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ALUMNI of PIR 11/21/2012 TG 2 — 11 Divisions (009–018 & 902)

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This Group is for those with sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 11/21/2012.

A place to keep up with each other as their 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: 121
Latest Activity: Apr 29, 2013

WELCOME to PIR 11/21/2012!

OPSEC OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmost importance. Please take the timeto read the OPSEC and Community Guidelines. A quick note here: Last Names of Sailors/Recruits are not allowed on this site. If it is in your username you will need to change your username. If yours is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended. First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember someone can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture to not include your Recruit at least for the duration of BC. It is also a good idea to make your settings for your Profile Page "viewable only to your friends".

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Comment by navymomiveen on November 20, 2012 at 2:58pm: Any new for division 902?

Comment by diannep on November 20, 2012 at 2:36pm: MCJEFE: I am very sorry about that. I sure hope it isn't asthma as that is not allowed in any of the military branches....so hope they are wrong in their suspicions and that she just has a short-term respiratory infection that will clear up. It is just a waiting game now...to see what they find out. Hoping that they clear her and then within the FIT Division, she can keep trying to pass her PFA. In FIT, they get to try 3 times a week...and as long as they keep improving, they get to keep trying. Once they pass, they do BattleStations, then head straight to A School (no PIR).

bayoukat: Praying that your SR gets the PFA passed soon!

Prayers for both of your SRs....that this is just a small setback and that they will be sailors soon!

Comment by Tjmax513 on November 20, 2012 at 1:43pm: My heart goes out to bayoukat & McJefe sorry to hear about your SR's. The best is yet to come they will pass and go forward. Wishing you both all the best. Happy Thanksgiving & God bless you.

Comment by bayoukat110 on November 20, 2012 at 12:29pm: MCJefe, my son failed his pfa as well. I will be praying for both of our SRs and hoping for the best.

Comment by MCJEFE on November 20, 2012 at 11:33am: Got a call from our daughter yesterday who is in 902, at first we were expecting the Im a sailor call but it ended up being something unexpected. She failed her PFA and is being transfered to ship 4 fo a asthma testing... what happens to he now? she was crushed!

Comment by diannep on November 20, 2012 at 9:47am: I'm a Sailor calls possibly could come in a little earlier today because it is the day before PIR. So have the phones close by....902/017/018

Safe Travel Ladies....

Here is Sarge's number again for any travel needs/info needs/MeetandGreet info

847 212-0246

Comment by diannep on November 20, 2012 at 9:46am: Nicole'sMom: The amounts for tolls are odd....like 60 cents, etc. I would just bring lots of change...no paper money. But for those renting a car, it would be worth it to get IPASS from the car rental company (you pay a fee for it in addition to tolls). Just so you don't have to worry about it. We didn't do this and I was constantly digging around for change and trying to see how much the next toll was.

Betsy: Yes, I thought Brett looked pretty good too. He is a fighter, no doubt. Thanks so much for the prayers....you too, mas! So appreciated!

Heather: Thanks so much for posting this info for the ladies. There is nothing better than recent up-to-date info so they know what is ahead for them.

On what Heather said about leaving the airport to sightsee and returning, just be very careful with that. They have to be back 3 hours before flight time, and as Heather said, sometimes the planes can leave a bit early....there was a sailor I know of who missed his flight...not due to sightseeing...somehow, he was not awakened on RTC because he was in a division by himself -- all others had left already. RDCs didn't wake him (this is what he says!). He was in BIG trouble and scared to death of what his next Command would do. Probably helped that his Navy job was assisting the Chaplain :-) ....because as it turned out, he was ok once he arrived at his A School, but was a nervous wreck the entire way.

So.....unless your sailor has a very late afternoon or evening flight, I think I would stay at the airport!

Good Morning Ladies!

Comment by HeatherT(09/003) on November 20, 2012 at 4:54am: Don't walk.. It can be too cold... ( although beautiful for us) and your Sailor can leave with you and will want a ride. Call Sarge's taxi service he or one of his guys will get you there cheap!! And if he picked you up from the airport he usually takes to PIR free.

Comment by HeatherT(09/003) on November 20, 2012 at 4:48am: Yes you can get gate passes to go through security with your Sailors. ( no longer recruits, Hooyah!) you have to have picture id and your sailor has to get it for you. We were at Midway and the USO was awesome in helping everyone out with that and a wealth of info on what to do with your Sailor before the had to board the plane!!! Bob from the USO was a God send!! Lol!!
If your Sailor has a late fligt plan on going downtown it is only about a 10-20 minute tram ride. An well worth it. (Only $4.50 round trip per person) just leave lots of time to get back early. Our sons plane boarded and left 15 min early.... Many passengers were left because of it. (No Sailors)
Oh yeah and enjoy this special time!!! :) do what they want and let them do for you!!! They want to!!!
Congrats to all the new Navy Sailor families and your Sailors!!

Comment by Kathy on November 20, 2012 at 12:49am: My flight leaves tomorrow at 7:30 so excited to see my son!!! Praying that everyone recieves the I am a sailor call tomorrow! Safe Travels to all!!!