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ALUMNI of PIR 9/1/2011 TG 42 Div 281-290, 818, 819, 942

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Group for those who's Sailors graduated 09/01/2011 - "veryproud" started this group, but please contact "DiverMom" with any issues/concerns regarding this board. CONGRATULATIONS to all the new NAVY family members! Thank you!

Members: 111
Latest Activity: Aug 9, 2012

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You need to be a member of ALUMNI of PIR 9/1/2011 TG 42 Div 281-290, 818, 819, 942 to add comments!

Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on August 23, 2011 at 2:18pm: Ok, I never ever want to feel another earthquake. I can't believe we just had an earthquake in Maryland. 5.8 was big enough to scare me. Things were falling off the shelves in our apartment, roof sounded like it was going to cave in, (I'm on top floor) so I ran outside to get out of the building. Convinced me that I will never want to live in CA.

Comment by Jamesmom(ship11 div 281) on August 23, 2011 at 1:32pm: Thank you diannep for the listing. I found it this morning. :-)

Comment by Proud AV Mom on August 23, 2011 at 10:35am: Thank you Dianne! much appreciated!

Comment by diannep on August 23, 2011 at 10:34am: I sent out a group message last night with the BStation dates I have.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on August 23, 2011 at 9:09am: I just added a questionnaire to the discussions above. I made this one to send to my daughter when she was there. It has a very good paragraph full of encouragement for battle stations. I sent it about a week before so it would be fresh in her mind. I even sent extra copies for her to give to her friends so they would have the encouragement too. You may have to tweak it a little to make it your own because it was written for a girl but check it out. All you have to do is copy and paste it.

Comment by ochaos on August 23, 2011 at 12:12am: Another thing to remember is that you are not allowed to take photos or videos outside on base. If they catch you they will erase it.

Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on August 22, 2011 at 11:50pm: Ladies, I know that it's a little bit late for this information, but don't forget about Priceline.com if you have to book a rental car for PIR. I am going to see my sailor in Pensacola, but we are flying into Panama City and driving to Pensacola. I have been looking at rental car prices for a couple of weeks and didn't see anything less than $40 for the type of car that I wanted to rent. Ugh! Tonight, I thought, oh what the heck, I'll try Priceline. I stated that I wanted to pay $20 a day. I got a response back right away that they accepted that!. Woohoo, that saved me quite a bit of money over the course of 5 days. :)

Comment by diannep on August 22, 2011 at 10:25pm: sleepgirl: Thanks for the BStations info, but we can't post on here...so please delete your message! That is not the date that I was given...I was told that it was changed.

I'll send out a group message now with what I have. Check your personal email for it, not email on this site.

Comment by PeruvianMami (Ship11Div284) on August 22, 2011 at 9:12pm: Can we clarify for ship11/div 284 im geeting confused on ehat day is bs thanks pls msg me

Comment by Proud AV Mom on August 22, 2011 at 9:05pm: Anyone know when Battle Stations will be for 12/286???? Lots of others have been posted but haven't found any for my SR's div, send me a private message if you know, unsure about the rules for posting Battle Station dates on this site..Thanks!