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Comment by jill3538 on June 6, 2015 at 3:48pm

Just talked to my son at BC for 20 minutes! I feel so much better. It's amazing how much a phone call can lower my stress level so much :)

Even better, my neighbor just came home today on leave and I was able to talk to him about all my concerns about my son being undesignated. Talking to him reassured me so much! He said being undesignated is DEFINITELY not a bad thing. As long as he works hard, he will be able to see so many different jobs in his rate and then strike for a job that he really wants to get into. My neighbor wishes that he had gone that route since he's in a rate that he hates and is "stuck" there.

Thanks everyone for your words of encouragement. I hope that my information helps reassure any other moms that are worried about their child's undesignated status.

Go Navy!!!

Comment by jill3538 on June 6, 2015 at 12:47pm

Splash what a great surprise! Enjoy your time with her!

Comment by DepthCharge4 on June 6, 2015 at 9:29am

Splash, I am so, so happy you got to see your daughter this weekend!

And yes, Jill3538, I was so heartsick hearing all the negativity that I stopped posting much on the PIR pages. I am so much more encouraged hearing from other moms with "boots on the ground" in their duty stations. After repeated conversations with my daughter assuring me the same things expressed by these moms, I feel this is the way to go in the Navy. She is now talking staying in as a very real option for her ( as in career 8D ). She has many options available as PACT that others who already have a rate do not. Consider PACT program a blessing in disguise ;)

Comment by splash on June 6, 2015 at 9:14am

Good morning everyone!

I had a long day yesterday... have not slept all week. At 8:30 last night I took my youngest son to the bike store to get his bike fixed before they closed. I was exhausted, in need of a shower and clean clothes and took the chance that no one will see me.  I heard my daughter voice but ignored it, I heard her again...turned around and there she was! I was so shocked I could not move or speak. And then I asked her if she got kicked out of the Navy...LOL! So I have her for a few days. Loving it! I had to turn the air conditioning on for her because the humidity was bothering her. Oh...she is not going to like Florida!

Michaels mom...I hope you had a great Birthday!

Jill3538...I think most of us in this group are here because we were also reading the negative stuff and it was causing us quite a lot of stress. So far being undesignated has NOT been a bad thing. And they learn quickly the options the have and how to get where they want to be.

Comment by Vickie360 on June 6, 2015 at 12:16am

Welcome to kjsdaughter!

Comment by Vickie360 on June 5, 2015 at 1:23am

It is all about planning. There is someone that can help him plan his trip. The navy pays for the cost to get them to their first duty station. If they want to stop off anywhere on the way they have to pay the difference. My son flew from Pensacola to Lubbock and then to San Diego. I think it cost him about 300 to make this stop. Yours could stay there and visit you for a few days before he sees his dad. Someone can help him plan it out.

Comment by jill3538 on June 4, 2015 at 10:31pm

Thanks ladies. I have decided to stop reading all the negative posts. I think you're right and if they work hard, they're get rewarding for it. Of course you all understand that this is my BABY and it's so hard to think of him struggling. But positive thoughts and support from us will get him through it! 

One last question. His dad lives in Oklahoma and I live here in Chicago. When he gets to come "home" during leave (not the time after PIR, I mean, before he "ships out") can he come home to Chicago - or does he have to go "home" to Oklahoma since that's where he signed up with a recruiter? Just wondering if I'm going to have to start saving up my airline miles to pay for airfare down the road!

Comment by Vickie360 on June 4, 2015 at 10:26pm

Jill- we are all here for you. I stopped reading all the negative as well. My son is deployed and he is happy! I am glad he chose this route because, after looking at the various jobs, he has changed his mind over what he originally thought he wanted. If he had gotten it, he would have been stuck. BTW- even on the ship he has been able to email about every other night.

Comment by Mommamac on June 4, 2015 at 9:24pm

Jill- I too read all the negative posts, I found this group the most helpful and I just stopped reading all the negative posts. I don't know how PIR works on a Thursday, but once PIR was over around 10:30 am, my son could see us for about 30 minutes and then he had to go check into school @ GL(which is right across the street) that took about 3 hours then we meet him @ the GL Base Vistors Center and he had to be signed out but had Liberty until 9:30 that night. On Sat & Sun he had Liberty from 7am - 9:30 pm. He's on hold for one week @ school until the class fills up and then the class is about 33 days of school. Then he comes home for 10 days and has to report to his ship late July. I will say the first few weeks they don't get a lot of info. NMH!

Comment by jill3538 on June 4, 2015 at 8:10pm

Thanks, Mommamac & Michael's Mom. I'm so, so confused. My son specifically told me that he would not have the weekend to spend with us. I didn't question why he thought that. And even that link that you sent me, Michael's Mom, says that he will spend 9 weeks of training in GL and then it provides a link for more detailed information. You click on the link and it says he will have 19 days of training (not 9 weeks). And now Mommamac's son spent 33 days. So confused. I think I'm just going to stop reading everything! And then reading all the negative talk about being undesignated.... ugh. My stress level is threw the roof! I guess I'll be happy to know that I will most definitely have Friday (they're graduating on a Thursday) to spend with him. If I get the weekend too - that will be a bonus! Thanks for listening to me rant :)

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