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Alumni of PIR 11/24/10 DIVs. 005 - 008 & 902

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For all families and friends of seaman recruits graduating PIR Nov. 24th, 2010. Day before Thanksgiving.

Members: 53
Latest Activity: Feb 25, 2017

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Sun, Nov 21st - Div. 005, 006, 007, 008

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Comment by CC0727 on October 18, 2010 at 10:56pm: yayyy!!!!! letters came todaaaay!!!! : )

Comment by Diana, ship 04 division 283 on October 18, 2010 at 8:52pm: Thanks everyone , you wouldn't think that i just went through this 8 weeks ago lol My son graduated September 17th , I just went through this and here I am calling upon you all again, Once again to all of you on here , I think your all the best, Son (aka) the teen we took in a couple years ago, said in his letter , Boot camp isn't that bad , the food is good, drinks orange juice every morning so he doesn't get sick,( My son was sick with soar throat the whole 8 weeks) Misses home and everyone cant wait for boot camp to get over so he can get to work lol, if I held up his letter to my sons first letter they are almost exact lol. Glad everyone is getting letters slowly it takes the edge off ,

Comment by JM-ISmomx2 on October 18, 2010 at 7:53pm: We got a letter at the house today from our son. Actually it was addressed to the Miller Residents.....People not house. It was pretty funny to see it that way. Anyway, as it turns out it wasn't for us, as when we opened it it informed us to please send it on to his big sister who is also in the Navy. As it was already opened, I can't honestly say we didn't read it anyway. I know, there was some conscience involved, but a letter is a letter when it is the first to come from our boy.

Comment by diannep on October 18, 2010 at 7:45pm: Diana: If you dont receive the form letter by next week, call the Public Affairs Office:
847-688-2405

A Big HOOYAH to kaceysmom, Diana and kevin's proud mom for the letters! Happy dance time!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on October 18, 2010 at 6:33pm: Diana- what day did your SR leave for boot camp? I actually got a real letter from my daughter 2 days before the form letter came. It arrived about 10 days after the box with her personal items. I didn't think it was ever going to arrive and I still don't know why it took so long. And someone else had one that was put into a neighbors box by mistake so check with your neighbors as well.

Comment by AndreaS61 on October 18, 2010 at 6:27pm: My daughter's recruiter told me that if I didn't hear from her I could call him and he'd make sure she wrote, but she would get "really strong that day". Is that true? I'm new to all this Navy stuff but there's no way I would want her to get PT for not writing.

Comment by Diana, ship 04 division 283 on October 18, 2010 at 5:14pm: i got a letter from him and he told us about the form letter that we should have already received but we have not received it yet , what do i do

Comment by Diana, ship 04 division 283 on October 18, 2010 at 5:05pm: o.k who do I call if I have not received the form letter yet

Comment by shana-(kaceysmom) on October 18, 2010 at 3:21pm: got a letter from my son today....he sounded like hes in good spirits,,im just glad everything is going good with him....hes been real busy ,which thats him anyways even here ..always outside doing something...now i feel more at ease...my day is so much better now and cant wait to spend time with him after PiR !!!!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on October 18, 2010 at 9:35am: After PIR the sailors who are not grad-n-go usually go back to their barracks and get their pics then they come back out and meet you and can leave with you for the day. They usually have to be back by 8 but have them back at least 1/2 hour early. If they are late they loose leave the next day, not only for themselves but for others in their div as well. Then you get to pick them up again the next morning and keep them all day again and again on Sunday.

If they are grad and go to anywhere other than Great Lakes the info above is usually the same for the day of PIR. Then they leave for the airport around 4 or 5 am the next morning. If they are not on a chartered flight you can meet them at the airport and spend time with them there as well. It may be an extra hour or 2 with them or it could be several hours. Flights leave throughout the day. If you meet them at the airport you can give them their cell phone and lap top if they have one.

If they are grad-n-go and staying in Great Lakes they usually have to move all their belongings across the street right after PIR. It takes about 4 or 5 hours. Then they call you to pick them up and in most cases you get them for the rest of the weekend including nights. They are the lucky ones. They might have to go back to serve watch for a few hours but that's not a big deal.