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Alumni of PIR 8/26/11 (13 Divs - 269-280, 941)

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A group for folks who had sailors graduate from boot camp on August 26, 2011.

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Latest Activity: Jul 28, 2012

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Comment by caylex 9/279 on August 14, 2011 at 11:47am: Does anyone have a link to more information on Captain's Cup? I don't know anything about it except that it is some type of competition. And how do we know when our division is doing it?

Comment by Navy_wife_in_training92 on August 14, 2011 at 11:41am: Can't wait to hear how our divisions do during their captains cup! Lol :)

Comment by caylex 9/279 on August 14, 2011 at 10:54am: Jana - must be a REALLY LONG letter and the envelope was stuffed to need that much extra postage ;) Hope you get lots of good news!

Comment by Navy_wife_in_training92 on August 14, 2011 at 4:03am: Yeah they are no longer monitoring the page on the weekends either so captains cup winner wont be posted until monday unless someone gets a phone call and puts it up there. :/
@Jana- I would be soooo anxious wondering what that could be?! Lol I stalk my mailman everyday, and if I am not home that is the first place I go after I get back. Haha

Comment by 1DYBUGs Mom/Dana - S9/D280 on August 14, 2011 at 12:32am: So am I slow? Did anyone else notice that the RTC's Facebook page will no longer be posting "Random Photos"? They are working on another "Trivia Tuesday" type thing that will allow for another chance for a specific division to be photographed, they said "because of time constraints due to new posting procedures coupled with the number of endless requests/hints for specific divisions as well as those complaining that we weren’t identifying the divisions".

Sooooo, although I know I thoroughly enjoyed flipping through the random photos with the hope that my SR would one day show up, I can completely understand their position. Plus, we are almost done!!! yeay!

Comment by diannep on August 14, 2011 at 12:10am: Still need 941's BattleStations date...message if anyone gets one this weekend.

Comment by Jana on August 13, 2011 at 8:10pm: Well I was hoping for a letter today but wouldn't be around to stalk the mailman today since I had to work at 7 a.m. When I got home there was one of those brown sheets of paper from the post office saying that I had something at the post office to pick up that had postage due. The zipcode was 60088-3515, so I know it is from him. I just can't imagine what he would have sent that owes .64 postage, but I'm glad they are letting me pay the postage instead of sending it back. Unfortunately I will have to wait until Monday to get it, but the good thing is that I don't have to be at work until 1 p.m. then. Guess who is going to be at the postoffice Monday morning at 8:00 a.m.??

Comment by Sparkling on August 13, 2011 at 6:26pm: Thank you for the info.

Janie

Comment by diannep on August 13, 2011 at 6:12pm: Yes, they are phasing out the GradNGo term. When my sailor was up there (late 2009/early 2010), he called home and said he was a GradNGo. He was flying out the next morning.

Then RTC started calling those flying out "Saturday Departures" and the ones who move over to GL A School right after PIR were called GradNGo. That got very confusing...so now they are trying to get rid of the term. But your SRs may still call home and say they are GradNGo, meaning flying out. They are working to get all "on the same page" at RTC with the terms.

Those staying at GL A School usually move over there shortly after PIR...takes 3-5 hours and then they will call you (with phone card) to pick them up at the A School. They usually have daytime liberty with you, returning each night. They will be advised of all of this once they are over at A School.

Comment by diannep on August 13, 2011 at 6:08pm: Sparkling: The SRs can order the pictures. They can either order/pay for them or they order and you can pay for them after PIR at the NEX and pick them up then.

The ones who can pay for them before PIR have an option to mail them home OR give them to you right after PIR.