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ALUMNI OF PIR 06/07/2013 TG 30 - 11 Divisions (213-220, 812, 813 and 930)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 06/07 /2013. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.

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Location: Great Lakes, illinois
Members: 97
Latest Activity: Dec 7, 2016

WELCOME to PIR 06/07/2013! PLEASE See the PAGES section for Informational Posts about BC and PIR. PAGES is underneath the Members Photos. PLEASE scroll down this page here to find the Comment Box to post a reply to the PIR GROUP.

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• Don’t Jeopardize the Safety of Our Sailors: Remember OPSEC (Operational Security) (Don’t Sink Ships With Loose Lips) This site and all content posted on it are viewable to everyone on the Internet. This doesn’t mean you can’t share things about your Sailor – but too many details can put Sailors in harm’s way. The following are examples of red flags and should not be shared within this community either by posting or sending via a Group message:

• Sailors’ last names. This includes your username if you share the same last name as your son or daughter.

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~If your last name is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended for you to use in your username for your own personal security. This is your option. It is also not a good idea to use an email address as your username for personal security reasons.

~First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember, everyone can see it and someone can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture to not include your Recruit at least for the duration of BC. Again, your option

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Comment by WeAllGoByGeorgeLongStory on April 19, 2013 at 7:19pm: FTLW - I was confused too. Recruiter gave me ship 04 - Son's letter says ship 03.

Recruiter gave me one street number/name - Son gave me a street number/name that corresponds with the street number on the pre-buds forum for 800/900's. Son's letter, ship 3 corresponds with that pre-buds forum ship number for 812. I will for sure write to the ship number/division number/street name/number written on his letter and for insurance I may send duplicates to the ship 04 with everything else the same.

No Box came, but so happy to get his letter! His form letter was blank on the contacting recruits portion (page 2), so I will just send letters to what he wrote on the return portion of the envelope.

I can tell he was really trying hard to write neatly. He's never tried that hard to write neat before. The letters kind of reminded me of when his other siblings were trying to learn to write in grade school - that isn't a slam, by the way, that is to say, I am pleased to see that in less than a week the BC has helped him value the need to learn to write legibly. I know he will get less purposeful in printing efforts as his service goes one but expect the legibility will remain with him for a long time (at least I hope)!!

Comment by ellen0502 on April 19, 2013 at 7:12pm: For those with sailors staying in GL for A School.

On Friday after PIR you will have approx one hour with them before they have to return to their ship at the RTC and move over to the other side (TSC). This process will take several hours. Make sure you have your cell phone with you, your Sailors will call when they are ready to leave. That phone call can come at anytime Friday afternoon from as early as 2pm ish. Make sure you answer all phone calls even if it is not from area code 847. Sometimes the other sailors already in school allow them to use their cell phone to make that call. Your sailor will have been briefed on what time they have to be back to their ship. Get them back early they cannot be late, if they are they can lose the rest of their liberty that weekend. ON TIME IS LATE!

On Saturday and Sunday they will/should also also have liberty. They can leave sometime after 6am, and again they will call you. They will meet you at the front gate, and you must go back with them to their ship to check them out. Your gate pass may help you to drive them back to their ship to check them out, but if you are not allowed to drive them you will have to walk with them. Be prepared for the walk it is a long way from the gate to the ships.

When you return them on Sat and Sun night (they will know what time they must be back) again, you may be able to drive them back, but you may be walking. The same person who checks them out in the morning must be the same one to check them back in at night. Get there early they cannot be late back to their ship.

I will have more info as you get a little closer to PIR. :)

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on April 19, 2013 at 6:51pm: Okay - Here is how the "Days" go in BC.

Boot Camp is anywhere from 7.5 to 9 weeks (longer around Holiday time in Nov to Jan), actual weeks of time there.

The below is all generic and based on an "ideal" scenario of 8 weeks.

"Week1" is "P" Processing days...usually about 5 days could be longer.

"Weeks 2-7" are Training Weeks. (There are 6 Training weeks)

"Week 8" is the final week and PIR. P days are counted P1, P2, P3 etc. up to 5. After 5 I believe they then says "P" Hold...but that is one I have not been able to confirm yet.

Days of Training (DOT) are counted W1D1...Week1 Day1. W2D1 is Week2 Day1.

Weeks are counted up to 6.

Days are counted up to 5.

Thus the last DOT is W6D5.

Here is an exemplar based on a recruit whose W1D1 day is 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. These are "hold" 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 pushes it forward a Day. So,...the above SR has Day3 on Friday...Monday is a Federal Holiday...it is treated like a Sunday. Now, T is Day 4 instead of M...and you start counting from there again. W - Day5 Th - Day1.
Does your head hurt now?!

When you write your recruit...ask them to write the actual date and the DOT next to it if you would like to try and keep track of where they are :-)

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on April 19, 2013 at 6:42pm: That happens with the Recruiters sometimes as well...not only TMI but incorrect or incomplete info. IDKW...computers, human errors are the only answers.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on April 19, 2013 at 6:41pm: George - The letters may get to him. If they just can't figure it out then they will return to sender.

They will make every effort to figure it out (think about all the strangely addressed mail they must get) so it could take a little longer for those first ones that you have sent to arrive.

One good thing to do it to number your letters.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on April 19, 2013 at 6:40pm: Recruits will not receive mail until they are in their permanent Ship AND when a RMPO (Recruit Mail Petty Officer)is selected trained and passes a test in order to be able to handle the mail as it is a Federal entity.

Each Division will have their own RMPO. This can take a week or so but not more than two usually. (The only time there is an interruption is if the RMPO "looses" the position for some reason :-( )

They also do not start writing letter until the second Sunday after arrival into their permanent Ship (usually. Occasionally we see some lucky early letters.)

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on April 19, 2013 at 6:30pm: If you are getting info from the Recruiter please check with us here. (It's really best to wait for the Form Letter though it is everyone's personal choice )They have extra info on the Computer that doesn't have anything to do with your Recruits address.

In addition it IS possible for a recruit to be moved from one division to another. It is not a common thing (in other words "musical divisions I does not happen) but it can for a variety of reasons.

They are on a temp Ship (the USS Pearl Harbor-on the in-Processing side of RTC ) while in P (Processing days) until they are assigned a Division and actually move into it. Some recruiters have info on a SR's Division after 72 hours but P days take at least 5 days.

Comment by jaime30024 SHIP 02 DIV 930 on April 19, 2013 at 6:26pm: George same thing going on with me. Everyone getting their form letters still no letter for me. Then the recruiter, who did call me the very next day after she arrived to BC, told me 900s division and it was Ship 02 / Div 903. One of the other Mom's was kind enough to point out that it could not be Div 903. It is probably 930 but without confirmation I cannot write her