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Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on October 30, 2011 at 4:16pm

If you know what job he signed up to do you can pretty much figure out where he will go to A-school. If he will be an AO (Aviation Ordnanceman) Or an IT (computer tech) he will go to Pensacola. If you know what he will be let us know and we will help you figure out where he goes.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 30, 2011 at 4:10pm

I'll be back on later...church and family day! As you can see we have a great team of "veteran" ladies available for you all!
Ha, diannep, since that's twice in the last few days I think I do!

Comment by NavyMomma89 on October 30, 2011 at 3:55pm

Thank you, diannep, for all your answers.  I can see that I will just have to get some of that info I asked about from him a couple of weeks before PIR when he knows what he will be doing next.  Thanks again!!

Comment by diannep on October 30, 2011 at 3:46pm

NavyMomma:  Yes, you can mail them phone cards whenever you like.  Be sure to activate it before you send it...saves them time.  They can also buy them there, but can't go to the NEX just "any time" so better that you send them.  Get one with at least 400-500 minutes on it as the connection from the pay phones eats up their minutes!

If they are staying in GL for A School, you most likely will say goodbye temporarily to them after PIR as they move their things over there (it is next door).  This takes several hours.  Then they use their phone card to call you to pick them at the A School.  You should then have daytime liberty with them, back at nights...except for times they may have scheduled "watches."  If, they are flying out to A School somewhere else, it is likely that you will get PIR day with them (until 8 or 9 pm) and they may be leaving the next day.  In that case, plan to go to the airport (in the wee hours of the morning since they are bussed at 2 am to wait for flights on Saturday) and you can wait with them.  You can even get a gate pass and go to their departure gate and wait with them.

They leave bootcamp and go to their appropriate A School.  After A School, they are either assigned a duty station or they report to their next school if their job requires more schooling.

TG stands for "training group".  Just a way to number them throughout the year.  They just started over with the numbers recently. 

Comment by NavyMomma89 on October 30, 2011 at 3:35pm

FTLW:  Can we start sending phone cards to them when we get their mailing address at the time that form letter arrives or do they just restrict us to "letters only" during BC?  Also, will they have liberty the entire weekend (realizing they have to be in at night, though) so that if PIR is on a Fri., then we could spend all day Fri., then go back to our hotel and then spend all day Sat. and/or Sun. with him?  Lastly, do they leave boot camp and then go straight to where they will be serving?  Also, what is "TG" that you referred to below?  Those are all the questions I could currently think of.  :)  Thank you for your patience.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on October 30, 2011 at 9:32am

Good Sunday Morning everyone, I am one of the veteran moms that Diannep mentioned. My name is Lora, my friends call me Lala, I have 2 Sailors, my daughter and her husband. They have both been finished with bootcamp for over a year and I have been here since my daughter joined. My youngest son is also planning on joining the Navy. He is finishing his senior year now. My daughter is an AO, SIL is an IT, and they are based in VA. My daughter was in the 900 DIV's in the choir at bootcamp. I am here to help you so if you have any questions at all please ask. Welcome to your PIR group :-)

Comment by diannep on October 30, 2011 at 8:07am

Ok, FTLW.  I think it is time for you to add these initials to your screen name!  HA!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 29, 2011 at 9:02pm

FTLW would be me. As far as I know there is a PIR for this date. TG 5. 4 would have been on the 9th but there is no PIR for that date. RTC will post this TG with divisons on Monday.
As far as it being your PIR date...you will know that when you get your form letter. Stay here though until then!

Comment by Jajajo on October 29, 2011 at 8:30pm

What's FTLW?

Comment by diannep on October 29, 2011 at 8:28pm

Nope, that should be the PIR date!  FTLW always confirms these.

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