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ALUMNI OF PIR 12/12/2014 TG 05 - 11 Divisions (039-046, 803 and 905-906)

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This group is for those who have loved ones that graduated from boot camp on December 12, 2014. A place to keep in touch with each other as the sailors continue their Navy journey.

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 77
Latest Activity: Dec 7, 2015

WELCOME to PIR 12/12/2014! PLEASE See the PAGES section for Informational Posts about BC and PIR. PAGES is underneath the Members Photos. PLEASE scroll down this page here to find the Comment Box to post a reply to the PIR GROUP

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Comment by Taxmom on October 28, 2014 at 12:05pm: One more for ship 13, Div 043. Received the box last Friday and the form letter yesterday. I couldn't figure out the rolled up pants either so the first mystery of boot camp is now explained. Eric will be going to nuke school in Charleston.

Comment by ktsmom96 on October 28, 2014 at 11:23am: xelamom, I messaged one of the admins of the group on FB, got me in faster, I think:)

Comment by diannep on October 28, 2014 at 8:09am: Good Morning Everyone! Welcome to the new members in this group!

Comment by 510mama on October 28, 2014 at 2:04am: Hello Everyone,
Official form letter and box arrived today. Got too emotional and couldn't read through the entire letter. Cant wait to see my son! PIR 12 Dec 2014 Ship 13 Div 043

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 28, 2014 at 12:03am: Yes, each Rating has a specified A school and approximate length. Some may have additional schooling after A school.

Rating- is the Occupational Speciality that they will train for.

Comment by Lyrics on October 28, 2014 at 12:01am: A school length depends on what rate (job) your SR chose/is assigned. I believe there can be B and C schools after A school for some rates.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 27, 2014 at 11:32pm: Here is an excerpt from a BLOG post by AntiM. She is Retired navy.

"Leave is earned time off. Every sailor earns 2.5 days a month, which adds up to 30 days a year. To take leave, the sailor puts in a special request form, aka a chit, and has it signed off by his immediate chain of command. Once the sailor receives leave papers from Personnel, he then can travel out of the immediate area. SOMETIMES, sometimes a sailor can borrow forward on his unearned leave. This is called "going in the hole". Most commands frown on this, as the sailor won't have leave on the books later. The sailor then has to decide when taking leave is going to be to his best advantage.

Liberty is regular time off. This is normally weekends and holidays, not to exceed 72 hours. Four day weekends are 96 hours, the sailor must have special permission to take all four days depending on their command and duty rotation. Sailors cannot leave the immediate area while on liberty. Each base/school/ship sets different definitions of local area. I've seen as low as 50 miles and as high as 400. Plane trips on liberty are a big no-no. The sailor must be able to return to their command if recalled during that time."

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 27, 2014 at 11:22pm: That's correct, it does depend on their A school. Most Commands have "Holiday Stand Down" time. Two sometimes three weeks depending when Christmas and New Years falls in the week. IF your new Sailor gets Leave (Leave and Liberty are different. I will post a blurb on the difference) they will only get time off for one Holiday not both. They also have to have enough Leave accrued. Sailors (all Servicemembers actually) receive 2.5 days of Leave a Month. So, yours will have five days Leave accrued after BC. They can request to go "in-the-hole" and borrow forward on future Leave...but most Commands frown on this as they will not have Leave "in the books" later.

All of the above is subject to the "needs of the Navy". They have to put in a chit (paperwork) to request Leave and it may not be granted.

Some may also want to save that Leave for future use...such as time home before going out into the Fleet or being deployed.

Comment by dabrat70 on October 27, 2014 at 11:01pm: Will our SR's that have PIR on 12/12 have liberty during the Christmas Holidays? Or does it depend on their A school?