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ALUMNI of PIR 11/16/2012 TG 1 — 9 Divisions (001–008 & 901)

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This Group is for those with sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 11/16/2012.

A place to keep up with each other as the journey continues.

Your current Group "veteran members" are:

diannep

LaLa Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons

ellen0502

♥FireTeamLeaderWife♥ aka FTLW

Betsy, son on Stennis carrier

Craig

Location: Great Lakes IL
Members: 103
Latest Activity: Sep 26, 2017

WELCOME to PIR 11/16/2012

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Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 25, 2012 at 8:59pm: That is wierd. Family Day stopped about two to three years ago. They used to allow the Sailors to see their Families the night before PIR.

She may mean the Meet and Greets that are FOR families...but the Sailors don't attend those. The first time that you will see your Sailor is PIR day.

Unless of course the Navy changes it back! You never know...we'll just have to wait and see. This is the first I have heard of a recruit writing about this.

Comment by janarama on October 25, 2012 at 8:27pm: Hi Navy Family, been reading along but have not joined the discussions yet. Just wanted to ask if anyone in PIR 11/16 has heard anything about a 'family day' before grad? I spoke with Sarge last night and he had not heard of this, but my girl has mentioned it twice: in a letter to me and also to my son. If that is true, I will change my flight plans to come a day early. Anyone have a clue? Is she confused? :)

Comment by grbsgirl20(S14-D008) on October 25, 2012 at 8:09pm: Did anyone from div008 get letters this week??

Comment by diannep on October 25, 2012 at 8:06pm: Sigh.....well....."Mom" has his heart, right?????

Comment by thelostairman on October 25, 2012 at 7:49pm: Girlfriend got two letters today, I didn't get any... Trying to not be upset...

Comment by Erika314 on October 25, 2012 at 7:42pm: That is sweet Kp125f. I want more love letters... haha :-) he tries to be so manly to me, then he writes my daughter (his sister) all the funny stuff.. geez

Comment by kp125f on October 25, 2012 at 7:33pm: I got three letters today!!! :) yay yay yay!!! I am so glad you ladies post the info they are sending you.... I get love letters about him missing me and stuff of that nature.... as much as i LOVE my letters I really appreciate you guys sharing the serious stuff too!! Thank you!!

Comment by Erika314 on October 25, 2012 at 3:45pm: I got a letter today, (the GF got 3, haha :-/ ) He basically told me about last Friday Oct 19th and that it was week 4 day 1...He said Monday was going to be a big day for the Nukes as they would find out their rate, he really wants EM, not sure why. He also said it was Lazer Gun day and he was really excited for Live Fire (on this past Tuesday) He said they (Div 002) past MarlinSpike and that it was fun. He said he has never studied so much in his life. haha his Div would be having a huge test today (Thursday) . He has been getting his paycheck stubs and he is happy with how much he is saving.. He also said he gets his ID tomorrow (Friday week 5 day 1). He also knows what A school he goes to and which one he picked but he wouldn't tell me (I'm freaked out, because I thought it was S. Carolina only :-( ) Also he knows when his flight leaves and all the details but again he said I'll call you and tell you.. he wrote (6-2) next to that, so maybe that is when he can call again? week 6 day 2???

Comment by ZacMansMom2012, USS George Bush on October 25, 2012 at 1:51pm: milligan7-I also received a letter and my SR said the same thing. He said if certain people would stop talking and pull it together they would work much better as a team.

Comment by diannep on October 25, 2012 at 1:48pm: To add on to FTLW's post about counting bootcamp/training days, when your SR gives you a week/day count, they are talking about training weeks/adys, not bootcamp weeks/days. This should be training 4 for this PIR group...some may be finishing up week 4 today and starting week 5 tomorrow.

I know it gets confusing with bootcamp weeks and training weeks, but the training weeks are the important ones...because they do BattleStations at the end of training week 6 and are then sailors! Some divisions will then have as much as a week before PIR; other divisions may have just a couple of days.

Holidays knock them back a day too. I only see Veterans Day for this group, but since that is during PIR week, they will all be in BattleStations by then anyway (or already have completed Battlestations).

The best way to keep up is to ask your SR on the phone when you get a call what the week/day count is. Write it on your calendar...and remember...weekends don't count! :-)