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ALUMNI OF PIR June 23, 2017 TG 33 - 11 Divisions (193-202 & 933)
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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp June 23, 2017. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 66
Latest Activity: Jun 28, 2017
Welcome to the group! PLEASE See the PAGES section for Informational Posts about BC and PIR. PAGES is underneath the Members Photos. PLEASE scroll down this page here to find the Comment Box to post a reply to the PIR GROUP.
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~Please take the time to read the OPSEC and N4M’s Community Guidelines.
~A quick note here, from the N4M’s CG’s:
• Don’t Jeopardize the Safety of Our Sailors: Remember OPSEC (Operational Security) (Don’t Sink Ships With Loose Lips) This site and all content posted on it are viewable to everyone on the Internet. This doesn’t mean you can’t share things about your Sailor – but too many details can put Sailors in harm’s way. The following are examples of red flags and should not be shared within this community either by posting or sending via a Group message:
• Sailors’ last names. This includes your username if you share the same last name as your son or daughter.
Some Suggestions:
~If your last name is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended for you to use in your username for your own personal security. This is your option. It is also not a good idea to use an email address as your username for personal security reasons.
~First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember, everyone can see it and someone can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture to not include your Recruit at least for the duration of BC. Again, your option.
~It is also a good idea to change your visibility settings for your Profile Page (MY PAGE) to "Just my friends".
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Comment by Big Red's mom on May 16, 2017 at 6:24pm
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@My little Bird we have not booked yet. We are going to be doing that tomorrow. I was thinking Holiday Inn Express or Days Inn. I hope they aren't booked up yet.
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Comment by My Little Bird on May 16, 2017 at 5:24pm
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@Eileen our sons are in the same Division. I was wondering if there would be anymore parents of children in this division. Have you decided where you are going to stay when you get to GL?
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My son is in the 200 division and arrived on May 1. I got my form letter yesterday. I also got a Mother's Day phone call and he said they were late sending the form letters when I spoke with him.
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Comment by ellen0502 on May 16, 2017 at 3:10pm
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SDmamabear, My son left for BC on the 22 of Feb 2012, I didn't receive the form letter until March 6th. His division and brother division were on p hold for 19 calendar days. They were waiting on 60 females (yes, 60) to arrive to fill the last two divisions in his TG.
I feel your pain while waiting. The moms with kids in my sons divisions and his brother division joked about the Navy losing our kids before BC even started.. LOL
The 900 divisions are the ones that perform, stand guard, direct etc at PIR. This TG's division 933 is training for duties as ship staff and honor guard at PIR.
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Thanks ellen0502, that helps to know. There is another mom that has a recruit that left from same location with mine 4/26 and has heard nothing either mamh1108, so I have someone to commiserate with. :( It just seems odd that boot camp (after P days) would have already started but without the form letter going out or the division being full.... very confusing. About hotel rooms, I booked at the Holiday Inn on Buckley and if you call with your confirmation # you can reserve your seats on the shuttle right now. There is a shuttle to and from the base. Also, is the 933 division going to consist of the SRs that perform i.e. the rifles, choir, etc.??
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Comment by diannep on May 16, 2017 at 12:59pm
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Waukegan (town that begins with a W!).
Hotels are usually very lenient with cancellations. So don't be afraid to go ahead and book your rooms. Contact the hotels directly and ask for the Navy Graduation discount. There is a water park nearby and some of the hotels fill up in the summer so book now. Holiday Inn Express, Courtyard, Residence Inn, and Springhill Suites are ones others have recommended on this site. Navy Lodge too ..... if you do not have military ID, book your room in your SR's name since you will stay for PIR weekend on their military ID. If they are booked, keep calling back because they DO get cancellations. Navy Lodge is NOT on base...it is about 1.5 miles from RTC. Not walkable to PIR because of traffic, etc. But has a good rate and simple but nice accommodations.
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No form letter yet. Son went to be on April 26th. Any advice on getting hotel reservations (refundable) even if I don't have confirmation yet
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@sspaws, no I did not get a pamphlet with the form letter. I am not going to stress about the hotel if they are booked because my family lives in the city. Worse case scenario is that I will just have to get up super early and fight through traffic the morning of PIR. It is not something I want to do, but is a contingency plan.
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Finally got my form letter today. My SR left for BC on May 1st and was placed in Div 200/ PIR is June 23rd. I spoke to him on the phone for 1 minute and he kept saying, "mom, mom, I have to go." I had one million questions that he did not have time to answer, LOL! I will be flying in from VA and staying near RTC for the night before graduation. Anyone else flying in from VA or have any idea where they will be staying?
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SDmamabear, It might be that she got her husbands form letter his first week of training. He may have arrived about the same time as your SR. It would be unusual to receive it within just a few days of arriving, but it is not impossible.
As for you not receiving your form letter yet that is more the norm. Recruits are assigned to divisions as they arrive, and they are put in the next numerical division needing recruits. Guessing the form letter will be in your mailbox very soon.
Very possible your SR is in one of the last two divisions to fill the TG, and possibly taking it's time filling because it's integrated. Just a guess though.
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