900's division sailors

Call from my recruit on Thanksgiving - check; got a great letter on Friday - check; pink scarf picked up - check; note to wear red at graduation - check; hotel arrangements made - check! Flight arrangments to school - check! Can't wait until December 17th!

My husband is in ship 02 div 910, but I haven't heard ANYTHING about his PIR... Any thoughts???

Aggie Wife, div 904 and 905 PIR 12/17 and div 906 PIR 12/22, so I guess div 910 would PIR 01/28. But I really don't know. Look on the boot camp website and elsewhere on N4M.

Tysmom I am so with you on that...Need to make hotel reservations next week after payday. It is going to fly now.

AggieNavyWife, I just noticed your name. Are we talking Texas A&M Aggie wife? If so, we need to talk. My son just graduated from A&M in Dec. 09, but is officially class of 08.

recruiter called me today with my daughters information. she is ship 02 div 910. has anyone received their letter yet?

Oh my, bls23, my husband is in the same ship and division!!!! I haven't gotten the letter yet. Have you?

AggieNavyWife, I haven't received the letter yet, i did send out three letters to her yesterday. i also went out and got alot of cards to send her. husband hates writing but will send cards with notes in them. let me know when you get yours. i felt so much better once i got the address. i can't wait until i hear from her. keep in touch

Labmom, I think you're SO right... I will feel SO much better once I get "the letter". I didn't expect to get the box first and then have to wait on the letter. I thought it was going to be the other way around. Thanks for letting me know it might be a bit. Perhaps I won't be running to the post box like an excited puppy now :-)

bls23, I have sent a letter a day since he left and 2 cards on Thanksgiving. I DID feel SO much better once I got the address! It was sort of like one little piece I could connect with. I can't WAIT to get the letter and at least know a date for PIR. Ugh! We CAN do this!!!!

The first 3 weeks are the hardest, I've been told. So be prepared to receive a really hard to read letter. It will get better. My daughter has a PIR of 12/17/10. The junior 900 divisions usually get to perform at the 2 PIRs directly preceding their own, so we have a chance to see our SRs in photos of earlier PIRs. My daughter was in a photo of PIR 11/24/10. These photos are on the RTC facebook page.

Jewel, What is the name or a link to the RTC's facbook page? The only one I found that seems to be official it does not have any pictures on it. Thanks!

From someone that just went through "the letter" stage I can tell you that I was so relieved when I got the form letter. I felt like I put him on a plane and he just disappeared until I actually saw something tangible with his writing on it. Then when the "box" came it was so emotional. We are now 16 days away from seeing our sailors graduate and so excited about just the thought of it! Keep your heads up and write, write, write! Your sailors will appreciate it more than you know! God bless you all!

CodesMom, it is U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command. They post lots of pictures of events on base and also photos that people send them. They are also very helpful with answering questions. It is run by the public affairs office.

It is 25 degrees and light snow in Great Lakes right now.

Any of you moms in 904 have a daughter with last name S and I think first name S from Michigan?

Anyone have a daughter in ship 02 div 910? We just heard from our daughter and she is gonna be caring one of the flags.

HI bls23, do you have a Facebook account. My daughter is ship 02 div 904, PIR 12/17/2010. I found pics of her in two of the graduation that is posted on the site of U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command. Go to the pics and look through Graduations 11/24 and 12/3. Your daughter may be in those.

bls23, my husband is in ship 02 division 910... He's carrying a flag as well!!!!!! He's the guidon (?????)... Front right and kinda "guides" the division on where to go.

Hi All, I attended my sailor's PIR this am. Div 903 won Captain's Cup last week & was awarded Hall of Fame status...HOOYAH!

Hi ladies: My daughter's division was 945 and her PIR 9/24. I understand what all of you are going through. For all of you who are starting the journey, pray, pray....things will Better. For those of you who are close to the finish line (PIR), congratulations... Another chapter will start soon. My daughter just completed the fisrt part of her A School (Pensacola). Now she is in Virginia Beach for 3 months and just found out (yestrerday) she will be home for Christmas. We are all in this journey together, just different stages!!!! Keep strong, it gets better

Ship 02 Div 910 has PIR on Jan 28th... I just got the "form letter" today! I am SOOOO excited!!!

Hi Labmom, my son is headed to the same place for the same job! He'll get there on 12/22. And yes, we are getting excited. Div 904 graduates on 12/17 and I will be there to see my sailor! Stay in touch. We still have to get through school! LOL

I haven't joined that group yet, Labmom39. I'm having a hard time keeping up with the three groups that I am in right now. I guess I was waiting until he got out of one before switching to the other. LOL
Kate-T&P my son is on the same ship and division number! Message me!

Labmom, My son leaves for Goose Creek on Tues. There are 30 nukes in his div. His rate willbe EM.

Sorry, Labmom, my son's rate will be MM. I must have read something wrong. Too many messages I guess. LOL (Again the reason I have not joined another group yet.)

