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ALUMNI of PIR 11/09/2012 TG 52 — 12 Divisions (363–372, 823 & 952)

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This PIR Group is for those members that have loved ones who will be graduating Boot Camp on 11/09/2012. A place to gather information, share concerns and get support as your Recruits start their Navy careers as future Sailors.

Your current Group "veteran members" are:

diannep

LaLa Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons

ellen0502

♥FireTeamLeaderWife♥ aka FTLW

Betsy, son on Stennis carrier

Craig

sjtina

Cor

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 122
Latest Activity: Aug 8, 2016

WELCOME TO PIR 11/09/2012!

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Comment by diannep on October 8, 2012 at 8:24am: Good Morning all!

Comment by Anndrya (Ship-13 div-366) on October 8, 2012 at 12:16am: America, I'm so sorry to hear that :(

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on October 7, 2012 at 9:41pm: tracd93, I can't wait to see my Sailor come off that ship and she will only have been gone about a month. i can't even imagine how excited I will be to be there for the homecoming when it has been 8 or 9 months :-)

Good evening everyone, so sorry I have been MIA so much this weekend. This is fall break for our daughter that is in college. So she is home this weekend and it is the first time we have seen her since dropping her off at UNCW in August. It is good having her home. Not sure how she likes her room now that I turned half of it into a craft room lol :-) At least she still has a bed hehe. She definitely likes being able to find all the craft stuff so easily. Tomorrow we are making decorations for her dorm room door halloween decoration contest. How could she loose with me to help her? lol

We also heard from our Sailor again, she is doing well, working 7 days a week but they did get to watch the GA/SC game last night although she was not happy with the outcome. I sent her a candygram on her ship :-) I can't wait until she gets it, she has no idea :-D

Comment by Love My Sailor Ship 03 DIV 370 on October 7, 2012 at 9:01pm: Thank you diannep! We plan on arriving very early, however lots of family coming. I just needed to know how long they'll be waiting at hotel since the may be be able to come in.

Comment by diannep on October 7, 2012 at 6:47pm: Just posted BattleStations info in the Discussion Forum above.

Comment by Jodi-alumni Ship 4 on October 7, 2012 at 2:06pm: tracd93 and soupercook, we knew exactly where our son was standing in his division. We sat directly in front of our SR in the upper bleachers and we still had trouble finding him after the ceremony. His gf ran down with another girl ahead of us.(I forget to ask her how they found each other) but I know his dad, his best friend( in this div. 366) and I stood there like idiots looking around trying to find him. Of course I'm short so I couldn't see very far, haha. We did eventually find each other. I would suggest you ask your SR to meet you someplace i.e. against the back wall behind where they were standing etc just so you are both in the same area when you start looking.

Comment by diannep on October 7, 2012 at 1:51pm: 9 - 10:30. But you need to be there long before 9! We recommend arriving between 6:30 and 7:30 Better seating choice then.

Comment by Love My Sailor Ship 03 DIV 370 on October 7, 2012 at 1:32pm: Does anyone know how long the graduation is? I know it starts at 9 am...

Comment by diannep on October 7, 2012 at 8:19am: debzz: Oooops! She can't wear her own clothes when on liberty. She must stay in uniform all day. She still has to be in Navy clothing at A School until she phases up to wear her own clothes. But it doesn't take too long!

Comment by diannep on October 7, 2012 at 8:17am: Well, my sailor is short so I didn't see him all during the ceremony. My older son and I decided to be "smart" (so we thought) and stand in the bleachers, let the "herd" run buy us to get to their sailors, and let our sailor find us. Backfired....after waiting for about 5 minutes...we realized we had better go find him. He was busy talking to some of his shipmates....what??? HA!

But I agree with ellen...you usually have no problem finding your sailors!

Good Morning!

Cindi: Until your sailors phase up to go off base, sometimes families can visit them on base. Wait for your sailor to go through Indoc at A School and tell you about that.