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Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on April 8, 2012 at 7:20am

Fishinggurl, The performing divisions do normally perform in 2 graduations before their own. They may only do one if there is not a graduation scheduled for the one of the 2 weeks before their own. They even sometime go off bass to perform for special events, holidays, parades etc. When my daughter was in the performing division there were 2 performing divisions for her PIR. One was a Flag Corp performing division and they got to perform in a parade in Chicago for the 4th of July. My daughter was in the Choir :-) Body Snatcher's walk up and down each row of Sailors at PIR looking for someone who may be about to pass out. Like FTLW said they have to stand in the same position for a long time and if they lock their knees it can cut off the blood flow and cause them to faint. It is the body snatchers job to spot this early enough to catch them. Body Snatchers can actually come from any division and are not all from the performing division. My Sailor said that when she was there she believed each division had their own "body snatchers" which makes sense because they would know their own division better than someone from a a different division. When they are walking up and down the rows they may even ask them :Are you okay Sailor" of course this is very quiet and you won't hear it from the bleachers. We saw two Sailors drop and get taken to the a room behind them but they are fine in a couple of minutes. Since your recruit is holding a rifle he is most likely in the drill team. They put on a great routine for PIR which is pretty awesome. You can go to the two groups that have PIR before your own and post on their main page that you have a son on the drill team. Let them know that if someone could come back and post pics or email some to you of the drill teams performance so you can see your recruit it would make you very happy. I am sure someone will do that for you :-) It worked for me and lots of others :-) Here is a pic from my Sailors PIR of the drill team lifting a Sailor up in the air. It was awesome!!!

Comment by Fishingurl04 on April 8, 2012 at 1:21am

Body snatchers? So will they also go to the 2 graduations before theirs as well?? Mine said he will be holding a rifle.. Not sure what that means he will be doing exactly :)

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on April 8, 2012 at 12:51am

They pass out because they lock their knees...restricts the blood flow of an artery from what I have been told. Some say its the nerves...you get a few different answers. Personally, I'd go with the blood flow one. I remember it from band all those years ago. They would drill us on not locking our knees.
So you will see the "body snatchers" going up and done the rows at PIR checking the Sailors.

Comment by Karri.Terry714 on April 7, 2012 at 11:11pm

Christine, my husband is in the same division as yours! My husband told me to find you on here! I think he's friends with your husband in basic! I got my husbands phone call too, it was amazing. How is everything going?!

Comment by crizzdeluca on April 7, 2012 at 11:09pm

I am reading about body snatchers.  This is the first I am hearing of this.  Why do these graduates pass out. 

Comment by christinex013 on April 7, 2012 at 8:33pm

Janet...my husband will be a body snatcher at graduation as well

Comment by diannep on April 7, 2012 at 11:02am

Janet, they call what your son will do:  Body Snatchers!  Happens in every PIR group. Very important as it keeps the sailors from hitting the ground full speed! 

Praising God for the results of the Navy crash...thanks to our well-trained pilots...or it could have been much worse! 

Comment by KikiOtter on April 7, 2012 at 10:02am

Update on the Navy Jet crash - Everyone is fine! :) One pilot is still in the hospital but in GOOD condition! As for residents, everyone is well and no one is missing. :)

So glad! It could have been so much worse! And awesome that the pilots were smart enough to dump the fuel before the crash, so the jet didn't explode.

Comment by Janet on April 6, 2012 at 10:35pm

My son called this evening during the very small window when the whole family was home- he said his "job" in the performance division is to walk through the rows of graduates to catch the ones who look as though they will pass out at PIR, apparently happens more frequently than you would think. He is ready to be done with boot camp and being yelled at all the time otherwise doing well

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on April 6, 2012 at 7:17pm

They said they must have known they were going to crash because they dumped the jet fuel to keep the crash from being much worse than it is. The pilots are from the hanger right next to my Sailor's hanger. Both of our Sailors were in their townhouse, not far from the crash, when it happened. So scary. 

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