ALUMNI OF PIR 03/30/2012 TG 20 — 14 Divisions (097–108, 809 & 920)

reno:  Is that your sailor's last name too?  If so, you will need to delete your post.  Message eyeronics with your name in that case.  N4Moms site cannot have sailors' last names on it for OPSEC reasons.  Thanks!  If not your sailor's last name, not a problem!

Cathie that is awesome. Did they even know who Joan Rivers is? lol

I was on the same plane this AM as Joan Rivers coming back to NYC.  My Husband "Grandpa" mentioned the pic of some of the guys in his Div w/Ms. Rivers.  How fun!  Really enjoyed PIR ceremonies and the time I got to spend with my new Sailor!  Congrats and Godspeed to all our new Sailors!

sjtina,  I didnt even think to ask my son and he didnt say either way if he knew Joan Rivers.  I just assumed he did lol.  He said she was passing out money to the sailors like they were strippers. She is a nut!  The boys seemed to have fun with the whole thing. I'm just so glad I can finally keep in touch with my son!!

Here is a picture of my SailorIMG_20120330_171441.jpg

Amazing weekend! Got to spend Friday and Saturday with my sailor plus 10 hours at the airport with him Sunday :D

Here's a few pictures.IMG_20120331_131656.jpgIMG_20120330_110817.jpgIMG_20120330_103307.jpgIMG_20120330_101742.jpgIMG_20120330_110821.jpg

@ eyeronics very handsome Sailor you have.

Leaving this group now.  Congrats to the new sailors!  Blessings in their futures!

And the adventure continues...

My daughter was with a sizable group waiting for her flight to Pensacola. One the new sailors saw a man with gold on his sleeves and rendered a salute while wishing him a good morning.

It turns out that the recipient of the salute was not a military officer, but an airline pilot.

Funny, while I was walking through the airport with my son Sat. we passed a pilot who said hello.  After he passed my son panicked for a minute and asked me if that was an officer or a pilot.  He was afraid it was someone he should have saluted and didn't.  Also at the airport a lady came up to him and told him thank you for serving.  I thought that was great!  He said the sailors got to board the plane first and everyone clapped for them after they were on board:)

CaptainFatso- That is hilarious... hahaha.
Dawny64- Thank you :) I think so too 

Congratulations to all the new sailors!! Blessings to you and your sailors through your next journey with the Navy. This has been an awesome experience. Thank you all so much for your support. Thanks to you especially. to FTLW for all your love and support and added time that helped us all make it thru!! You are truly a Blessing. I will get to start over again in June for another round of BC. Hopefully wont be quit as hard...haha-not!!

My new sailor is at Fort Sam Houston now! I just want to thank everyone on this site that has helped me through it all.  I couldn't believe how wonderful the whole graduation and ceremony was! I didn't know I could be so proud.  Take care!

PS:  Danny the taxi cab driver (got his name from the Ramada was great give him a call!

Just got home after getting to spend 3 great days with my son. Can't believe how much he has changed. What a wonderful experience.

CodeMansMom- Nice photo! I love that you can see all of the people in the background.. loved ones hugging their new sailors :)

An amazing experience. Still processing. 

same here ktrsb!...still processing AND catching up on rest- thanks to all for posting photos.... agree with eyeronics, what a joy to see codesmom's pic of those hugging in background...

PIR went well, big tears were when the door lifted and our 097's were on the ready...and also when the chaplain prayed for the Richardson 097 family at the loss of their Sailor daughter...prayers will continue.

Congrats to all the Sailors in this PIR! My SR daughter was to be in this PIR date, but we have high hopes she will graduate on Apr 13 PIR! So wish I could have met some you that I connected with. Don't be strangers; I feel that we all have become family in one way or another. 

This group was awesome...My son is now in Connecticut so I am joining that group...Thank you for being here through a rough 8 weeks...it is so nice to be able to text him now...he loves it there and I am so proud of him.  Graduation from Bootcamp was sooo awesome...I am a navy Mom and I am so proud!!!  SOOOO proud to be a navy mom

Have a Blessed Day!

I am sure he will love the car, I can just see them all squishing in it on liberty:)

I miss talking to everyone! Hope everyone is doing good.

me, too proudGF...is your Sailor at NAS or Corry in P-Cola?

alismz-He is is NAS.

awww, ours is at Corry...

awwww....

Ok now that I've come down off the high have been on since PIR i want to offfcially thank each and everyone of you on this awesome site. Without this site i don't no if i would have made it. My Sailor just started his A school in GL on wednesday and he will be there for at least until the end of the year i see a road trip in the near future for the hubby and i. Again i want to say thank you.

same here dawny...i enjoyed your posts (easy to rmbr you, i have a sister dawny) and the encouragement from our veteran moms...every time i eat a snickers i think of FTLW....and do SO miss capt'n fatso's colorful commentaries!

