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BATTLESTATIONS

This is the final test for the recruits...the one that makes them sailors! This is an approximately 12-hour overnight drill, performed on a ship designed by Disney, so you know how realistic all is. They are presented with every situtation that they could encounter while deployed on a ship and are evaluated individually and in small teams on how they respond. At the conclusion of this, there is a capping ceremony where they trade their recruit ballcap for their sailor ballcap! This is their actual graduation. If there are any who fail the first time, they will be given another chance to go through and most all pass then. The majority pass on the first try.

They can start BattleStations a week before PIR...or the week of, depending on the number of divisions. Since there are 14 divisions in this PIR group, they will start the week before, most likely on Wed or Thurs night. They go in division order, starting with the lowest numbered divisions, and they go with brother divisions. The 800 and 900 groups go randomly. Up to 4 divisions can go at a time. Since they go with their brother divisions, then that would be 2 sets of brother divisions, or possibly one set with 900 or 800 (or both) added. Your recruits will tell you when they are going so be sure to ask. Please post in this discussion when you have a date for your division and I will put up a schedule in this group. They do not go on Fri or Sat nights because of Captains Cup on Sat....a fun sports competition between all of the divisions in the PIR. So the nights they do BattleStations can be:

Wed or Thurs (week before PIR), Sun, Mon, Tues, or Wed. NOTE: In the past, I have never seen them go Wed night during the week before PIR, but the 2/11 group, also a large PIR group, seems to have them scheduled then. So for large PIR groups, this may happen. Something a Chief said about Battlestations:

150-300 SRs go at a time, 3-10 of them will fail and have to repeat. The most important thing is TEAMWORK. If the SRs shut their mouths, listen, and work as a team, they should pass.

Here are the brother divisions in this PIR group:

75+76, 77+78, 79+80, 81+82, 83+84, 85+86

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913

Check out the BattleStations video on www.youtube.com Just type in "CNN BattleStations 21" and enjoy!

HOOYAH!

****BattleStations Schedule******

Wed, Feb 9th/Thurs Feb 10th Div 75, 76, 77, 78

Thurs, Feb 10th/Fri, Feb 11th Div 79, 80, 81, 82

Sun, Feb 13th/Mon, Feb 14th Div 83, 84

Mon, Feb 14th/Tues, Feb 15th Div 85, 86, 805, 913

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Permalink Reply by cajunldr(ship 03 Div 086) on January 31, 2011 at 11:36am

Also keep in mind that 086 is a smaller group then the rest so it could go either way when placing them

Permalink Reply by DeeSailorMom on January 30, 2011 at 11:42pm

Great information! Thank you!

Permalink Reply by diannep on January 31, 2011 at 8:12am

Deb, you could be correct. It is possible the the 800 or 900 group will go on Sunday night with 83 and 84, and then 85 and 86 go Monday night with the remaining 800 or 900 group....OR....like cajunldr said, it could be that 85 and 86 will go with 83 and 84 on Sunday night and have the 900 and 800 groups go together on Monday night. The guessing game! It is also possible that some will go on Tues night, but I kind of doubt it. I don't think they would run just 2 divisions three nights in a row...but then again, this is the Navy and they call the shots! Stay tuned!

Permalink Reply by sue w on January 31, 2011 at 10:50am

Is this a definate schedule? My sons in div 077. When I spoke to him this past Sat. he said bs is Feb. 8th. ??

Permalink Reply by diannep on January 31, 2011 at 11:13am

Oh, Sue...nothing is definite in the Navy! HA! But I have never seen a PIR group start BattleStations on TUESDAY the week before PIR. Besides that, the 2/11 PIR group has BattleStations on the 8th from what we know. They don't mix PIR groups when doing BattleStations (except for those individuals repeating after failing BattleStations who may go with another PIR group). So right now, we feel that BattleStations for 77 are 9th/10th.

Permalink Reply by sue w on January 31, 2011 at 11:21am

Oh ok.. he probably got his dates mixed up..easy to do when I'm asking him a million questions haha. [Or it could be too I misunderstood]

Permalink Reply by diannep on January 31, 2011 at 11:27am

Easy to do just with all that they have on their plate at bc! WOW! They keep them moving...if you hear any other date besides Feb 9th, please let me know. I got all of the dates from the ladies on here who got them from recruits. Thanks!

Permalink Reply by kellroy(ship2,div913) on January 31, 2011 at 12:33pm

This is making me crazy......I DREAM of Battlestations 21! LOL :)

Permalink Reply by Kathy Dee on February 2, 2011 at 11:08am

Has anyone heard yet about Div's 085 and 086. These seem to be the only groups with no firm date yet. Got letters from my girl last week but she did not give a date.

Kathy Dee

Permalink Reply by diannep on February 2, 2011 at 2:35pm

Kathy, I'm thinking Sunday or Monday for 85 and 86...waiting to hear some kind of confirmation.

Permalink Reply by NavyWife121409 on February 2, 2011 at 2:35pm

Do you know when they start to call home after BS-21?

Permalink Reply by diannep on February 2, 2011 at 2:41pm

Usually starting around 2 pm GL time and going for a good while. But because of the weather yesterday, that group got to call home earlier, so I tell all to be ready all day...cell in the bra! :-)