I think the wait from here til graduation is harder than the last few weeks we have already been through. I keep going over the details of the roadtrip, making sure hotel reservations are all set and most of all I have become OBSESSED with the weather channel!!! Only 11 days....it just can't get here soon enough.

Tamidrakeship, I feel the exact same way! It's harder now than ever!

tys mom....I wonder when their division will do battlestations.....I am very IMPATIENTLY waiting to hear!!

Hi Tamidrake, I haven't heard an exact date on the battlestations. I wish I knew! If you find out please let me know and I'll be sure to do the same!

finally got a letter from Tyler today!!!! YEAH.....very proud of him....he made sharpshooter!!! Apparently he missed expert by just a couple points!! :( Still awesome though :)

Congratulations to you and your sharpshooter! Great job! See you soon!

can't wait to meet you in person Tysmom!!! :)

Same here, Tamidrake! I'll see you at the Meet & Greet! I'll be the one with the big smile on my face! LOL Safe travels!

In reading all these remarks just reminds me back on March 12th when I was able to be there for my grandson's graduation. It was the most wonderful thing I ever did in my life... I had cried for weeks after he left, a couple weeks before his graduation my daughter says, dry up your tears, get well for you are going whether you are well or not... we are going to see Curtis graduate... well my nights turned to days and I begin to feel better, getting ready for this trip from Georgia... It has been a journey... He got to come home in August and again. Just looking forward for him to be here Sunday week. He is my life and it has been so hard... I know it is hard on each of you parents too. But as I was, you are going to be so proud when you see him. He wore contacts when he left so he was wearing what they call those birth control glasses when we saw him.. funny, big and thick framed black glasses. But after graduation my daughter took his contacts to him and they allowed him to wear after the boot camp... Take pictures, buy the movie they make if you can. He was the leader of the band and came in one one side, we got pictures of him with our camera's but it was awesome the picture they got as he came in leading the band. Good luck to all you parents that are making the trip up there especially in the cold weather.. The snow had just stopped when we got there and I don't believe they had any more snow. It was almost spring time.. but I have been to Chicago in the December and it was always cold and snowing. So wrap accordingly. My grandson is still in school in San Diego and that is a long way from Georgia... he will be there till next June or so. He has met him a very nice girl and he is now engaged... wow, they grow up fast. He is coming home for Christmas and the day after Christmas she is following him on here to meet his parents. She is from Austin TX., a sailor too. God bless all of you as you continue the journey with your soldier. there are a lot of us on facebook... you will find me under Arlene Robinson Murrell. please join and be my friend... Lots of military mom's and we all share the same feelings, thoughts etc. Love you all... and Thank you all for the sacrifice that you all are making to help keep our country safe... My grand-daughter is just finishing up her 2nd year and from her Navy A school she came home for a few days and went immediately to her ship that was in the mid-east... they got back a year ago Oct 18th and she is in Norfolk, and hopefully will not have to leave out real soon again. Another Grandson in the US Coast Guards is at sea now. This is 3 grandchildren out of my 17... and there probably are still more that will join some branch... one graduated last year thinking about joining the army... oh me... it is heart breaking but yet it makes you so proud.

Awwww, thanks for sharing arlene40. What a great message!

well tysmom.....that will be everyone in the room!!! :D

Got my ribbons for graduation and another letter from my recruit today! I'm a happy momma!

EXACTLY Tamidrake! I hope I get to meet everyone! :D

I wish I could remember the spot but when my grandson was there, I just kept searching everything and I ran across the Battleship. A video that tells you all about it and it also somewhere told when he his ship would be going through the battleship. It all is within the last week of graduation. but search for Navy Battleship and see if you can find the information. He called a few days before and told us when he was going into it but he was not exactly right either but I believe the schedule was as I had read etc.. Good luck to all of your sailors. I was so proud and I know you will be the same. It is wonderful... We really owe our service men and women lots of love and respect for they are sacrificing lots to help keep our country safe... They come out of boot camp young men... I am so proud of my three that are now serving.. God bless all our sailors and other military men and women what ever branch they are serving in... My thoughts and prayers are with you always.

it is called battle stations 21. If you google it you will find a CNN video news report. There are other things out there about it, but the recruits are sworn to secrecy about it ... It looks amazing!

I got a call from my recruit yesterday and he is so pumped!   Division 904 is doing great!     Whooo hoooo 2nd place in the Captains Cup and Battlestations around the corner!   Hang in there, recruits,  your mommas are cheering you on!    "EASY DAY EVERY DAY" 904!   

I hope to find more of you ladies on my FB friends list!   

We're 5 days and a wake up from seeing our sailors! 

I'm so proud of 904!! They are an awesome division! Of course, I may be biased.

When I talked to my son he was so proud of how well all of them have been doing.

So you can tell them their RCPO is proud of them, too! It has been so good to hear the pride in his voice, he's never really acted that way before, and I know he has made friendships that will last for years to come.