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ALUMNI OF PIR 09/28/2012 TG 46 — 13 Divisions (307–316, 819, 820 & 946)

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This group is for family and friends of SRs who graduated on 9/28/2012. A place to keep up with each other as the journey continues with our Sailors.

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Location: Great Lakes, IL
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Latest Activity: Aug 20, 2014

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Comment by Jane (SHIP 13 DIV 314) on August 17, 2012 at 4:16am: @mom2e.... My son is in the same division and basically said the same thing as your son. He said they don't listen very well lol
Looks like we have a couple of the good boys in that division. I'm sure there are a lot more good ones. My son said their are 92 guys in that division!!!

Comment by mom2e. CTI on August 17, 2012 at 3:00am: So happy. Got my first letter from my son today. He is Ship 13 Div 314. It sounds like the group is having a bit of a rough start and a hard time adjusting. My son seems happy and said the time is going by faster than he thought but he doesn't like the extra PT, chores and shortened hygiene time. I hope their group can pull together and wok with one another.

Comment by SEAttLeMom on August 16, 2012 at 9:43pm: Anybody else from 04/820 get a 'real' letter yet?

My SR is not much on writing letters - loves to read them - but generally will give back a one-word response; still, one can hope, and there's been no real letter for me yet. Curious if the 800 DIV's were running close to the same schedule as the 300 DIV's (lots of letters coming in there - yea moms!). :)

....just wondering.....

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on August 16, 2012 at 8:58pm: Yes...you may send stamps.

Comment by diannep on August 16, 2012 at 8:32pm: Casper: My son is a chatterbox too (wanted to be an actor)....so the no talking was tough for him.....he didn't even talk much after PIR! I think he was still afraid he would get in trouble!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on August 16, 2012 at 6:00pm: ADDED the Division Discussion for 02/946.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on August 16, 2012 at 5:56pm: Your son sounds F.U.N Casper64! Congrats on the letter and the "ok". LOL

Comment by Angela on August 16, 2012 at 5:53pm: Got the first real letter today and I have read it like 6x. Hang in there y'all it will happen. My son sounded okay. He misses us and the outside world. He really wants to know what is happening on the home front (world). He said that PT isn't so bad but all the ironing and book-work is tiring. LOL He also doesn't like the fact that he has to keep quiet - no talking most everywhere. He used to just talk to hear himself. I think stand up comic was going to be his second choice if the Navy passed on him ;-) wink wink wink! He just wants us all to send letters and he gave me the okay to talk about AnyThing!

Cheers and Go Navy!!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on August 16, 2012 at 5:16pm: OMG< what a stressful week this has been. I finally feel like I can breath lol. I am so sorry I have not been here much this week. The first week of school has been so hectic. So glad tomorrow is Friday. I am going to try and catch up on all the posts now before I have to cook dinner. I hope you all have had a good week. I know you missed me lol.

Comment by diannep on August 16, 2012 at 4:36pm: Celia: I went to school at Auburn U. I'm from S. FL. When I went up there, they looked at me like I was an alien. This was back in the early 70's and there weren't many from S. FL up at Auburn. They told me I talked like a "d___n Yankee" even though from FL! Then...when I would go home...my family/friends would tell me I had a ridiculous southern accent. Sigh....I couldn't win... :-)

My son relayed to me back in his bootcamp days how sometimes the RDCs would get right in his ear and yell. He said it would hurt, he would yell so loud...but worse than that, he would be spitting as he yelled and that was spraying all over his ear. YUCK! :-)