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Comment by Darleen on June 4, 2013 at 4:11pm

Question:  Maybe someone else has experienced this ... there are six of us coming for our grandson's PIR.  We figure that we will have his Mom, Dad, Brother and Girlfriend have the 4 tickets.  Is there a good place for the "the old grands" to wait and be able to see him right afterwards?  Breaks our heart not to be in there but we will gracefully allow his immediate fam to be a part of things first hand. 

Comment by Darleen on June 4, 2013 at 4:09pm

Thank you Craig for giving us the opportunity to view the ship's information.  Very interesting and feel a little more a part of what our grandson is going through and where he is.

Comment by SamisMom on June 4, 2013 at 2:40pm

Thank you for putting this here Ellen0502!!!!!

Comment by SamisMom on June 4, 2013 at 2:39pm

How about anyone from Northern California? Soooo exciting!!! I'm excited to meet all of you (hopefully) on the 18th of July!!!

Comment by ellen0502 on June 4, 2013 at 2:09pm

N4M's Community Guidelines and OPSEC apply to the Discussion Forum area as well. The Division Discussions are viewable to all...just like the Main Wall here.

Please do not start new Division Discussions.

Discussion Forum Area

This is the place to start a Discussion about a topic and for your Division Discussions.

The Discussion Forum area is set to show titles only and is set at ten titles at a time for now. (This can be adjusted by the group creator or an administrator)

It is also set to show the "latest activity"(there are other settings). So whatever has just had a reply added to it will "bump" that Discussion to the top. The discussion will stay up there at the top because it has had "activity"…until the next Discussion has activity. If there are over ten discussions, whatever is at the bottom will disappear from view…but not from the Discussion Forum. So, if you want to see more, click "view all" at the bottom right hand corner of the discussion forum area. It is right up there above the Blue Comment Wall bar.

To "bump" up a discussion to the first spot of the DF area when you don't really want to add a reply...in other words someone is looking for it...just type whatever you want in the reply box and click "add reply". I just type one letter or even a period and add the reply.

When you view a DF by clicking on the title, the first post ever made will be the first one on the first page. To get to the most current reply, click “Last Reply” directly underneath that particular Discussion.

~You will also notice that in the top right corner in any post that you do you will see an "x". This is so you may delete your post if you need too. You will also see the “x” on any post you make anywhere else on the site.

Comment by ellen0502 on June 4, 2013 at 2:07pm

We have posted your Division Discussions up above. Please use them to get to know each other even better on a "Divisional" basis...BUT remember that you all have the same PIR date and many of you will be attending the same Meet and Greets...so please continue to post on the Main Wall here...you all have developed such a nice group!

Also, please continue to post your questions for us "veteran moms" on the Main Wall here. We have 7-8 active PIR groups going at one time..that's 70-80 Divisions! We try to get to the Division Discussions but with that many it is difficult! We don't want to miss any questions as ALL are important...no dumb ones...for many of you this is your first servicemember and we want to be there to help and lend support.

Comment by MomLovesRyan Ship 09 Div 266 on June 4, 2013 at 12:09pm

Anyone here from the Ohio area?

Comment by MomLovesRyan Ship 09 Div 266 on June 4, 2013 at 12:08pm

Are Ship or Division Groups being set up, yet?

Comment by diannep on June 4, 2013 at 9:25am

Good Morning All !

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on June 4, 2013 at 9:03am

Hi everyone I am one of the volunteers here to help you through this experience :)  I hope you all are having a good week so far. I know how hard this is for so many of you. And as hard as it is to believe the boot camp time will pass pretty quickly. I was a mess when my daughter was there. I didn’t have much time to prepare as she was only in DEP one month and then she was gone. I was and am a worrier lol so I was always wondering what she was doing and how she was. But it all turned out great and it is so hard for me to believe it has been three years. In fact is has been exactly three years. My daughter left for boot camp on May 25th 2010. Her PIR was July 23rd. I am so excited to get to know you all.  Now my daughter is a Sailor and is married to a Sailor and they are expecting their first baby and my first grandbaby :) We are actually very happy to have our Sailor home right now for a visit. She took leave to come home for her step-sister's HS graduation :) So, I am still here helping others get through this experience and I love it. If you have any questions or concerns please just let us know and feel free to send me a friend request if you like. I am happy to help.

 I always say the days drag by but the weeks pass quickly so, try to find something fun to do and stay busy. If you have little ones at home there are several things you can do to make this journey a little easier for the, Make a paper chain with a link for each day they have left in boot camp and let them remove one link each day. It will help them see that this is only temporary. Other have also put a quarter in a jar for every day left and each week allowed the child/children to use the money for an ice-cream cone or even for a special card to send to their recruit, gumballs or gummy bears in a jar work well too and they get a tiny little treat each day. So many things can make it a better experience for them.  Welcome to your PIR group, we are happy to have you here :)

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