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Comment by Invisible12 on September 20, 2011 at 1:16am

Thanks graceism - You Rock Too!!!  Heard you got the "Box" today!  Soooo happy for you!  I hope I'm next.

Comment by graceism on September 20, 2011 at 12:29am

Invisible12- Thank you!  You rock!  I look forward to reading the updates and planning the travels to Great Lakes and seeing all of the smiles and tears! 

Comment by sjtina on September 19, 2011 at 8:26pm

one thing I learned is always use pencil.

Comment by Invisible12 on September 19, 2011 at 8:20pm

That would be awesome to get those extra days - even just one.  I guess I'll book from early Wednesday morning to Sunday evening. 

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on September 19, 2011 at 8:13pm

Ahaaa...the $64,000.00 question!

The answer is...you might. Heavy on the "might.

Mine PIR'd on a Thursday and I have a post about it!

I am going to post this here (it'll take up some room, sorry) but it will also be available in the Pages Section of this group...I have to run out and drive teenagers around will post the finishing touches later tonight!

Here goes:

After PIR - Liberty & Friday and Saturday Departures

Posted by fireteamleaderwife

Friday and Saturday Departures

Friday Departures
Means those Sailors attending “A” school at Great Lakes. They “depart” Friday, after Graduation, to move over to Naval Station Great Lakes from RTC. This can take from 3-5 hours. I do not know how much time they get directly after graduation to spend with you before they have to go move their things and get settled and briefed. I am sure it is not very long though.
When they are done they may spend the rest of PIR day with you. They will be given a time to report back to their compartment. Then they should get Saturday and Sunday to spend with you. Times and such will be given to you by your Sailor. This could change daily!

Saturday Departures
Means those Sailors attending “A” school somewhere other than Great Lakes.
They usually get to leave right after PIR and spend the rest of the day with you. This is subject to change. The time they report back to RTC on Friday …is subject to change! (Are we seeing a pattern here?) It is usually 8-9 PM.
They then get ready (or already are) TRY to get some sleep and then muster up and board the buses to go to their airports around 1-2 AM Saturday Morning (this can vary). Thus the Saturday Departure. Their flight could be ANYTIME on Saturday…the Navy only makes ONE trip for all Sailors.
There are three airports. Midway, (Milwaukee-don't hear much about them departing from here), O’Hare. You won’t know which one probably until PIR day.

 

Here is what happened to me:

Mine PIR’d on a THURSDAY (Memorial Day weekend) and was supposed to depart FRIDAY AM. (Think Friday and Saturday as the norm). He was attending “A” school AWAY from Great Lakes.
While I was flying to PIR on TUESDAY he called and left a detailed message that everything had changed and he would now not leave until Sunday around 1-2 AM!
“Subject to change.”
His report time every night was different. His Pick up time in the AM each day was different. He had watch on Friday from 4-6 PM and none on Saturday.

 So, what I was told to do was book to stay the extra days if I could.

I am so glad I did because it ALL changed! I would not have got to spend time with him if I had gone home Friday and he would have been stuck on base. I just decided that IF he did leave Friday that I would take a vacation!

SO...

 

The Basics are:
Friday Departures
Great Lakes “A” school- need 3-5 hours after PIR to move over to Main Base and get the rest of the day and weekend with Family. (No overnights though)

Saturday Departures
Those traveling to other bases for “A” school should be a Saturday Departure-but there can be variables (such as leaving on Sunday etc.).
You won’t know anything definite until you speak to your SR. They will keep you informed. Mine did, but it changed twice during BC and AGAIN while I was en route.

It’s just the way it is.

Comment by Invisible12 on September 19, 2011 at 8:05pm

So, here's my first question....I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the answer - Since they're graduating on Thursday does that mean we'll have an extra day with our SR because of the holiday?

Comment by Invisible12 on September 19, 2011 at 7:54pm

Thank you diannep, I will get on that right away!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on September 19, 2011 at 7:39pm

...and no, I don't have a SPECOP Sailor! LOL

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on September 19, 2011 at 7:33pm

Okay...before anybody gets upset...we couldn't do without ANY ONE of the career fields in all of the branches!

BC is tough for ALL recruits (or it should be!).

Comment by diannep on September 19, 2011 at 7:32pm

Invisible:  Did fireteam tell you about posting the link to your group on Bootcamp, probably everyday for a while?  Also, look through the discussions on Bootcamp  every now and then, and make sure that people aren't starting their own divisions groups there instead of joining here.  I know fireteam is great about doing this too...much better for all to be consolidated here in this group.

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