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ALUMNI OF PIR 08/28/2015 TG 42 - 7 Divisions (283-288, and 942)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 08/28/2015. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 53
Latest Activity: Sep 2, 2015

WELCOME to PIR 08/28/2015! PLEASE See the PAGES section for Informational Posts about BC and PIR. PAGES is underneath the Members Photos. PLEASE scroll down this page here to find the Comment Box to post a reply to the PIR GROUP.

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Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on August 28, 2015 at 2:35am: Angela - If you have your Form Letter with you or don't but do remember the password AND the Hotel has a business center you can use you could print up a Vehicle Gate Pass that way.

If not and you still would like to drive to PIR you can park in the Metra Parking lot located just outside RTC. There is a small fee. 2-4 dollars I think.

The Metra Parking Lot is on Ohio Street, the street you turn onto to get to the gate for PIR.

When you turn onto Ohio Street off of Buckley just keep driving past the gate (gate 8) that you would enter RTC for PIR. It will dead end into the Metra Parking Lot.

When you first enter the lot there will be a ticket box to the very far left to purchase a ticket for your car. You'll need to park first, get the space number and then go buy the ticket and take it back to your car. ( I think that is what I did...it's been four years! Didn't use it for PIR just when I went to the Metra to check it out.)

Then you can walk back to Gate 8 and walk onboard RTC just like you would if you took a shuttle (the Shuttles drop off outside of RTC). No Vehicle Gate Pass needed.

Comment by CatMom509 on August 28, 2015 at 2:23am: Angela,

Get your rest and the shuttle will definitely take a load off of you! Have a blessed PIR!!

Comment by Angela on August 27, 2015 at 11:36pm: We have arrived and look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow. I was brain dead upon arrival and spoke with another mom briefly, not that was one of you, I'm sorry I was so out of it. We forgot to print our parking pass but we may just take the shuttle instead. Going on 2 hrs sleep and a ton of travel time today , but super excited.

Comment by CatMom509 on August 27, 2015 at 4:23pm: Hi Friends!

     "..... I raised you up for this very purpose,

           that I might display My power in you

            and that My name might be proclaimed

           in all the earth."

                                                   Romans 9:17

Comment by Julie on August 27, 2015 at 11:00am: Awesome! Thanks for the tips!!

Comment by diannep on August 27, 2015 at 8:53am: *you may be able to sneak. him a hug....

Comment by diannep on August 27, 2015 at 8:52am: Here's the even better news, Julie. Since he can't march, he should be seated, in uniform, with others in the same position he is in (up all night!) in the balcony! Yes, you can sit up there, just not in their section...but look for your new sailor! You may bet to sneak him a hug before PIR starts....so....be EARLY to PIR! Gates open at 6:30 a.m.

Safe travel for all today. Enjoy Sarge's MeetandGreet tonight, be early for PIR tomorrow. For those driving to PIR, here is a hint:

Stay to the left on Buckley....car line for RTC will be on your right. Bypass RTC and turn around at the train station right past there....head back to RTC from the opposite direction, easy left turn onto RTC....no wait!

Enjoy! .....and....Good Morning!

Comment by CatMom509 on August 27, 2015 at 1:59am: Julie,

Glad to hear that your SR will be at his PIR!! Praying his pink eye will be totally cleared up when he sees you~~

Comment by Julie on August 27, 2015 at 12:47am: Sorry, missed the battlestations, not the PIR.

Comment by Julie on August 27, 2015 at 12:47am: Diannep, yes, my son got pink eye. I got a call from him this afternoon. He missed the PIR with his Div and has to go through Thursday night and should graduate Friday, but doesn't get to march in with his Div. Sad to hear, but I'm glad that I know what is going on now and that he will be graduating! Thanks, can't wait to see him. Congratulations everyone!