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ALUMNI of PIR 8/14/09: DIV 278-285 & 839 & 939

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ALUMNI of PIR 8/14/09: DIV 278-285 & 839 & 939

We are proud of our Sailors and have become such a family, we have decided to stick together through this Navy journey! Biggest N4M group at Flanagan's M&G to date!! Hoorah!!

Location: All over the U.S.A.!!
Members: 110
Latest Activity: Aug 4, 2012

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Comment by Brenda Sue on August 14, 2009 at 3:11pm


Teri and Berto
Comment by Brenda Sue on August 14, 2009 at 2:43pm


Teri's Berto
Comment by Brenda Sue on August 14, 2009 at 1:38pm
Sorry, that is Teri's son!!!
Comment by Brenda Sue on August 14, 2009 at 1:38pm
Guess who's a US NAVY SAILOR!!!


BERTO
Comment by jboysmom on August 10, 2009 at 9:51am
I posted this on the boot camp mom's group, but thought I would also post it here for all of you that are getting ready for graduation this week:
We are just getting back from my son's PIR this past Friday, Aug. 7th. The ceremony was awesome and I"m still swelling with pride. Even though the ceremony was so worth it, I would caution all of you that are gearing up for graduation trips to be prepared for long traffic delays because there's lots of road construction going on.

We took our hotel's shuttle to PIR and even though our hotel was just 4.5 miles from the entrance to the base, it took us almost 1.5 hours to get there! The traffic was horrible! The street leading to the base is 3 lanes wide, but due to construction just before the entrance, it goes to 1 lane. The merging of those lanes with over 800 graduates' families, well, you can picture the bottleneck!

Our hotel shuttle left at 6am and we arrived at the base entrance at 7:25. Then we had to stand in another long line to have our IDs checked along with all the others that were walking in. We got to the ceremony hall at 7:55. My son's wife and her parents stayed at the Navy Lodge and drove to the base and parked there with the parking pass she got in the graduation packet. They left the lodge at 6:20 and were in their seats in the hall at 6:45. So if you are lucky enough to be staying at the Navy Lodge and have a parking pass, I would say that would be the way to go!

If you are planning to try to park at the METRA station beside the entrance to the base, I would caution you about that because there's not many spaces for parking and they fill up fast. We tried parking there on Saturday morning to take the train into Chicago, but there wrere no spaces empty. We were surprised to see so few spaces for parking there, especailly since it's so near the base. We had to drive several miles on down to the next station and park there.

I don't want to discourage anyone about the PIR because it was sooooo worth all the traffic delays, and waiting in lines. But I just wanted everyone to be prepared for the delays.

Best wishes for all of you and safe travels to GL! You're heading for an amazing weekend!
 

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