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Comment by PattieO**(ship14.div344) on September 1, 2012 at 7:52pm

hello  everyone so happy excited i too received form.letter today my son is also PIR oct19. im just so happy i can start sending all our letters we have been writing....  i was actually thinking his pir would be closer to end of nov. glad its closer but need to hurry and plann.

 

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on September 1, 2012 at 7:17pm

DarleneRN - My son asked for two more names with Phone Numbers and addresses when he called for the Security call.

Comment by Jenny M'smom on September 1, 2012 at 6:25pm

I got my letter today as well.  Ship 14 Div 344 just like the recruiter said.  No note at the bottom, but excellent handwriting on the envelope :)  I was hoping the mailman would be able to read it and I'm sure it was no problem.

Comment by Kylesmom (Ship 11 Div 339) on September 1, 2012 at 6:03pm

Just wanted to drop in and say hello to all off you moms and hope your all doing well! Have a wonderful holiday weekend and talk to you soon. We need to talk about ordering these ribbons from lala for our soon to be sailors!!! Talk soon ladies!!!

Comment by diannep on September 1, 2012 at 5:36pm

Welcome to the group, coreysmom!  So glad you are here! 

Some write a note on the box, some don't.  They are getting lots of orders shouted to them at once and it can get quite confusing!   I bet it was nice to see his handwriting on the form letter though, right?  Start writing those letters!  Every day if possible.  They LIVE for their name being called at mail call! 

Their mail is held for 2 weeks until the Recruit Mail Petty Officer is trained to handle the mail....but then they will get it all at once!  Maybe tomorrow will be the first day that this group receives mail????  And gets to write also!  We can only hope!  Their first mail delivery is on a Sunday, usually (held mail) and then they get mail M-F after that.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on September 1, 2012 at 5:21pm

I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday weekend. My hubby and son are gone on a Sword fishing trip so I am home alone. It is super quiet here. Using the time to get ahead on some things and busy, busy, busy turning my daughters room into a craft/business room. I think I could fill this room if it was 3 times bigger. So much stuff to finally get organized. It is quite an undertaking and packing up the stuff she left behind when she went away to college is making me miss her :( Have her and my Sailor girl gone makes me the only female living here and may I sure do miss them both. 

Comment by Corey's Mom on September 1, 2012 at 5:08pm

Glad to join this group! I received my form letter today. I had noticed on other sites that the recruit might be able to jot a quick note on the bottom of the letter. No such luck, but I was so thankful to receive his address!

Comment by diannep on September 1, 2012 at 11:16am

No, Navy vet.  They count processing days as part of bootcamp days, but not part of the training days.  The training days are 6 weeks, sandwiched in between processing days and the days before PIR. Training days still don't start until processing days are over,  just like when you were there.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on September 1, 2012 at 4:51am

There is the possibility of you receiving a phone call from your SR (Seaman Recruit) during the first one to two weeks after their arrival for Security Clearance info. I received mine one week after my son arrived at RTC. Had no idea it would come that fast. I'd only really been on the site for a week or two, so I had NOTHING ready! So... if your Recruit has a rating that requires security clearance information...800 Divisions, IT's, CTI's CTT's Nukes, AT's (the list goes on!), anyone that handles confidential info...have a list of references by the phone.

This is a short business call and is monitored. No time for chit chat...but once in a great while the person monitoring the call allows a few extra minutes.

The area code for GL is "847". My security clearance call, the caller ID said "US GOVERNMENT". We have also had "PAY PHONE" reported and then area codes for the surrounding areas...so answer all...and just get rid of those telemarketers!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on September 1, 2012 at 2:20am

 Here's a post I did on the "counting.of days" at BC.

Boot Camp Days ~ How to Count them...

Boot Camp is anywhere from 7.5 to 9 weeks (longer around Holiday time in Nov to Jan), actual weeks of time there. This is all generic and based on an "ideal" scenario of 8 weeks.

"Week1" is "P" Processing days...usually about 5 days could be longer. "Weeks 2-7" are Training Weeks.

"Week 8" is the final week and PIR. P days are counted P1, P2, P3 etc. up to 5. After 5 I believe they then says "P" Hold...but that is one I have not been able to confirm yet.

Days of Training (DOT) are counted W1D1...Week1 Day1...and so on up to 5. W2D1 is Week2 Day1.

Here is an exemplar based on a recruit whose W1D1 day is on a Wednesday. (I'm not starting with P days since they can vary)

W - W1D1

Th - W1D2

F - W1D3

Saturday and Sunday do not count in the counting of "P" or DOT days.

M - W1D4

T - W1D5

W - W2D1

So, their Day 1 will always be on the same day... ...except if there is a Federal Holiday. Then, it pushes it forward a Day. So,...the above SR has Day3 on Friday...Monday is a Federal Holiday...it is treated like a Sunday. Now, T is Day 4 instead of M...and you start counting from there again. W - Day5 Th - Day1.

Does your head hurt now?!

When you write your recruit...ask them to write the actual date and the DOT next to it.

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