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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 July 20, 2012 at 7:01pm: spudsmom: Wait....walls need to be WASHED??? :-)

PamperedMom: Too funny! Now...maybe you feel as some of us did when our sailors went through....we wished that maybe we all had RDCs living in our homes as our children were growing up !! I mean....REALLY! Especially during those TEENAGE YEARS!

Comment by spudsmom (ship 11 Div 264) on July 20, 2012 at 5:15pm: pamperedMom, that is funny, my son is the same way. Two days to haul out the garbage, and a trunk full of stuff to the Salvation army. What a hoarder, I never knew he was that bad. My son took a job as ship staff, that is they do odd jobs around the ship, he said sometimes he cleans the classrooms and wash walls. I had no idea he knew that walls needed washed, I always figured he thought you just painted them. What ever aliens have your son I think mine must be with him.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on July 20, 2012 at 3:31pm: In my prayers as well Brandon, hopefully they will heal soon. I do have another friend on this site who has a son who is recovering from a hairline fracture and he is delayed as well. She is actually a nurse and I know she would be willing to talk to your friends mom. Their sons will most likely be recovering together once he is out of the hospital and back at RTC so let me know if you would like the info to reach her.

PamperedMom, you crack me up. Sooooo funny :-)

Comment by MOMOFTOM (Ship9/Div266) on July 20, 2012 at 3:15pm: Pampered mom you crack me up!! I'm sure you're not alone. We ate all gonna be pleasantly surprised, I imagine!!

Comment by PamperedMom on July 20, 2012 at 2:26pm: The Navy Boot Camp Aliens have stolen my son! In his letter he said that he's ship mates think he is neat and organized. He is good at making his Bunk and stowing his gear. I don't know who that person is... He never made his bed at home and when he left it took me two days to remove the trash from his room! LOL!! God Bless the Navy!

Comment by diannep on July 20, 2012 at 10:29am: Brandon: My guess is that he won't be in the hospital too long, but will recover at RCU on RTC for the 3 mos. Hopefully it won't take that long for him to heal and he can resume training sooner--praying for no complications in his healing!. Poor guy...hard enough to have two casts on your legs, but to be in bootcamp with that...wow.

Comment by diannep on July 20, 2012 at 8:10am: Oh my, Brandon. How horrible. But please tell your friend that as awful as it is and hard on the SR and family, we have read stories on here of some that were kept for 6 mos post-injury and they became sailors eventually....a long hard road, but they did it. I know this is horrible news...and I can only imagine the discouragement. Prayers for this SR and his mom/family during such a difficult time.

Yes, mom-11: They cannot have the cellphones while at RTC so you have to give these to them at the airport when they are shipping out, or if staying in GL for A School, once they have moved over to that base.

gamom: So great that your son will be a "stick" (flag carrier) at PIR!

Congrats, ladies, on the letters/phone calls!

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Comment by BrandonDIV267 on July 20, 2012 at 5:24am: Ladies my neighbor and her SR needs our prayers....her son left on the 18 of June for boot camp .... well .... he was having a problem with shin splints..went to Medical they told him he was ok and sent him on....well yesterday they wer at PT and running he turned the corner and both of his legs went out..... he had to hair line fractures on his shins that they did catch... so now he BROKE both of his shins he is in the hospital with 2 cast on they are keeping him in there for 3 months and then he can go back to training he now Graduates in DEC.... So sad she was over here crying I felt so bad for her...The navy has to keep him there because he went to them and they didnt find the prob the first time and then sent him back then he really got hurt....so now they have to fix him and keep him...

Comment by mom-11-263 on July 20, 2012 at 1:30am: Yea, I got another letter today. One a week isn't too bad. He sounds happier. I think he is getting used to being yelled at! He even said he was laughing before taps and a chief asked him what is was about, he said they were little school girls and the chief tried very hard not to laugh himself. I guess that kind of lightened the mood a bit for him. He got a job as a "paper pusher" and likes it. Okay Diannep, so the way it goes is that we can bring their cell phones, but they can't have them until they ship out to 'A" school, is that right? So we wait until they leave on Saturday at the airport, right?

Comment by ga.mom75[ ship11div261] on July 20, 2012 at 1:16am: hello in my letter today my son said his job was iron po thats so funny because before he left i teased him about ironing for him he also said that he would be stick # 2 at pir