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Comment by SOBE,PIR 6/4/10 IT Mom, Italy on July 20, 2010 at 10:31pm

Travel plans: First - it's a personal choice and has a lot to do with costs, time off work, your emotional state (it's hard to see them at PIR and then let them go). Do whatever makes you comfortable. But overall, I need to share what 95% of the parents/wives/families do: Come to Great Lakes a day before PIR (early enough to attend the meet & greet), then drive/fly home on that Sunday.

Now, you guys have a holiday that Monday, and your recruit "may" get that day off, they may not. I'm going to ask a friend of mine who had PIR on 7/2 (4th of July weekend) and see what the scoop was - then get back to you.

My son was a G&G and we were able to see him until he walked onto the plane at 1pm on Saturday. Other Moms were with their sailor until 3pm. My husband and I then drove into downtown and checked out Navy Pier. We got a great nights sleep and spent Sunday morning checking out the Botanical gardens, then caught our flight home. Did I miss my son? Yes - but guess what! We handed him his cell phone and his laptop at the airport - he was texting us between flights, called us that night when he got to Pensacola and we've been in constant contact since. I would of been exhausted had we tried to fly out Saturday night.

The form letter suggests buying refundable tickets - please don't! Unless you find one heck of a deal, it will cost you several hundreds more for that type of ticket. It's actually cheaper to buy a normal or bargain ticket, then pay the change fee if you need to change your flight. If you have to cancel your flight, you get credit for the value of the ticket for one year IF you cancel 1 hr before it boards. Now, when you go to use that credit, there's a fee. Let's say fee is $100, they deduct that from the credit - then you make up the difference if the new flight is more than your leftover credit. Refundable tickets would of cost us $800 each, but I spent $378 on regular tickets and the change/cancel fee was only $80 (which i didn't have to do).

Recruits sometimes get hurt, they get sick and some do not pass all their tests - so the Navy holds them back one or two weeks. Which means they are put in a new division and will have a new PIR date. I'm not trying to depress you, this is a reality check and you should know these things.

Comment by Tisha Div 290 PIR 9/02 on July 20, 2010 at 10:13pm

Morgans mom - My son told me that his paperwork stated he is leaving on Saturday the 4th, so that is when I am going home as well. I decided this before I received that information, because nothing is definite (I think he is considered Grad & Go). I went back and forth on what to do but decided I would hate to stay there 2 days after he leaves.

Comment by Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours) on July 20, 2010 at 10:13pm

Trish... tell me more about the bro/sista division.... I heard this earlier... Woow????

Comment by kelly67 on July 20, 2010 at 10:12pm

Andrew's Support, What a way to start the week! Our guy's have been under so much stress these last 2 weeks! The recruiter should have already asked for or had the transcripts in your sons file. Try not to worry, vent to us on here anytime! HUGS to you!

Comment by Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours) on July 20, 2010 at 10:11pm

Eunice-Tylers mom - I cancelled my res at navy lodge cause they dont have shuttle.... I made mine at Ramada since that is where the meet and greet will be and they have shuttle and pick up... talked to the "kid" who took my reservation and he said... mame we have been doing this for years! hahaha and they are about the same price

Comment by Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours) on July 20, 2010 at 10:09pm

Morgans Mom - Im wondering this too... I went ahead and made hotel res. (Ramada) through Sunday..... and will do the car rental.... but Im waiting for the same answer. you can change hotel and car rentals ...... Im waiting a few week more for the airline tickets tho......

Comment by Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours) on July 20, 2010 at 10:07pm

Awe.... Andrews Support.... just remember, he is tired and beyond stressed, That was not the phone call(s) he wanted to talk to his fam. and they just want red tape to be taken care of.... hang in there.... some of the old posts that I have read said the same thing.... hang in there mom..... stability will come! That was not his intention!

Comment by JapanMom on July 20, 2010 at 9:52pm

Well I have found out that I do not want my son to call. Yesterday morning at 0530 he called needing his high school transcripts. Of course I don't remember seeing them after graduation. I had to tear my office apart to not fiind them. He then called every hour asking for them. Of course the district school office doesn't open till 0900. I think he was stressed which stressed me out. I finally got ahold of his recruiter at about 0845 who had gotten a copy from his school. I faxed it off and haven't heard from him again. We didn't get to talk but I could tell he was tired. I really hope not to have another call until his 3-4 week call.

Comment by JapanMom on July 20, 2010 at 9:47pm

Kelly59-I am so happy you received your form letter.

Comment by Mary-Ship 11 DIV300 PIR 9/2 on July 20, 2010 at 9:45pm

Does anyone know when we would find out if they are a grad and go? or are our kids going to have liberty with us on Monday too since it is a holiday? I want to start making reservations but don't know what day I should plan on flying home. What is everyone else doing? I will fly out there on Wednesday but not sure when to come home. I just talked to the recruiter and he will try and find out, but he also said it is very odd that they are graduating on a Thursday instead of a Friday.

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