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PIR 07/22/11

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A place for moms (and others) with a recruit Pass-In-Review (graduation) date of 07/22/11.

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Latest Activity: Jul 22, 2013

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Comment by Always "Incognito" on July 16, 2011 at 10:58pm: oh and as far as that time, its true, there were several street closings that the GPS didnt know about but as soon as we realized it was closed and thats why we were so backed up, we just asked the GPS for an alternate route and we were on our way as soon as we cleared that mess. I bet we got stopped by the same darned road closure, it was a BUGGER for sure! I always feel bad when I hear about Obama being in Chicago on a weekend because you know those poor PIR folks are going to be pulling their hair out with security issues for him and road closures.

Comment by Always "Incognito" on July 16, 2011 at 10:55pm: lala, there were some bad floods last year but I never had any trouble last year. I think there were issues if you were coming from one area out of the east of Chicago but I am certain Chicago proper didnt flood anywhere and my GPS worked great all weekend. But like you said, around the base, not so much.

Comment by Terry'saproudmom(Ship02-Div936) on July 16, 2011 at 10:53pm: hey Lala...I thought you were on you honeymoon :-) Snuck to the computer after hubby went to sleep? Thanks for the info. You had posted that early on and I new my old GPS wasn't going to cut it so now I'm armed with a new GPS, maps, directions from AAA, and will still do a quick mapquest or google map. If you hear of me lost before getting to PIR someone should give ME some IT

Comment by Always "Incognito" on July 16, 2011 at 10:51pm: btw, as we were coming onto base, my rental car was rerouted for "an inspection" they made me drive to another lane to be 'wanded underneath" and the guard asked me a few questions about who was in the car. He was respectful and quick and it was no big deal, I just followed ALL their instructions without complaint, so IF this happens to you, dont freak out. Its all good. They randomly select people for that but I'd bet my Texas tags might have been a flag for them. LOL

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on July 16, 2011 at 10:49pm: I agree, get a map. GPS isn't very good when interstates adn other streets are closed from flooding like it was last year in July when we were there for PIR. It was a terrible mess trying to get out of Chicago at 8 am on a Saturday morning. It took 4 hours to go 35 miles.

Comment by Terry'saproudmom(Ship02-Div936) on July 16, 2011 at 10:48pm: thanks fireteamleaderwife

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on July 16, 2011 at 10:44pm: GPS for Recruit Training Command

Here is a post by JessicaB-Sailor Mom (one of our long time veterans)

Comment by JessicaB-Sailor Mom on April 22, 2011 at 8:52am

RTC GPS address

3355 Illinois Street
Great Lakes, IL 60088

Gate 8 at Ohio & Buckley is where you enter to go to PIR

Comment by Terry'saproudmom(Ship02-Div936) on July 16, 2011 at 10:43pm: I bought a new GPS, but still will not trust it completely. Went to AAA yesterday for a Chicago area map.

I think someone had the address posted to put into our GPS but I can't find it now If you know it please post it again.

Also, we don't have toll roads in California. How do they work and how much are they. I think there are some coming and going to both airports.