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ALUMNI OF PIR 12/29/2011 TG 06 — 10 Divisions (021–028, 904 & 906)

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This site is for families and friends of Salilor Recruits with PIR THURSDAY, December 29, 2011. This is a great way to share information, concerns and to connect as we continue the journey through bootcamp to PIR and beyond.

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 92
Latest Activity: Jan 8, 2014

Welcome families and friends of Salilor Recruits with PIR THURSDAY, December 29, 2011.

OPSEC, OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmust importance. Please take the time to read the Opsec and Community Guidelines. A quick note here: Last Names are never allowed on this site. If it is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended. First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but discouraged as their RDC's read this site and can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture.CLICK MEOPSECandCOMMUNITY GUIDELINES

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Comment by natalie'smom on December 21, 2011 at 12:36am: Happy for you diannep

Comment by diannep on December 21, 2011 at 12:06am: Did just 025/026 go through BattleStations last night?

Comment by diannep on December 21, 2011 at 12:04am: Goodnight all...had a full day with my sailor arriving home today for a week. First time in over two years that both of my "boys" are asleep in my house at the same time! Older son moved out just 2 weeks before sailor left for bootcamp in Nov 2009....sent me into SHOCK...empty nest quicker than I expected. Got used to living alone with my sweet pups....then older son's condo got short-saled (rental) and he moved back home in August. Sailor has not been home in a year...so this is the first night that this "mama" is comforted that both boys are safe under her roof! It's a MOM thing, Craig! HA!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on December 21, 2011 at 12:00am: Dang...my apologies! CONGRATULATIONS to all the New Sailors today!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on December 20, 2011 at 11:54pm: Sorry...sad that they CAN get sent back. Yeah... I know they KNOW they can get hammered...that they know better than to goof off...had a "mom" moment...won't happen again! LOL

Comment by Craig on December 20, 2011 at 11:39pm: Sad about what? You got me confused on that....

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on December 20, 2011 at 11:39pm

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on December 20, 2011 at 11:39pm: I did not get to say Good Morning...was off and running today...so I will say"Good Nite" and sweet dreams!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on December 20, 2011 at 11:29pm: Man...that SUCKS Craig! I have "heard" rumors and while sad, it is good to have a confirm from a really reliable source. I'll be sure to let future PIR groups know.

Love the info and pics! Great Stuff...thanks!

Comment by Craig on December 20, 2011 at 11:08pm: Scotturk -

Per the number of recruits. They usually start at 88 recruits, but through attrition, they end up with usually 75 recruits. However, my sons boot camp division was caught goofing off (in the navy it's called skylarking) after battle stations, and just before PIR. Over, half of his division was sent back in training just 3 days before PIR. All the parents had already shown up and were unaware their sailors would not be graduating. They just had to sit there and watch as other did. You best tell your sailors not to be goofing off, they are still in boot camp and they can still hammer them.

So plan on 75 recruits x 10 division = 750 recruits.

Just to give you guys a clue on how the ships are laid out, I'll include a couple pictures.

All the ships at Great Lakes are built exactly the same. They were all contracted to be built at the same time. Your group will be the "non-surge" layout. The difference between surge and non-surge is:

Great Lakes gets hammered from June to October because of all the high school seniors graduating. It's called "Surge" from June to October. During the surge, they have to rearrange the walls in the barracks to allow more recruits to having sleeping quarters. So they move the walls. They do this "as needed". From the attached picture, you can see your recruits are in a "1,2,1" (non-surge) floor layout. The surge units use a "3,3,3" layout. Since the picture would be tiny, and you guys wouldn't be able to read it, I will post the direct link to the pic...

http://i53.tinypic.com/mr92c5.jpg

So you have 2 division per side x 2 side = 4 division

then you have 3 floors: 4 division per floor x 3 floors = 12 divisions per ship.

Makes sense?