 at 10:47am: And, yes, Ruth is correct. You can mail contacs for PIR. They just can't wear them until then. Please send a SMALL amount of solution, not the entire bottle. Also, label on the outside of the envelope: Contacs/solution for PIR

We recommend that you NOT send these until your SR asks for them (you may suggest it and then let them confirm).

Comment by diannep on January 15, 2012 at 10:45am: Ok, Ruth and I were posting at the same time with the same info! HA! Sorry Ruth! :-)

Comment by diannep on January 15, 2012 at 10:44am: doreen: Use Sarge 847-212-0246 for your transportation. He also takes to/from airport and charges by the car, so if you have a couple of people, you may be able to share his cab with someone on here.

The colored envelope issue is not a problem in every division, but some divisions will haze a bit if there are colored envelopes. So we always recommend plain white envelopes...you don't want to call attention to the mail...

Comment by RuthL on January 15, 2012 at 10:43am: doreen@ many of the families that stayed had Sarge pick them up at the airport. He was very reasonable. Driving in Chicago is crazy.

I sent some colored envelopes (cards), but depending on their RDC's, the recruits like to draw as little attention to themselves as possible. If they recieve bulky envelopes, they may have to open them in front of thier RDC.

My daughter also told me that there was a gum wraper found in the boys house and all the boys had to do PT. Apparently someone was sent a piece of gum and didn't dispose of the evidence very well.

For all of you with with female SR's, you may be getting a request to send items right after battle stations. We sent her tweezers, a straightener, and mascara. If they request them, they can have them then for graduation. I believe contact wearers can also recieve those too.

Comment by Doreen-ProudNavyMom on January 15, 2012 at 10:02am: I totally forgot about taking the train to downtown Chicago. This would be much easier than trying to navigate the streets of Chicago. How are you recommending everyone get from O'Hare to their hotels?

Jamie - scrapbooking - I got a lot done yesterday. I think for my SR's book I will just save letters, pictures from PIR, etc. This way he will have a record of his Navy career. Being a boy he wouldn't do this himself. LOL Someday he will appreciate it. My projects now is a book of all professional pictures of each of my three kids. I started this too late to do all their pictures, so I have stuck with this and vacations. Now the Navy book will be a ongoing project. These 12 hour scrapbooking days have been a lot of fun and we all got alot done.

Well, the best part of yesterday was that we got our second phone call. He was allowed a 30 minute phone call. He sounded really good. Seems okay with everything so far. I feel so much better now that I have been able to talk to him and I know he is alright. They don't have their mail person yet so he hasn't received my letters, yet. I tried not to talk about anything in my letters so it wouldn't be worthless to read them. Why shouldn't we use colored envelopes? I did so I hope this isn't a problem.

Did anyone else get a phone call?