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Comment by SusanGMom of 2 on August 17, 2012 at 4:36pm

I got my first real letter from my SR yesterday, he sounded good asked questions about what is going on here.  He said he can not believe that it's been so long since we have talked... it's funny cause some nights all we were doing is each sitting reading but we were all in the same room.  

He said he had a mental break during IT, but it helped the division start working together, so that is a good thing I hope.  He is a lot like I am, we just don't like when people are not doing what they are suppose to be doing.  

Comment by kazzam(SHIP 13 DIV 313) on August 17, 2012 at 4:29pm

Darn.. Another day, no mail from my SR. Maybe tomorrow? Hope all is well for everyone and Congrats to all that have received a letter. My SR has got some splaining to do!!! LOL!!! Have a nice day everyone!

Comment by shannon-ship-03-div-315 on August 17, 2012 at 2:39pm

thank you for the encouraging words. My mail man hasn't come by yet...so I'm hoping. If not then perhaps next week will be my day. Thanks again ladies. 

Comment by Jane (SHIP 13 DIV 314) on August 17, 2012 at 2:27pm

@FTLW... I'm not worried :) My son has been a good judge of character his whole life. Always dumped the "bad" kids so to speak. He is also an excellent motivator for his age (only 17!). He has been told his whole life that he is an old soul. I trust whole heartedly that all the wonderful guys in that division they will pull it together :)
@summersun I was feeling exactly the same way you are. Everybody else seemed to get everything before me... Lol the box, the form letter, then the "real" letter. It was so comforting to read others stories on here while I was waiting not so patiently for my "stuff". Don't worry, they are in excellent hands. You will get your letter soon and it will be the best piece of mail you have ever received! It's worth the wait! :)

Comment by diannep on August 17, 2012 at 1:36pm

summersun:  Your letters are coming soon!  These arriving this week were mailed this past Monday.  That is the normal "mail out" day.  Hoping that today is your day! 

Just read on this site that one SR in the PIR 08/17 group was "asmoed" (setback) for writing letters when he wasn't supposed to.  So....now he has been moved back to the 08/31 group....so hoping that the SRs are mindful of the time they are allowed to write!   My son learned his lesson the hard way too when he was up there....that you have to report a shipmate if you know that shipmate fraternized with a female.  The "offender" shipmate showed my son the female's phone number and he apparently was supposed to report this to the RDCs, but didn't.  Uh oh....setback for what was initially to be 2 weeks (gave me his new PIR date....yes, I already had my airline reservations and they were not on Southwest-which would have had no change fee!  UGH!)....and then he called a week later to say he was back training again and gave me yet another PIR date, one week after his original.  Thank goodness I had held off on changing the airline reservations....two change fees for two people would have been a bit costly!

For that reason, please be sure to check out Southwest Airlines into Milwaukee (closer to GL and less traffic) or Chicago-Midway (furthest airport from GL, more traffic, but one of the two airports that sailors fly from to A School after PIR-- in case you plan to wait with them there).

Comment by shannon-ship-03-div-315 on August 17, 2012 at 9:28am

I'm so jealous that some of you recieved letters. I haven't yet but hoping daily. I'm happy for all that did. Listening to what you son and daughters write makes me feel comfort. Thank you moms.

Comment by laurasue87 on August 17, 2012 at 8:50am

My son T, is ship 13, div 311!  Received three letters in the mail yesterday and it filled me with much joy!  I was beginning to think he wouldn't write.  T says he made lots of friends and training isn't so bad as long as you pay attention to detail. he sounded so mature!  Looking forward to meeting other mom's at the graduation!

Comment by diannep on August 17, 2012 at 7:59am

SeattleMom:  Yes, the 800 division would be on about the same schedule as the other divisions here.  They will all PIR at the same time.

As far as letter writing, doesn't really matter if they were letter writers before bootcamp or not!  Those that were not most likely will write!  My son fit that category.  He even told me he would not write because he didn't like doing that, but told me he would call when he could.  Well, he wrote me either 4 or 5 letters....huge for him!  So keep the faith!

Lori:  You are probably correct that he won't answer most of your questions.  So many of them don't until a phone conversation!  Suggestion:  Put those questions in the form of a "short" questionnaire....send it with your next letter so he can provide short answers.  Possibly could work! 

Comment by LoriT Ship 13 Div 310 on August 17, 2012 at 7:06am

My son Steve is in Ship 13 Div 310. I haven't heard from him yet but I hope that he's one of the really cool guys being referred to in the letters some of you have received. He is a really cool guy and I can't wait to get a letter from him as well. I've written him several times already and I'm positive he won't answer even half of the questions I asked him so I'm really glad to have this site because it's so full of wisdom and answers.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on August 17, 2012 at 5:09am

Don't worry too much about them not pulling together...these are "normal" common reports in the first three weeks of BC.

Everything is new and they needed to know it yesterday. Plus, like you said "92 guys" (used to be 88+ was the "norm") all different ages and from different walks of life...trying to get on the same page.

You should see "a change" after about the fourth week (that's FourthTraining week)...they are "getting it" by then and working together as a team more...the yelling slows down a bit because of this as well!

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