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ALUMNI OF PIR 09/06/2013 TG 43 - 11 Divisions (331-340 and 943)

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Welcome to the group with SAILORS who graduated Boot Camp on 09/06/2013. A place to keep up with each other as your sailors continue their journey in the Navy.

Location: Great Lakes. IL
Members: 107
Latest Activity: Nov 17, 2013

WELCOME to PIR 09/06/2013! 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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• Don’t Jeopardize the Safety of Our Sailors: Remember OPSEC (Operational Security) (Don’t Sink Ships With Loose Lips) This site and all content posted on it are viewable to everyone on the Internet. This doesn’t mean you can’t share things about your Sailor – but too many details can put Sailors in harm’s way. The following are examples of red flags and should not be shared within this community either by posting or sending via a Group message:

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~If your last name is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended for you to use in your username for your own personal security. This is your option. It is also not a good idea to use an email address as your username for personal security reasons.

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Comment by Sharla on August 1, 2013 at 2:30pm: ScoobyDoo I'm right there with you. This has been a particularly hard week for some reason....I feel almost like I'm grieving, I miss my girl so much. She's in the same division as your daughter. I sent you a message asking her name in case maybe they know each other. :) I can't wait till PIR and then Aschool so I can text her and talk on the phone when we want to. I feel like I've lost an appendage!!

Comment by ScoobyDoo Ship 14 Div 335 on August 1, 2013 at 2:08pm: hopeing for a letter in the mail today, as those seem to be the days they come. I can't beleive that is has only been 3 weeks since my SR has left, seems like a decade ago. I have resorted in counting down Fridays in lieu of actual days, as it is easier for me to deal with the time. I miss her so terribly much, and doesn't seem to be getting easier with the passing days. :(

In my last letter and call on Saturday she sounds so home sick, it just breaks my heart, I hope that her next letter/call is more up beat as this will settle my heart some knowing that she is really ok. Everyone tries to tell me she is fine, she will do great, and while I know this, hearing her tears in her voice is not so convincing.

I hope we all get our weekly letters by tomorrow and our calls on Saturday, and hope that we get at least one more prior to the 'I am a Sailor" call.

Have a great day and get those tears out if needed, a good cry always helps the soul.

Comment by bchis on August 1, 2013 at 1:30pm: I sent a plastic folder so my SR could keep her pictures and letters in. It had multiple pockets and clips for loose leaf paper... She said that she was able to keep it. She probably has about 30 pictures by now and a ridiculous amount of letters.

Comment by bchis on August 1, 2013 at 12:25pm: Hopefully, they get it together sooner than later. I would imagine life is a lot easier if they work together... Even if they don't do it well.

I thought the same thing about the calls. I've been told a couple times that they would only get 'x' amount of calls and when they would be. So far, all of the calling information has been wrong.

Comment by diannep on August 1, 2013 at 11:26am: "Not working together well" is very common in bootcamp, bchis. Although the RDCs will make a division think that their division is the only one with this issue! They get it together eventually!

Ladies, my guess is that there WILL be calls during August....so keep the phones close! The RDCs say "stuff" that sometimes proves not to be so true! It is true that some RDCs give more calls than others....but be optimistic no matter what they were told!

Comment by philipmom on August 1, 2013 at 10:46am: Thanks so much bchis!

Comment by bchis on August 1, 2013 at 10:42am: @philipmom
The only news about her div that I get is there is a bad teamwork issue. They are getting in "more trouble than necessary" and "IT is becoming a norm." and "Things are getting harder instead of easier because we can't work together." There are a lot of people in each division, though, so I'm sure there are lots of different feelings on how everything is going. Either way, teamwork is a critical part of the final testing... they are going to need it, if they don't have it.

She did say that there aren't a ton of people sick in her div. She hasn't even had a cold yet, which is awesome. Physically, she is fine. Mentally, very stressed(normal) and emotionally exhausted. She was ready to come home the day she left but I know this is something she wants more than anything.

She even had a chance to come home for a funeral that is happening on Monday but she decided against it because it could possibly set her back and lose her position. "I have the rest of my life to dedicate to her and completing this training is the best way I can honor her memory." That made me very proud... and sad at the same time. I had a shimmer of hope she would get to come home for the day... but at the same time, I knew how much of a distraction it would be. She made a very logical choice.

Letters get here on Fridays so I'll know more specific things then. She is good about writing each night and detailing a lot of the days activities. I'll update you with the relevant stuff.

Comment by Jordan'Mom Ship 13 Div 333 on August 1, 2013 at 10:29am: Bchis...yes, sometimes "just friends" get letters and mamma's don't:)... It's ok just glad he's still doing ok.. Keep posting any word guys...with no letter or phone call I'm hanging on your every post!

Comment by philipmom on August 1, 2013 at 10:14am: Bchis & TapTap ship 12, No call from my son yesterday. Please share any news from ship12 with me so I can live vicariously thru your wife/son, ha ha. I wonder why they lost phone min? Is the crud going around that ship too?

Comment by Lynn on August 1, 2013 at 9:44am: I wish it were 60 degrees here... I seem on the weather for GL there are lightening and or thunder there all the time, is this true?