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Comment by diannep on December 26, 2011 at 9:34am

Totally agree with Arwen...that is why we can no longer post Battlestations dates on here.  They want you all to start practicing OPSEC  (for the protection of our military and our country) so they want you to consider those dates as "ship movement".  No dates related to ship movement can be publicly published. 

Comment by diannep on December 26, 2011 at 9:31am

Should add to the post below that those who show up only to find their SRs haven't passed their PFA usually are granted 2 hours to visit with their SR on base.

Comment by diannep on December 26, 2011 at 9:29am

blackie:  What they are told in FIT DIVISION is that they can't call home until they pass BattleStations (after passing their PFA first).  However, I know some have called home when they passed the PFA before BattleStations---especially if they do this before their PIR and it affects travel plans for their family.  However, I know of some families who have shown up for PIR only to not see their SR...and find out that they had not passed their PFA yet...so they aren't there. 

Good Morning all! 

Comment by Alykat on December 26, 2011 at 9:05am

CamoMom, our SRs are in the same division- they don't usually photograph the 800 divisions very often. It was sad with no pic or phone call, but I keep reminding myself that this is what he wanted. Glad some got pics and calls.

Comment by Arwen on December 26, 2011 at 4:02am

To all those disappointed in not hearing from your recruits for Christmas: this isn't personal. They don't do this to be cruel, it's mental conditioning to prepare future sailors and their loved ones for the reality of going to sea. At sea there are no days off for holidays, birthdays or anniversaries, and precious few phone calls home. Boot camp replicates these conditions.

*They get to call home at predetermined times, such as scheduled port calls This is the three "guaranteed" calls. They are planned port visits. And like a ship, if someone's on watch they may miss out on the fun.

*They are promised calls home, then the calls don't happen. This replicates a ship planning a port call, but the ship gets rescheduled elsewhere or a storm prevents the ship from pulling into port. On my ship we were once told we would be 3 days at sea. I had a $2,000 flight planned the 5th day to visit my then-fiancé overseas. We were at sea for 6 days. No one cared about my flight. There was no offer to reimburse me for the $400 it cost to change flights.

*They get individual random calls home for no apparent reason. Ships' crew phones are turned on and off according to operational need, and are often broken. Some ships have crew phones, some do not.

*They can only post mail once a week. This replicates typical ships' mail systems, they send mail out only when they meet up with a ship or helo that can transport the mail to the right place. Sometimes there is no helo.

*One recruit's screw up can cancel a planned extra call or trip to Ricky Heaven (an arcade/food court/mini-mall at boot camp). This replicates what really happens on ships in the Navy. A captain has the leeway to plan for occasional liberty port visits. It happens that if one person or a group screws up, the captain can and will cancel the port visit, messing things up for the whole crew.

Comment by Arwen on December 26, 2011 at 3:46am

Any time there is a change in a recruit's status they are given the chance to call home. No news is good news.

Comment by Lani on December 26, 2011 at 12:43am

No contact with your child on Christmas just isn't right. I was so hoping one of the random pictures taken at RTC today was his division, but no such luck :(

Comment by navymom88 (02/Div911) on December 26, 2011 at 12:18am

Well no call today :-(so so strange without him...a piece of me was missing ..but managed to have nice day....
Merry Christmas my Navy family

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on December 25, 2011 at 10:13pm

That's wonderful Noemi! Last year I faced the prospect of Christmas day without my DH. He was leaving for Iraq ( he is AF reserves) ...he and his team had had two weeks if training in Florida and were going to be stuck there for a week before deploying out. They weren't going to let them come home...well they scrambled and got an ammendment to their orders and came home for the week. He left again on the 26th and was in Iraq by New Years Eve.
I wish I could get a pic of all your recruits for you...God Bless them...and all of you!

Comment by blackie123 on December 25, 2011 at 10:05pm

 

if a recruit is moved to the fit div are they given a chance to call home?

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