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ALUMNI OF PIR 08/31/2012 TG 42 — 12 Divisions (269–278, 818 & 942)

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This is a group for family & friends of SRs who PIR is 8/31/2012!

Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 126
Latest Activity: Jul 6, 2013

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Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on July 19, 2012 at 2:09pm: Well phooey...my bad...I didn't see the "No Weather" sign on the WW last night so you can't go back and see how the rain and lighting looked.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on July 19, 2012 at 2:08pm: Don't cry nursecat ...

Comment by nursecat(ship 2/ DIV 942) on July 19, 2012 at 1:44pm: Lala, we live in a very small town & dont have door to door mail delivery. Everyone has post office boxes. I have checked with the post master, she knows everyone cuz of the small town, & she has not seen it at all. She was aware when my son left for BC & she knows I've been obsessive about the mail. & that I post a letter to him almost daily. She assured me it has not made it to our post office. So it is lost somewhere between GL & my little no where town Ohio. UGH, cry, sniff, cry some more

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on July 19, 2012 at 1:21pm: Mrs Senior Chief, that is so cute, a long drive to check the mail :-) There was one mom who paid a neighbors kid to check her mail daily and call her to tell her what she had. I thought that was awesome lol.

nursecat, have you checked with neighbors to make sure it wasn't put in the wrong box? I hope you get it or a real letter today to let you know you have the correct address. i have my fingers crossed for you :-)

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on July 19, 2012 at 12:46pm: We have seen it take up to three weeks (sometimes the mom got a real letter first!) and the one ime there was a "boo-boo" was when the Recruit put the incorrect apt. number and it got returned to him! He had to resend. The mom was going nuts (can't blame her!) and then she got a phone call and that's when he told her!

Comment by diannep on July 19, 2012 at 12:12pm: You may want to call the recruiter back and have him doublecheck the division info he gave you originally to make sure it hasn't been "updated." Most time, it is not, but it is good to check.

Comment by diannep on July 19, 2012 at 12:11pm: nursecat: He will get the letters and eventually will call you. Then, just confirm that he sent the letter to you, and not someone else. They can only send one and if the original one gets lost, oh well. Another can't be sent. Ask him for the password that he wrote in the letter...very important. You will need that to get your gate pass for PIR. Only he can give it to you so write it down in several places!

Hoping that the letter is just "delayed' and will arrive soon. Some ladies have waited close to 3 weeks to receive theirs. Not sure why it would take that long, but sometimes it does!

Comment by nursecat(ship 2/ DIV 942) on July 19, 2012 at 11:08am: Ok ladies, What do I do if the stupid post office lost my form letter? How do I get the info that was included in it & be sure my son is in the div the recruiter gave me??? My heart is breaking cuz I am not sure that I have correct address! I have written him a dozen letters but god only knows if he got them.

Comment by jenniferlee on July 19, 2012 at 10:08am: That is great that you have already got to talk to him 2 times. I know you are proud of his rank, that is awesome!! He must be working hard for him to move up.

Comment by Mrs.SeniorChief on July 19, 2012 at 10:02am: My husband and I would rush home every Thursday during lunch to check the mail when our oldest went off to BC in 2006. Now our youngest is there and I am making a mad dash (30 miles round trip) at lunch today to check the mail. :)