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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:

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LaLa Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons

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♥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 Jojo(Rich'smom)S11D005 on October 25, 2012 at 12:11pm: FTLW - thank you for that. I'll figure this out yet lol

Comment by thelostairman on October 25, 2012 at 11:55am: There's down weeks and up weeks. Sometimes everyone pulls together and sometimes you're at each others throats. It's an incredibly stressful time. Some groups never pull together and fight up to the end.

Comment by milligan7ship14div007 on October 25, 2012 at 11:48am: heatherT - I hope my son feels this way this week. I just got a letter from him today and he sounds so discouraged. I believe it might be a lack of sleep and he said his div is not working together well which is making the rest of them pay. I had received a letter yesterday as well and it was about 11 days old and he was happier in the letter dated oct 13 but the one dated oct 21 had a very discouraged tone to it. Hopefully they are pulling together.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 25, 2012 at 11:43am: Erika314 - If he said he is on Fridays as his Day 1 then that is correct, tomorrow would be his Week 5 Day 1.

Unless he told you this very early on...IOW before the Federal Holiday we had on October 8th. This would push all of the Divisions ahead one day making his new Day 1 Mondays. :-)

It's fun (?!) to try and figure ou LOLt...but the GREAT news is they will ALL be done on 11/16!

Comment by Erika314 on October 25, 2012 at 11:36am: My SR told me his day 1 is on Fridays, so the way I figured it, tomorrow he will be week 5-1... I think I'm right? Haha

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 25, 2012 at 10:54am: Delete Comment

UPDATE on EXTRA GUESTS for PIR

While Extra guests were never a guarantee...RTC had information in place that allowed for the possibility of additional guests entering PIR. Because of this information we have always seen extra guests make it into PIR when there was seating available.

Sadly, yes, this has now changed.

I have made a Forum Discussion for the N 4M's site that shows the old info and the new info. Here is the direct link showing the chanegs:

EXTRA GUESTS - Will NO LONGER BE ALLOWED into the GRADUATION (PIR) ...

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 25, 2012 at 10:53am: Oh and yes...Week 4 is Hell Week.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 25, 2012 at 10:53am: 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.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 25, 2012 at 10:52am: Jojo - If October 13 was Week 2 Day 4...This is a Saturday and does not count towards the counting of BC Days. Satuirdays and Sundays (also Federal Holidays) would be a "hold day" so FRIDAY the 12th would have been Week 2 Day So today should be:

Oct 25 - Week 4 Day 3.

I will post some information on Counting BC days next :-) Just as an FYI :-)

Comment by Jojo(Rich'smom)S11D005 on October 25, 2012 at 9:49am: Good morning ladies...

So I was trying to figure out the P days on the NavyDep site...

I love the breakdown only I'm not sure I know how to read it.

For example. On one of the Questionaires my SR sent ack he answered on "Today's date" as October 13 ...the the question BC day? his answer was " 2-4 " ??

That means Week 2 day 4??     I'm so confused ..lol

You know what ...we are pretty much all in the same weeks or days...can someone tell where about we are on BC days?   I know it's petty but I'm not getting letters so I just wanted to get an idea of where they are ...

thanks ladies...

Have a great day :)