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ALUMNI OF PIR 3/16/2012 TG 18 — 14 Divisions (087–096, 807–808 & 918–919)

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This site is for families and friends of Sailor Recruits with PIR March 16, 2012. This is a great way to share information, concerns and to connect as we continue the journey through bootcamp to PIR and beyond.

Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir03162012
Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 124
Latest Activity: May 18, 2013

Welcome to PIR 3/16/2012

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OPSEC, OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmost importance. Please take the timeto read the OPSEC and Community Guidelines. A quick note here: Last Names of Recruits/Sailors 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.

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You need to be a member of ALUMNI OF PIR 3/16/2012 TG 18 — 14 Divisions (087–096, 807–808 & 918–919) to add comments!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on February 29, 2012 at 12:09pm: I agree 100% proud mom, It just makes me very angry because i pay extra to get it there in 2 to 3 days and sometimes that doesn't even come close to happening. They make it very hard for their customers and businesses. I am going to write a ltter of complaint but I know it won't help.

Comment by Micki (Yokosuka Japan~ USS GW) on February 29, 2012 at 10:31am: Only 16 more days!!!!

Comment by Micki (Yokosuka Japan~ USS GW) on February 29, 2012 at 10:31am: Hi All,

I haven't been on this site for a long time but wanted to stop by to say hello! I read the messages all the time and FTLW, I am so excited your dog has been found!!! My daughter is doing good, she still is sick, but I think everyone is and doing pretty good at BC, passed all test so far.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on February 29, 2012 at 10:27am: A' All the time God is good :-)

I will say that I am also experiencing the slower mail now to and I DO NOT LIKE IT. I use 2-3 day Priority and it has been taking 3 to 7 days and that is ridiculous. It just makes no sense at all. I can send two packages, one to CA and one to TN (I'm in NC) and the one to CA is there in 2 days and the one to TN takes 7. It is crazy. I even spoke to the post master about it yesterday and she said it is unfortunately going to get worse :-( So now things are getting shipped even sooner. What else can any of us do other than complain and I doubt that will do much.

Comment by NavySoccerMom on February 29, 2012 at 10:24am: So happy for you FTLW. It's hard when one of our babies is missing. Very good analogy zStratMom. Guess what? 16 days till we hug our SR's.

Comment by zStratMom on February 29, 2012 at 10:13am: Good morning!!!! When I arrived home from class late last night, I checked my inbox . . .And what did I see? All the exciting news about FTLW's pup!

I had to do some editing to documents to go to a professor who was catching a flight, so, I couldn't join in the celebration of ANSWERED PRAYER!!!!!! I have to confess: I had to check my edits twice (I was a bit teary).

Now that it's morning, let me make a quick analogy: Your SRs are not lost, like the little dog, but they are fully in the hands of folks other than you. There will be periods YOU need to just go on faith. If God watches over our little dogs, he certainly watches over our sons, daughters, spouses and other loved ones. Embrace this journey and the moments of faith that help us grow along the way (and, hey, you have all of us as traveling companions!).

Comment by diannep on February 29, 2012 at 8:56am: Good morning, all!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on February 29, 2012 at 3:04am: Thank you ...all of you!

Thank you LaLa! Very Pretty!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on February 29, 2012 at 3:03am: A` - Not a specific comment towards anyone specific...sorry! I am seeing that mail is running slow on all of the PIR groups...or seems to be...I've been a bit distracted! Don't want everyone to be worried!

I just meant that I think you are not the only ones...I know that doesn't really ease your want of mail...but that it seems to be happening across the board and hopefully there is a logical reason for it that we may just not know about.

Comment by JordansMom on February 28, 2012 at 11:28pm: Just returned from several days out of the country without access to internet what did i miss most? 1st my SR, then my little dog, the my N4M! I really missed reading all the posts!

TLFM: I can't tell you how happy I am for you that your dog came home! She must have heard all our prayers for you!