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Comment by CatMom509 on February 1, 2014 at 4:43pm

Hello All!

     "For we are God's masterpiece.

      He created us anew in Christ Jesus,

      so we can do the good things

      He planned for us long ago."

                              Ephesians 2:10

Comment by MOmom5 on February 1, 2014 at 4:34pm

SR Ship 03 Div 116 -- -- anyone else with those numbers? :)

Comment by diannep on February 1, 2014 at 4:18pm

Anny:  Sicknesses in bootcamp are very very common.  I think that they start with all of the vaccinations they are flooded with when they arrive (including a flu shot!).  Temporarily compromises their immune systems and with all of the germs around, it is easy to pick up something then.  Try not to worry...they make it through!  They are given SIQ time to get well...and then they catch up in training...some have even been hospitalized in the past for something and still managed to graduate with their division on time!

Comment by diannep on February 1, 2014 at 4:16pm

The callsforrecuits cards are usually good for one call...connecting on the pay phones eats up a lot of their minutes.  So I would still send a phone card if possible.

Comment by diannep on February 1, 2014 at 4:15pm

MurraysMom: Your SR has a Recruit Cash Card, issued to him when he arrived for supplies.  He can use that to purchase a calling card at the NEX.  You can also mail him one.  Calls are very random, and if a division calls and your SR doesn't, could mean that he was at an appt on base, has SIQ/LLD time due to wisdom teeth out, etc...or even had "watch."  So try not to worry...the motto in the Navy is "no news is good news!"

Comment by diannep on February 1, 2014 at 4:12pm

courtneya:  So great that your SR has such great RDCs.  My son had one when he was there who would do nothing but cuss at them...sometimes right in the with them.  He asked him why he didn't cuss....his response?  Because he was a Christian and didn't see where there was a place to cuss like that.  My son so admired that statement.  That RDC really stood out to him!

strawberry:  Some of those SRs may have gone home, but some may have just been setback in training and were put with another PIR group.  The week 1/day 1 should be their training date.  That is different than the bootcamp week/day count since that includes processing days before training starts, and also will include a few down days for some after they complete BattleStations before PIR.  So, yes, this PIR group should be in their first training week.  Not all divisions will be on the same day, but they should be within a couple of days of each other in the day count.

Comment by strawberry on February 1, 2014 at 3:37pm

Murraysmom:  Your recruit may buy a phone card at the NEX.  Also, you may go to callsforrecruits.org to get free phone minutes.  They will respond with numbers which your recruit may use to make calls.  Recruits are asked to keep 6 of them and give away 2 of them.  Each number gives them 20 min to be used on one call.  You can then send these numbers to your recruit in a letter.  My son left January 21.  You will hear from him.  

Comment by cyndie on February 1, 2014 at 3:31pm

So good to hear from my son today.   I miss him so much.

Comment by Annychiquita on February 1, 2014 at 3:13pm

I am Happy today, my son called me this morning and we spoke for 5 minutes....but at the same time a little worried, cause he catched the flu.....told me still talking medicines, but not more fever....and he is still doing the trainings....God help my son.....

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on February 1, 2014 at 2:02pm

Thanks Dianne, I really appreciate your kindness. You know I love making the ribbons for our Navy families :) I really need to add some more pics to my page here. I have so many more now to choose from that are shown on my page here :) 

I am so excited to see so many getting phone calls, I can remember list it was yesterday how excited I was when i saw that 847 area code pop up on my phone :)

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