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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 diannep on November 2, 2012 at 7:28pm: KristineLynn: She will be sent back to the car if she tries to come on base. So it is best for her to probably wait at the hotel. Sure wish they would change their minds on letting extras in...hate for her to miss PIR. But be sure to order the PIR DVD if your SR didn't so she can see it later. You can do that in the NEX after PIR. $29, I believe. Mailed to you in a few weeks.

Comment by pcrager Ship13 Div 016 on November 2, 2012 at 5:08pm: I received another positive letter yesterday from my SR son. He is so upbeat. I could not be so proud of my son and all the SR's in Bootcamp!!! 18 days yeah!!!!!

Comment by KristineLynn on November 2, 2012 at 3:47pm: When we come for PIR I already have the 4 people, plus my stepfather is retired military my mom is also coming with the recent changes, where do I have my mom wait?? any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!

Comment by collinsnavygirlsmomSHIP14,DIV013 on November 2, 2012 at 1:35pm: Thanks diannep...puddles, if you look look around a bit on their site you will see older posts some are of divisions that will PIR the week after ours.

GoNavy: LLD is Limited Light Duty and FFD is Fit For Duty. They must be FFD to do their PFA (personal fitness assessment). There are three phases, each phase consists of PFA, tests and inspection. These are graded on a 5.0 scale and averaged between all three. Her first phase scores won her a call home!! She had missed a lot of phase 2 in those 11 days...hence her worry of being ASMO'd. She has received conflicting from her Petty Officers regarding whether all phases or just phase 3 scores matter in the end. They allow mental tests and inspections while on LLD, she was able to get some of her stamps on her hard card so hopefully we will still be in PIR on 11/21/12!!

She had only went to medical to see if she could get some ibuprofen and they put her on LLD, she has been back twice and was not released FFD. She had mentioned that IT in those boots is tough and she can't wait to trade them in for the aircrew boots. She was in great physical shape when she left so I'm thinking the boots are the culprit.

Comment by GoNavyShip014Div013 on November 2, 2012 at 12:17pm: COLLINS, what is LLD and FFD?

Comment by diannep on November 2, 2012 at 11:37am: pinkpuddles> Just put "Recruit Training Command" in the search box once you are on FB. You can see the piks there.

Comment by pinkpuddles on November 2, 2012 at 10:35am: collinsnavygirlsmomSHIP14,DIV013 - what face book page. I would love to check it out and see if I can get a glimps of my son!

Comment by diannep on November 2, 2012 at 7:42am: Ladies, if doable, it is always better to rent a car for PIR. Cheaper in the long run if you plan to do some sightseeing, etc with your sailors. If you do not plan to rent a car, give SARGE a call and use his transportation service...he will give you special rates. 847-212-0246

Below is a link to a tv interview done yesterday with Brett's wife and brother. He had a hard day yesterday (not mentioned in the interview since it was done in the morning). In pain now...please pray for that. Problem with kidney yesterday...hoping to get him sitting up today after 16 days lying down...thanks so much for prayers!

http://www.news4jax.com/news/Wife-brother-speak-of-sailor-recoverin...

Good Morning!

Comment by Ctownmom (Ship 13, Div 011) on November 2, 2012 at 7:27am: We are staying at the Springhill Suites. Need extra room as the GF is coming along. We will be attending Sarge's meet and greet. I have seem some post where families have taken the shuttle from the airport to there hotels and then rented cars close to the hotel. I guess this avoids Chicago traffic. We are driving to Great Lakes. Airfare was just to expensive. Can't wait till the "I'm a sailor" call.

Comment by Pudsey26 on November 2, 2012 at 6:30am: Hey ladies. What hotel are y'all staying in and do you think it's beneficial to rent a car? 19 more days! We are in the home stretch!