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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 4, 2012 at 1:44pm: cincymomdo: Nice idea. You can tuck a couple of letters into each of your SR's letters so he/she can pass them out. The letters need to be addressed to a recruit. They won't accept an envelope there just addressed to the ship/division, no SR's name on it.

Sailor12: The division will fill up. No worries. I feel sure that 265 is in this PIR group since it starts with 261. And re: "Brandon's" division filling up, 267, I believe that 267 will be in this PIR group as well (unless there are only 5 divisions....very small PIR group in that case).

Brandon: Funny you brought up the 8 hrs of sleep. That IS a requirement...except for when they first arrive (they are up for about 36-40 hours before hitting their racks for the first time) and during Battlestations (overnight drill where they are sailors upon completion). Again, they are up about 38 hours by the time they go to sleep on the day they finish.

Some ladies in these groups have reported that their sailors say they only get about 3-4 hours of sleep a night. Never understood that...although they DO get up in the middle of the night to iron!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on July 4, 2012 at 12:56pm

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on July 4, 2012 at 12:54pm: Happy Fourth of July!

Comment by mkcmom on July 4, 2012 at 12:02pm: Thank you FTLW and Momof5!!! I sent a letter already to the Ohio street address, but i"m sure he'll get it.....doesn't take rocket science, and his div# and ship# were correct.....but i will use the Sailor Dr address from now on..... Hope everyone has a happy 4th of July.

Comment by Sailor12 on July 4, 2012 at 11:00am: BrandonShip9Div267..my so is in Ship 9 Division 265, if the shipdoesnt fill up does that mean the PIR date will be different...?

Comment by cincymomdp PIR8/24 SHP 2-DIV 941 on July 4, 2012 at 10:47am: Happy 4th to all! With our family and friends gathering on this special day, we are planning a "letters from home" box so anyone who wants to send notes to our SR, we can collect them in a box, and mail them in an envelope once we get our SR mailing info. May have some sent to SR's that do not have any mail.