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PIR 4/8/2011 Alum Group!

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DIVISIONS: 121-128 807, 808 920,921

This group started on 2/8/11 and we survived boot camp, laughter and tears. Now our recruits are sailors and headed in many directions, but we'll continue to support one another throughout!

Location: GL
Members: 129
Latest Activity: Nov 29, 2011

We DID it ladies!!! We made it through BOOT CAMP and beyond!! What a group!

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Tags: Div, SHIP, 808, 807, 8

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Comment by texasmom Ship 11 Div 179 on February 17, 2011 at 4:38pm: Thank you MamaSeal, I was just getting real excited if that was our guys. Even though it would be inpossible, I was trying to see if I reconized my son, I miss him so. :)

Comment by Ragdollrae HM A school SA on February 17, 2011 at 4:30pm: i hope so, Denise. My first letters did not have it either. Or the SR part in front of his name.

Comment by MamaMia on February 17, 2011 at 4:30pm: It's a free photo I pulled off Google Photos :-) Don't have a clue who they are...I just typed in Great Lakes, IL

Comment by texasmom Ship 11 Div 179 on February 17, 2011 at 4:27pm: Does anyone know, the photo for this group 4/8/2011 is that our Ship 11 guys or the PIR 4/8/2011 graduates?

Comment by MamaMia on February 17, 2011 at 4:05pm: For addresses, someone posted this is how they should read:

SR, Last Name, First Initial, Second initial
Ship ##, Divison ###
Recruit Training Command (I wrote RTC usually)
#### Something Drive or Avenue
Great Lakes ILL 60088-####

Comment by SR Mom Ship 11 Div 124 on February 17, 2011 at 3:41pm: KM2011 is your loved one on Ship 11 Division 124?

Comment by SR Mom Ship 11 Div 124 on February 17, 2011 at 3:03pm: My was

R (recruit) 2011 (year) 124 (division) M (male)

Comment by diannep on February 17, 2011 at 2:45pm: KiWi: Not sure what you are saying...but on the address, it should be like this:

SR (last name, first name, middle initial)

Ship # Div #

Recruit Training Command

street address

Greak Lakes IL (zip)

Does that make sense with the info you got? The division number should have 3 digits (in the 100's).

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on February 17, 2011 at 9:27am: Oh yes it does get better. I still miss my daughter living at home. Heck I even miss her clothes being left on the bathroom floor. She grew up so fast; it seems like she should still be that little girl swinging in the back yard or floating on a tube down the river with all her friends. It is so hard to believe she is a grown married woman now serving our great country. I miss those times but I am also very excited to watch her grow as an adult and make her place in this world. And the phone contact is so much better now. We talk every day and some how it is different. The conversations are about different things, they last longer, have more meaning the changes in her from being in college a year ago to being in the Navy today is amazing. :-D

Comment by diannep on February 17, 2011 at 8:53am: mumziepoo: Your explanation of the difference in a child being away at college vs bootcamp is right on! Since I have been on this site for over a yr, since my son left for bc then, I have seen so many ladies run to this site to say that their friends and other family members don't "get it." They all think it is the same as having a child away at school....or living away while working. So not true! It is the lack of communication, the knowledge that you can't reach them nor they you when they need you, knowing that they are under the control of someone(s) else, that they are in a grueling life-changing experience and can't even call home to vent when needed...it is truly a unique experience. I found that my parents, sister, nephews...didn't "get it" when my son was there....I needed to talk about him and the Navy...they grew tired of listening and wondered what the big deal was. It is hard...but that is what this group is for...because all on here "get it" and will be support for one another. I'm sorry to say, but I doubt your bf will even get it. But hopefully he can respect what you are going through and give you some space! :-)

Just remember, ladies, "A" School is so different because communication is back. It is a breath of fresh air for the new sailors after coming from bc and good for the families too. My son explained to me at the time...that "A" School was the gradual move to more freedom after bootcamp, and then duty station gives even more freedom. But they try to keep sailors from going crazy with too much freedom at once....so they are 'phased up' at "A" School with their freedoms. It is quite an experience! Mine has been stationed now for 9 mos so I have been through the whole progression of it. It gets better!