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Alumni PIR 10/14/2011 TG 48 - 11 DIVISIONS (341 - 348, 820 - 821 & 948)

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This group is for the families and loved ones of those who will graduate boot camp on 10/14/2011. We are here to support and comfort each other durring the weeks to come and to encourage all. Hopefully we can meet up at PIR

Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 99
Latest Activity: Sep 17, 2019

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Comment by diannep on August 22, 2011 at 7:42am: Ok, Sandy...had to laugh at the Jolly Rancher story, even though I know it was not fun for that SR! Jolly Ranchers would not be easy to eat FAST! When my son received an unexpected care pkg when at bootcamp, and to this day we have no idea who sent it, he had to explain to the RDCs that he knew no one in TX where it came from. Of course, that didn't mean it was ordered by someone in TX...just that the vendor was there. It was Christmas and so it was full of Christmas goodies. He must have had a forgiving RDC as they did not make him IT, but they did take the goodies back to their office and he saw them enjoying them later!

On some some of you ladies thinking that your SRs may not write letters....I had the same experience as Sandy did. My son told me before he left that he would not write, but hoped to call. Imagine my surprise when I received 5 letters from him over the course of bc...and they were about 2 pages long each! Now--they are made to write...mandatory...so that may have been part of his "motivation," but he actually had very informative and interesting letters, which he didn't have to do. So I would be surprised if you all don't get letters!

Comment by diannep on August 22, 2011 at 7:34am: Darlene: RE: Your message to group, you don't want to make the letters thick as they will be forced to open them in front of the RDCs. So it would be better to limit your letters to 2 pages, and maybe send the questionaire in a 2nd letter or printed on the back of one of the 2 pages.

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on August 21, 2011 at 11:40pm: One of my son's shipmates in boot camp was sent a bag of Jolly Ranchers Candy. The RDCs made him open it up in from of them. They then passed out all the candy to everyone in his division. The poor SR had to do push ups until everyone was finished eating their piece of candy. Not fun.

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on August 21, 2011 at 11:37pm: Anne, you can send as many pages as you like to your SR in boot camp. If you would like to send photographs .It is a good idea to print them onto regular paper stock. The RDC (Recruit Division Commanders) might confiscate your photos otherwise. The golden rule is> don't send anything that you wouldn't mind the RDCs seeing. They check the mail if the envelope is thick.

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on August 21, 2011 at 10:38pm: proud2baNavyMom, hopefully no illness or setback. It does happen but it is unlikely. Yes, Recruits do get sick at boot camp but most of the time they make their PIR. You don't want to worry yourself sick like I did, LoL

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on August 21, 2011 at 10:34pm: You should be getting your "Kid Box" this week and then The Form Letter should arrive about a week after that. You will find out in The Form Letter what your Sailor's PIR date is.

I just guessed 9 weeks from the day my son arrived.

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on August 21, 2011 at 10:29pm: proud2baNavyMom. My son hates to write letters too but once he was in boot camp that all changed. I never thought in a million years that he would write to us while in boot camp but he did. I bet you gets lost of letters from your son.

I counted the weeks and it looks like this 10/14 could be your PIR date. It is roughly 9 weeks including "P" days. (Processing Days)

Comment by donnac (ship 02 div 948) on August 21, 2011 at 10:23pm: Thanks diannep and proud2 for the welcome. I hope this is his PIR and not a week later. I already put the count down on my white board where we originally had his count down to BC.

Comment by proud2baNavyMom on August 21, 2011 at 10:07pm: donnac welcome and as diannep has already said just follow until you have a definate date. My son also left on the 17th so I am not 100% certain this will be his PIR date either but there is a good possibility that it will be barring no illness or setbacks.