When my family went to chicago for bootcamp graduation there were 9 of us..we rented one of those big white vans that had big rows of comfy seats and we drove around and talked and laughed with our new United States Navy Sailor...we stopped to eat but we all just enjoyed the time together...PRICELESS...before he got out of the car we all told him one by one what we felt in our hearts for him...sounds corny but it was awesome...to do nothing but spend the time we had with him TOGETHER...Will remember it as one of the BEST MOST PRECIOUS TIME of my life...We couldnt go with him to the airport the next day because the airforce were picking up the few that were going to sub school and they didnt want the families all saying goodbye there again...so we said goodbye that evening after driving around...then we went into the navy store and we bought lots of navy stuff...my coffee never tasted so good ...i love my navy mom mug...starts my day off just right!!  he has a phone now and hes getting liberities little by little so soon we will be able to go visit him as we only live about 3 hrs away from where he is stationed..he is in class studying hard and doing watches  and he is having fun too...was supposed to go to the mall and i hear he was going to a pub...I am so happy for him and so proud I pray for him constantly ...Just want to say thank you to all those on here who helped me along the way in bootcamp...

peggyproudnavymom - please know that in no way sounds corny!  My son our new sailor, his father, and I didn't have a lot of time to spend so we also went out to eat then spent the remaining time in the hotel room just talking and relaxing.  My son said "Mom why do you keep staring at me" I said, "Son I didn't realize how much I missed until now."  I also want to thank people on this site who help me through boot camp!

Just got home and to my surprise the P.I.R DVD was there ready to pop

some popcorn  and relive the moment. 

dawny 64 Just recieved my P.I.R. DVD also, my husband popped it in right away:)

Got my P.I.R. dvd yesterday!  I can't wait to see it!

oh girlies, did my heart good to hear some updates...just spent mother's day weekend with my Sailor and oldest daughter in P-cola....trying to be a big girl after saying goodbye but i'm fighting off tears again... Navylodge view and location was a dream! Hung out all weekend but pressure to study for classes and test sure caused an overshadowing cloud!

miss you all and our lil chats!

Hey all! Just received my Keel in the mail going over it with a finetooth comb. Where is a magnifiing glass when you need 1.

A quick update... My daughter is passing all of her courses in A school. She'll be an IT soon enough. In any case, she's having the time of her life... no tatoos yet.. THANK GOD.

So much so that I think I want to be a sailor when I grow up.  In fact, I got to be a sailor again not too long ago.  My company sent me to China. It was a hoot. I blogged about it here

@ CaptainFatso is your Sailor still in Greatlakes for A school mine is.

hey capt'n- great to hear the update!!! funny you mentioned the tatoo...our daughter asked my opinion yesterdays phone call...wanted to renew her faith and get a tatoo as reminder...wouldn't it be easier to buy a t-shirt??? hah!

dawny64- Keel was great!!!! (other than graduation showing dress whites, making it an obvious mass production)

@ alismz you are so right i was wondering why they wasn't more pictures of our Sailors. Ok here is a update on my Sailor he will be going to Japan in a few months  so proud of him.

Hello all, glad to hear that most if not all of our Sailors are progressing well! My Sailor is also going over to Japan in a few months. He starts C School in JAX in a few weeks and then off to Japan, then Guam! I am so happy for him but a nervous, emotional disaster for me! Oh and he is all tattooed up now......wrong move, but mom knows nothing!! I wish everyone well and be safe.

As an update..my sailor son is doing great loves groton ct and is doing great in the schools there..he is almost finnished and will be going to hawaii..we are very happy and excited,,,I thank God for making this a great experience so far..and I pray that the journey continues to be a great one

My son/sailor graduates today (8-14-12) from A school in San Antonio, TX (Fort Sam Houston).  He is coming home after that! Yeah! He will be home approximately 2 weeks, then off to San Diego, CA (Camp Pendleton). I'm so proud of him, and love him so much.

@ treeharris thanks for  the update and glad to hear your Sailor is doing great. I am looking forward to my Sailor graduating on the 24th and then will be home for a few weeks then off to Japan. 

yaaaay! tree & dawny- what a journey this has been and will continue to be... I've had the blessing of visiting our Sailor twice in Pensacola. No idea how long til she graduates (things are kinda hush hush in crytology field....argggg!)

hApPy graduation and treasured visit home time : )

Hello ladies I know its been awhile, but i need to know if any of you know of a group or does someone have a son/daughter that may be stationed in Bremerton WA, my son is leaving for deployment next week & I'm so new at this & don't know what to expect can someone help me, please. 

LilBigMansMom/Ship11/Div101 i am not able to answer your question but on our facebook page, Phil answers most of these type questions for us...stop by and see what you think... http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/323148121061969/    PIR Alumni (Friends & Loved Ones)    all my best!