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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

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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 Cindi (Ship 11 Div 363) on October 6, 2012 at 11:42pm: When SRs go to A school are there families aloud to join them? Or do they have to wait until they are out of A school?

Comment by ellen0502 on October 6, 2012 at 11:31pm: Trust me...you will have absolutely no problem finding your SR!!!!

When that liberty call is made and you head down to the floor it looks like a free for all, but your SAILOR has a built in homing device that will find you. Truth of it is, they will probably find you while they are standing there during PIR, they have lots of time to look.

They may all "look the same" from a distance to you, but you will look the same as you always have to them.

Comment by debzz3 on October 6, 2012 at 7:47pm: I hope so. I encouraged her to hang in. I told her that once she gets to A school and has her phone and stuff it will be better and we can be in contact everyday and she'll get to wear her own clothes on liberty and anything else I could think of to try to make it better.

Comment by diannep on October 6, 2012 at 7:14pm: Soupercook: yep, hang in there...it will get better for her!

Comment by diannep on October 6, 2012 at 7:11pm: debzz: The National Guard girl gave you great advice. This is the very hard part of bootcamp....about 2 weeks before PIR, during training week 4 (Hell Week, but not as bad as it sounds)....there is a turnaround for them and they become much more positive. So keep encouraging her in your letters....send lots of them! Get her friends to write, other relatives, anyone who had a place in her life....she'll be fine, but it is hard to hear them so upset, I know.

Hang in there....

Comment by debzz3 on October 6, 2012 at 6:51pm: She also said that she has become friends with a few girls there and a couple of them are also going to San Antonio for MA school so if they all gradute at the same time (fingers crossed) they'll be able to go together.

Comment by debzz3 on October 6, 2012 at 6:45pm: Got my first call last night. Of all times my SRs twin and I were standing in line in the freezing cold for a concert in St. Louis, MO. But we got to talk quite a while, maybe 20 mins or so. She was crying and saying how much she hated it and wanted to come home. She will not be performing even though she's in the 952 div because she was put in there just because they need some more people in there and thats why they were a week ahead of her and everyone had already tried out so she didn't get to. She has recieved only 1 of our letters and both her sister and I have written several times. I was crying. People in line were staring like something stupid. It turned out the girl right behind us was in the National Guard and she said she we should try to keep her in because she will be happy when she makes it. Said she was unhhappy at basic too, but after that it all got better, which is basically what I told my daughter. She quit crying during the call but started again when we had to hang up, thats when I started.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 6, 2012 at 4:07pm: Keep those phones close Folks!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 6, 2012 at 4:03pm: Woo-Hoo on the boots. That can be a real problem at first!

Ha, ha look at these:

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 6, 2012 at 4:00pm: Nigel's Mom - You are welcome and thank you as well. I truly only do it in evryones best interest. I am no writer and not in the military just a spouse and mom and always try to "work out the bugs" when I post.

It's a highly stressful time...it ebbs and flows (Don't be surprised as you get near the end of Boot Camp that your emotions start to rise again. It is normal and common.) We just want to be here as much as we can to "come alongside" you all. Good times and bad. I so wish I had had that when I was a young wife.

Even now, you all help me. Our deployments came late in "our" career. The first one after he was in 18 years and then the last 10 years after that. The same time our son was in Boot Camp (2011). Both deployments were very different from each other in how they played out for him, me and us. I connected with a wife of a man he became buddy's with over there this last time. We are all the way across the country from each other so it's the internet for now, but we need each other as our men went through mostly the same stuff.

My husband is a "typical" male as he loves adventure and doing new things. When he left this last time, the base reporter was there and interviewed us. She asked how I felt about him going. "Proud" was my answer. (I am never very good with on the spot stuff like that. You know, you always think of something better to say later.)

Driving home, as I thought about it another word came to mind...

Young.