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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 MamaB=Ship 14, Div 290 on July 8, 2012 at 6:06pm: Hi China. Someone just started a discussion for Division 266 including 265 because they are brother divisions. I believe it is just call Ship 9, Div 266.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on July 8, 2012 at 6:03pm: China, maybe you could add a discussion (just above these comments) click on add a Discussion and give it a title like "Ship ?? DIV 265" then when other join this group they will see your discussion above and join you there. That way your post doesn't get lost in the comments a couple days from now. I am sure there will be others finding their way to this group very soon :-)

Comment by chinadoll19 on July 8, 2012 at 5:39pm: Hi ladies I would like to know all the Moms that has a child on Ship9 Div 265. Thanks - China:-)

Comment by klh17(Ship 9/Div 268) on July 8, 2012 at 3:21pm: Mom 11-263
We had planne great America as well, until I started getting all the info here. In my letter I sent my son yesterday I told him I would leave it up to him. If he really wanted to go we could take a towel for him to sit on everywhere. Lol.

Comment by mom-11-263 on July 8, 2012 at 2:44pm: Ok. I talked to my other son and we decided to stay the full weekend. That way we can go to Great America after my recruit leaves, if we want. I just know that my recruit son LOVES roller coasters!!! Oh well he will have lots of time for that. Another great thing about his PIR is that, it happens to also be my birthday! What a great present! I am very proud of my son. It was ONLY (ha ha) 28 years ago that I graduated Navy bootcamp. A lot has changed since then. We were in a company and our barracks was a division of many companies. We drilled with stripped down M-16's every day. And Hollywood had not created a cool simulated Navy ship to practice on back then. Also we had to wear those dorky dungarees, we didn't get the cool digital blues. I am very jealous. I pray for all of your recruits, and hope the time goes by quickly for all of us.

Comment by ellen0502 on July 8, 2012 at 1:27pm: julabula, I stayed at the Navy Lodge and loved it. When the opportunity comes up I will again stay there if possible, and with no hesitation Driving anywhere we wanted to go was not an issue from there as the "main" streets are only two turns away. :)

We attended Sarges meet and greet and it was very easy to find, I will admit we missed the turn, but that was our fault we just were looking around too much and not paying attention.

Comment by julabula35 on July 8, 2012 at 1:18pm: I've already reserved a room for my family at the Navy Lodge, but I'm hearing about a meet-and-greet at one of the other hotels nearby. I chose NL because they were the closest to the base. Can anyone share/compare experiences there or at other hotels?

Comment by mom-11-263 on July 8, 2012 at 1:11pm: My son is going to Pensacola for A school. I read somewhere the recruits don't ship out until Sunday. It is last minute to know when their flight is...

Comment by ellen0502 on July 8, 2012 at 12:58pm: Phase I liberty at GL is back at ship by 2200 and no more than 50 miles away. They must also be on the buddy system, PIR weekend a family member can check them out, but also must check them back in upon return.
There is no increase on distance they can go from base until Phase III, if I remember correct.

Comment by diannep on July 8, 2012 at 12:53pm: Welcome, mom-11-263! Glad you are here! So sorry it took so long to be approved. Could have been the administrator was on vacation...doesn't usually take that long.

As far as taking your saillor to Great America....will your sailor be staying in GL for A School? If so, then it is better to go on the day after PIR (GL A School students get daytime liberty during the weekend). That is when they can wear their khaki shirts/black pants (called PEANUT BUTTERS) which don't get as dirty. They will be in their dress whites on PIR day and won't want to be there then. No way they could stay clean which is so important (drilled into their heads!). If your new sailor will be flying out to A School the next day, you probably won't be able to visit the theme park anyway, but there are plenty of other things to do after PIR.