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Comment by FLMOM on July 23, 2013 at 8:44am

We got the letter last night only one week from the day my son left.  I was surprised that the PIR date is Sept 13.  My math showed that it would be the week before.  If he graduates on the 13th that would be 9 weeks.  My son is ship 11 div 343.  I already put a letter in the mail this morning!

Comment by diannep on July 23, 2013 at 8:40am

For those of you joining the FB group, please be sure to stay on this site too.  We will be giving out lots of info on here during bootcamp days! 

As far as starting their "training days," they have "processing days" upon arrival at bootcamp which can last from several days to up to 2 weeks or so.  Just depends on when an SR arrives.  My son's were about 10 days long when he was there.  After that, they start their training weeks (6). 

Training days are M-F, numbered 1-5.  However, a SR may start "week 1" any day between Monday and Friday.  Weekends and Holidays are "hold" days so if they are on 1-3 (training week 1/day 3) on a Friday, they will be on 1-4 on Monday.

You all will have Labor Day during your bootcamp days, which will back up their training day number by one day.  No worries....they will get it all done. 

Comment by diannep on July 23, 2013 at 8:36am

Too funny, Navybratx3. 

Amazonannie:  The shuttle service the Courtyard person mentioned to you is the area PIR service (taxis operating as shuttles that morning) that many of the hotels use.  It is $3/pp each way and Sarge's shuttle service is the same price.  I agree with CatMom-----checkout Springhill Suites, Residence Inn, and Holiday Inn Express, all right there close to the Courtyard (and near Sarge's MeetandGreet held the night before PIR).  Navy Lodge is another popular one....we used our AAA rate at Residence...cheaper than Navy Grad rate when we were there several years ago.  The breakfast was free to all.

Good Morning All !

Comment by Heather7274 on July 23, 2013 at 8:24am

daddysannie ~ yes it does feel wonderful to know you are not alone and that there are other mothers and fathers out there sharing this experience with you. Let the journey begin :)

Comment by navywifeandmom on July 23, 2013 at 7:29am

My Chuckle for the day...

I turned on my son's phone to get two of his friends phone numbers.  I wanted to text them his mailing address.  Well, I wrote them down, text them the address and then added them to my contacts on my phone in case I needed to text them again.  yay Mom! Thinking ahead!

Well, I had asked one of them to pass the info on to their Mom, my son has been close to the family.

All was well until I got a text back saying

No worries, who is this by the way?

I laughed because I figured this girl would know and so I replied "Kyle's Mom, how did they let you in the Coast Guard..jeezz LOL"

A few minutes later I received another text

This is Mikey , but thanks! :)

Seems my son would talk to Mikey's mom a lot too and didn't question the request....

.....

Seems you should pay better attention when adding names to contacts and phone numbers, I had switched the names assigned to the numbers!  I have since fixed the mix up! 

I can't wait to tell my SR about this, he will surely have a field day with this "Mom moment" 

Comment by Derrick's Mom on July 23, 2013 at 3:39am

@bugsmom...glad to see someone in the same division finally =)

@Jakes Mom, yes I finally got myself to open the box, had the exact reaction I thought I would have =(

Comment by blessedmom 09div341 on July 23, 2013 at 2:36am

Thank you for the information. I think if I book on one of the hotels outside the navy it will be less worry for MY SR, and we might enjoy more of the amenities.Tomorrow I will start making phone call and check those hotels online.

thanks

Comment by CatMom509 on July 23, 2013 at 2:05am

Yea, Holiday Inn Express, Residence Inn, Springhill Suites, and Courtyard Marriot--all in Waukegan/Gurnee have had excellent reviews from the moms here!  Call them directly and ask for their PIR Navy Graduation rate.  Take a look online too to see what their Best Available is.  The Best Available at Holiday Inn Express happened to beat the PIR rate by $5/day!  None of the hotels require any deposit either, so I was able to easily switch when I found a better hotel for us!

Also, Navy Lodge is a good one and it is specifically for Navy personnel and their families.  You will need to book the reservation under your SR's name there. It is not on the base, but nearby and you will still need a shuttle to get to PIR. 

Comment by blessedmom 09div341 on July 23, 2013 at 1:58am

Dear Amazonannie: well, I have to hurry up then, I was going to wait for my son to call me and ask him what he really wanted, but me and my husband were thinking Homewood suites, because it has two separated rooms,my oldest son its going too. but I was reading on some of the comments about the Navy lodge, but I do not know how hard its to book there. I would like to stay for the weekend or at least to Saturday.  And  I would like to book the hotel with the shuttle to the graduation because they say its a lot of traffic trying to in car inside the  base.

Comment by ellen0502 on July 23, 2013 at 1:23am

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