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Ship 11 Div 131 PIR 4/27/12
I just got my letter! FYI - My son reported to GL late on Tuesday 3/6. I live in the Chicago area. His box came within 36 hours and the letter arrived today!
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Permalink Reply by Notquitemysonship5 on
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My SR is in the same ship and division as yours!
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Permalink Reply by Dawn F. on
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Great! When did your SR report? I was surprised my son will be graduating 4/27; I expected 5/4. Where are you from? We live in the far south suburbs of Chicago but it's more than 50 miles from Great Lakes, so he won't be able to come home on PIR weekend. Mike is 22 and was in DEP for 9 months. He signed up for AECF which means his A school will be at Great Lakes. What about your SR?
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He reported last Sunday at 1:00. We too live in the south suburbs. We live just under the 50 mile mark, yay! Kevin is 18 and he was in DEP for about 6 months. I think that he is signed up for the same job and will be in the same school!
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Permalink Reply by AKMom on
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The only ones who normally get to hang for the weekend of PIR are the ones who will be reaming in Chicago for training. Most of the kids are given their orders prior to graduation, they have their sea bags packed and are off to the air port or heading down the road to their next assignment. In most cases they get to see mom and dad, spouses etc for about 1-4 hours which is the norm! Once they reach their training assignment if their class has formed up yet, then they can take leave or wait until later.
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Permalink Reply by Kimmyfromtheblock on
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My son reported to Great Lakes 3/6 I rec'd my kid in box Friday 03/09/12. He is Ship 11 Div 132 I was told his graduation date is 05/04/12. He is also AECF.
My son was to report 09/7/11 however he had a wart on his hand which disqualified him so he had to wait till March. Funny thing DEP doctor told him it is no longer a disqualifier. Ron will be 24 in June and is a college grade. Education was his major, special education, however he is in debt up to his ears and decided quite awhile ago he was going Navy.
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Permalink Reply by ThatMom on
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My son reported on 3/6 from Jacksonville FL and I too was anticipating a May 4th graduation but I got the letter today and it says 4/27!! He was put in a division that was already formed. I am so excited today!
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Permalink Reply by veteranmom on
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Ohio mom! Just got the letter today Div 131!!!
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Got my letter today he is graduating 04/27, nice little note about having to stay up 40 hours straight, its hell and the yelling never stops...but he says it will get better. Sounds like he's having a blast!
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Mine said the same thing about 42 hours straight! They must have kept them up so they could join the training group and catch up, it seems their division had everything happen a lot faster for them which is great for us waiting moms!!!
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@ kimmYfromtheblock - Is your SR in 132 or 131? I don't see a 132 group started yet. I still don't quite understand how big these ships are?? How many divisions are in each ship? Isn't a ship just like a big barracks? So does Division 131 sleep next to Division 132 or are they in a separate room? I wish they would let us see a "ship".
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@kimmyfromtheblock - I'm wrong! Tiffany started a Ship 11 Division 132 group.
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Permalink Reply by Phyllis S. (Ship 11/Div.131) on
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My son is also in this division. I was also thinking he would be graduating in the beginning of May. Has anyone gotten any other mail from your recruit besides the letter with the address?
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