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PIR 1/21/11 Divisions - 49-52 and 909

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Recruits graduating from Great Lakes, IL boot camp January, 21, 2011.

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Latest Activity: Jul 19, 2019

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Comment by Laura (ship 2 div 909) on December 7, 2010 at 10:32am: Me too Kathy and Gina. One short letter. I keep waiting. I hold on to the thought my recruiter told me. "no news IS good news" . Hang in there ladies I am sure it iss coming.

Comment by Christine(ship02 Div909) on December 7, 2010 at 10:27am: Kathy, my son left on the 15th. So far only a very short letter.

Comment by Ellen B on December 7, 2010 at 10:12am: Very good advice, Gina:)
Box, form letter and 2 letters, but pretty much nothing more than what's been said here. Plus, if your SR had the flu, I'm sure that's slowed them down a bit. We have to be patient and keep calm. Once they are truly into the routine of things, we will hear more. Everyone just b-r-e-a-t-h-e!

Comment by DebBon / Ship7 Div 052 on December 7, 2010 at 9:02am: Kathy, nothing but the box and the form letter. Hope to hear something soon. Mine left on the 15th of Nov.

Comment by Gina - Ship 07, Div. 050 on December 7, 2010 at 1:31am: We love ya Lynne! Thanks for being here for us, we need you!

Comment by Lynne on December 7, 2010 at 1:28am: I reread my post and thought hmmm that could have sounded a wee bit short...if it did I am sorry that was not my intention...lol!! I want to help you protect each of your recruits and insure that none of you are responsible for getting them extra IT or PT and sometimes my brain goes faster than my fingers..so hng in there all..you are doing fine!!

Comment by Gina - Ship 07, Div. 050 on December 7, 2010 at 1:04am: Kathy - one little, tiny letter. That's it so far.

Comment by Gina - Ship 07, Div. 050 on December 7, 2010 at 12:56am: Stress meters are running high, I see. Understandable, between miscommunications and no communications we are all getting on edge. Hang in there Ladies, we almost at the end of the communicaton "Black Out." We have to remain positive and calm. We are in are own little BC here and along with the SRs we must grow stronger, too. Let us remember that our only job is to be supportive of our SRs, each other and the RDCs. The RDCs have to break them down in order to build them back up. I'm more than certain they will use every means they can to do that...so let's not give them any Ammo. Please use the email for sharing anything private and like Lynne says "Lock down our Pages."

Comment by chew92 on December 7, 2010 at 12:18am: Just read all of your comments. Wow, what a roller coaster. I pray that this will too pass and you will get settled in again to your planning your trips to a true PIR date. I learned that because my son is a div 909 it will be 1/21/11....I'll be there and ready to hug all of you. :)

Comment by Kathy Ship 11 Div 057 on December 6, 2010 at 9:37pm: oh my goodness. what a lot of information and sure makes you want to do whatever is necessary to protect your kids from something we might say being held against them..