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ALUMNI OF PIR 06/22/2012 TG 32 — 9 Divisions (187–194 & 932)

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A place to meet other people whose SR is graduating on the same day. We are here for you if you need to cry, laugh, share or anything in between.

Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
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Latest Activity: Jul 20, 2013

Welcome to PIR 06/22/2012

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Comment by Julie (ship 3 division 188) on May 18, 2012 at 11:25am: Thank you.. Thats pretty cool

Comment by Julie (ship 3 division 188) on May 18, 2012 at 11:18am: My husband said he is the DCPO for his whole division what is that?

Comment by Julie (ship 3 division 188) on May 18, 2012 at 9:06am: Good morning ladies... Hope yall have a good day... We are one day closer to PIR... Still no news for me about my husband so I guess the mantra no news is good news is working... I am hoping he was just down from mothers day and he is ok now. Have a great day yall!!!

Comment by JMT1366 (Ship 3 - Div 188) on May 18, 2012 at 8:11am: My son said he was selected for Ship's Staff....can anyone tell me what that actually is? I looked it up on here but don't have much info...thank you!

Comment by diannep on May 18, 2012 at 8:10am: I think most of them find this same experience in the beginning of bootcamp. Some will write home and say it is not as hard as they thought it would be, but I truly believe either those are ones in superior physical condition going in and somehow they are "dodging" lots of criticism in other areas, or they might just not want family worrying about them.

They have a "breakdown" period when they arrive....RDC's need to get all on the "same page"...and with such diversity in everything from age to background to life experience to attitude to expectations, it is not easy. So the breakdown process begins and is difficult. By the middle part of bootcamp, the buildup process is in force and the SRs become more positive about everything. So just hang in there! It gets better! My son was so "negative" in our early talks that I thought he wanted to quit. When he realized I thought this, he was shocked and said he would never quit and he would get through it! I don't think he realized how negative he was sounding....

Good morning all!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on May 17, 2012 at 9:43pm: My Sailors first letter home was like that as well. The first sentence said "Hi Mom, I cried myself to sleep the first night" I read that and started balling; I couldn't even continue to read the rest of the letter. Every time I tried I stared crying all over again. Finally my husband came home and found me upset and I handed him the letter. He of course read it and hugged me tight and said "Honey, did you read this? She is fine, she is doing okay now. You need to read the rest of it" And he was right, the rest of the letter was a little better. And each letter after that go better than the previous. By the time bootcamp was over she said she loved it and was so happy she joined the Navy. So as hard as it is for you do your very best to be encouraging and uplifting. Let them know what you are doing to make this time pass quickly and how you are staying strong for them and you know they can do this and how proud you are :-) It will get a little better each week for them and for you.

Comment by Teresa(Ryan's mom) on May 17, 2012 at 9:38pm: Got a letter! I'm so happy!!! He says the first few days were difficult, but he 'manned up and got through it'. He also said his Division has a hard time listening to instructions so they weren't able to write until Saturday. He said he likes it there, which surprises me, but makes me happy!!!

Comment by Julie (ship 3 division 188) on May 17, 2012 at 8:28pm: I am hoping so.. I know once i hear his voice and he hears mine he will be better. I dont think he knew how hard it would really be.

Comment by diannep on May 17, 2012 at 8:14pm: Julie: I sure hope that you can "uplift" him when he finally calls, or that things are better for him....I know once you hear each other's voices, it will help immensely!