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Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)

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Alumni of PIR 8/24/2012 TG 41 — 09 Divisions (261–268 & 941)

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This is a group for friends and family of SR's with a graduation PIR date of 08/24/02012 from Great Lakes, IL.

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 98
Latest Activity: Sep 9, 2012

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Comment by diannep on August 5, 2012 at 7:54am: Good Morning Ladies!

Comment by cecilia d on August 4, 2012 at 1:18pm: really appreciated diannep and ethansmom. i could sleep well last night , now i got the informative messages from you sure ease my mind a lot. i am not only a mommy. i am originally from Taiwan , please forgive me my poor English. I totally love this site and glad that i joined you. i love you all and my sailors out there. my son wrote me almost everyday. and i got essays in each letter.. with all the sweet words that he put in i thought i had my boy come back to me. Thanks Navy for giving my boy back to me again. I wish i could have got him in boot camp earlier. thanks again everyone.

Comment by diannep on August 4, 2012 at 9:59am: No, but he may have been told that, cecillia. He should have the whole day with you Friday...until 8 or 9 pm. He then will go back to RTC and get ready to be bussed to the airport. They bus them in the wee hours of Sat. or Sun. morning.

Here's the good part...you can meet him at the airport and wait with him for his flight. You meet up at the USO at OHare, or in front of security at Midway (USO is past security). You can obtain a gate pass (with proper ID) so you can wait with your new sailor at the gate until he leaves. The sailors are not told that families can meet them at the airports and wait with them, so most don't know this. But it is extra special time with your sailors. He should have his flight info by PIR so you will know how long his wait will be....some fly out early in the mornings, some as late as late afternoon/early evening (but they still have to wait all day at the airports).

Hope you are able to get this extra time in with him!

Comment by cecilia d on August 4, 2012 at 12:47am: thanks to everybody. my son is in div 264 , pir is 8/24. so i hope to see you there. i think i passed the depressed stage so to speak, now i am just excited and can not wait for the graduation to come. my son told me he will only have two hours for us to have dinner after graduation , then he will fly to a school in s.c. . is that true?

Comment by diannep on August 3, 2012 at 3:18pm: THAT is the "BIG DOOR OPENING" moment! HOOYAH!

Comment by diannep on August 3, 2012 at 3:18pm: PamperedMom: Yep, sounds like the RTC Bootcamp Emotional Rollercoaster that you are on with everyone else! It is not easy...but you guys are ALMOST THERE! It will be so worth all of this when you spot your sailor at PIR....so just hang in there! You will be crying then too, probably (I was a total mess) but such happy and proud tears! :-) Here's a pik to get you ready and focused on "the prize!"

Comment by PamperedMom on August 3, 2012 at 2:47pm: Of course, today was a NO MAKEUP Day at work....

Comment by PamperedMom on August 3, 2012 at 2:46pm: Help!! It's been such a weepy day for me. I don't know what the heck is wrong with me. I got a letter yesterday, albeit a short one. My SR is doing well. I'm proud of him. I just miss him so dang much it hurts...

Comment by diannep on August 3, 2012 at 8:14am: Welcome cecilia. Glad you keep up with the group!

Thanks ethansmom. We N4Moms veterans love helping out here!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on August 3, 2012 at 7:53am: Thanks so much cecilia, we are so glad you found us and joined this group. If you have any questions at all please don't hesitate to ask. We are more than happy to help.