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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 Dad of Sailor on August 15, 2012 at 4:00pm: My son is in Ship 12, Div 307. Wonder why there is such a difference between the divisions of our son's if they left on the same day? Things that make you go hmmmm...

Walking to the mailbox each day has never been so exciting and filled with hope as it has been the last 2.5 weeks.

Comment by Jolene2Sailors on August 15, 2012 at 3:57pm: My son also left 7/30. I have been holding to "no news is good news"! It sounds like he wrote the letter the first week. His tone is cheerful...such a relief! Don't despair...you'll get something soon, I'm sure. I figured it would be 3 weeks or more before we would hear from him, so this was a pleasnt surprise. His request: send letters and ask questions. :)

Comment by Dad of Sailor on August 15, 2012 at 3:49pm: My son is a writer and still no letter for us and he left on 7/30. When did your son leave Jolene? No leters, no calls...I guess no news is good news huh?

Congrats on your letter!

Comment by Jolene2Sailors on August 15, 2012 at 3:41pm: WE GOT A LETTER! Sorry...I had to shout. Our son is not a writer (or so he says), so I am very excited. He sounds just like himself... :)

Comment by diannep on August 15, 2012 at 3:35pm: asnyder: Lala can give you info on the choir. She is teaching today but will be on later with info on the 900 division's activities! So check back!

Susan: My son left in Nov 2009 and was gone for the holidays too....hard....since then, he missed 2 more Thanksgivings, but made it home for 2 Christmases. Such a hard time to have them gone, right? But something military families have to get used to!

Comment by asnyder on August 15, 2012 at 2:51pm: Hi, I'm new to this and read some of the comments that were on here. Some of them sound like me! I cried because I found my daughter's peanutbutter. She would dip her oreo's in it. So far that is the only melt down I've had. I missed her call on Monday. That was very hard, but she left a message. I've wrote letters and can't wait to see her. She graduates on her 18 bday! She said she is in the choir. Can someone give me more information on that?

Comment by Stephensmomship13DIV314 on August 15, 2012 at 12:17pm: I cried in the cereal isle at Wal-Mart because I saw his favorite kind. I don't want to cook because I still miss calling him to come eat before it gets cold. When I finally get to talk to him I will be a blubbering mess LOL! My 13 year old tells people I still talk to him(she giggles) but I don't. I write alot and I hope I don't get fired for gazing into space.

Comment by SusanGMom of 2 on August 15, 2012 at 10:42am: This is my second time around and I will tell you the first time I was a mess, my oldest son left in November and it was the first time we were all not together for the holidays. I found support here but also I have some great friends who helped me through, former military men who just held my hand and let me cry or vent or they just gave me hugs everyday. My husband who is former military helped as well but I just don't think they understand how it is for a Mom.

So this is my second son and yeah I am still a mess but not as much as the first time around, I am not sure why cause this was my good kid and maybe that is why. I know he will be ok, the first one hates authority and anyone telling him what to do, that has not changed he is counting down to when he will get out, silly boy. I still tear up but have a lot going on, when I think about it and both of my boys I get sad.

Plus right now I am home alone with just the dogs and a cat (my SR's) for company, Husband is on a job hunting trip. So I have way to much time to sit and wonder and miss all my men. Plus my SR will have a birthday while he is in bootcamp and well darn it, we have always gone out for lunch just him and I and then we have something bigger with the rest of the family. Crap.... should not think about that...

Hang in there everyone....

Comment by diannep on August 15, 2012 at 8:08am: Jolene; As you are finding out, unless a family has gone through bootcamp, they have no clue of the emotions. It is so different than sending a kid to college or another moving away. Phone/computer connections are in tack then...not so here. Someone else has "stepped in" to mentor our children, husbands, wives, sisters, brothers, etc....and we have no say at all! You may ask your friends where else that happens? But even then, they won't understand. God Bless Them....most try, but they just can't and want to try and make you feel better with their words, but you probably get frustrated! We understand here....

Good morning all!