ALUMNI OF PIR 11/21/2014 TG 02 - 11 Divisions (009-018, and 902)

I like this a million times!!!!

Hello All!

     "Let your eyes look straight ahead,

      fix your gaze directly before you.

      Make level paths for your feet and

      take only ways that are firm."

                                 Proverbs 4:25-26

Hello everyone!! **16 DAYS LEFT** :-)

liz:  Sarge's shuttle, which is actually a taxi, can take you to the airport to visit with your sailor.  Are you going to his MeetandGreet the night before PIR?  If so, you can ask him then about maybe putting you with some others he is taking to the airport to visit with sailors.  Would save all of you some money.  Or....contact him at email:  johnspadaro@att.net or 847 212 0246 (text of call)

liz,

Sarge's normal rates roundtrip are $99 roundtrip to O'Hare and $159 roundtrip to Midway.  That's per shuttle load too and not sure about if you happen to be flying out of the same airport where your new Sailor is flying out of.  Best to contact Sarge himself.  Wait for Monday though as he will be really busy with the current PIR group right now~~

Liz:  Another option would be to try and carpool with someone else driving to the airport to visit their sailor (someone in your same division) and then kick in some money for gas/parking for them.  You will meet some of these people at the MeetandGreet and then again on PIR morning since you sit in division sections. 

Good Morning Everyone!

Greetings!

     "Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers,

      and blessed is the person who trusts in the Lord."

                                                         Proverbs 16:20

Friends,

This scripture is so appropriate for the Battlestations that your SRs will be going through soon.  Perhaps you can share with your SR in a letter now.

     "Fear not, for I have redeemed you;

      I have summoned you by name;  you are mine. 

      When you pass through the waters,

      I will be with you; and when you pass

      through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.

      When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned;

      the flames will not set you ablaze.  For I am the Lord,

      your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior..."

                                                                 Isaiah 43:1b-3a

CatMom, That is beautiful and so appropriate  3 TY

Oh my God. thanks to our Lord. Got a call from my son. He sound great. Making plans for PIR weekend and beyond. He will be a Petty officer in less than 6 months.He mentioned he's got his collar devices??? can someone explain? 

I am so proud of my son : )

amity:  Some of the sailors can move up during their schooling depending on the type of schooling they have/length of time....say from E-3 to E-4.  Others will have to complete the E-4 test....not all of those will be able to move up....even though they pass the test....depends on other factors too.

As far as the collar devices he mentioned, those are for the Recruit Leadership positions.  Once Bootcamp is over, all of the Recruit Leadership is over too.  But the collar devices are pretty neat for them during Bootcamp!

kim,

Midway is within 50 miles of RTC, but not sure if anyone is allowed to accompany folks to the boarding gates without a boarding pass.  It's different when you are seeing your Sailor or military loved ones off, but not sure about when it is just regular travelers.  Maybe call Midway Airport and ask?

Thank you diannep. It's great to have someone to spell it out for me, I knew it was good because he was so proud of himself. My heart is full of happiness and love, and yes full of pride. 

I could not get this to load earlier. Grrrrrr...rrrr!

amity109 - CONGRATS!

Here is a chart of the COC at RTC (Chain of Command):

Click to open in another page and zoom.

Here is the link to RTC website that explains all the RPO positions (Recruit Petty Officers):

Recruit Petty Officers

Here is a pic of a Collar Device(I believe there are a different number of Chevrons depending on their postition) that the RPO's wear:

Fireteamleaderwife thank you for the information.

that's so cool. No wonder my son was so happy today. thanks for sharing. 

Did I mention I'm so proud of my son? 

kim:  Is your son going to be flying to Pensacola?  I was trying to look at your page and figure that out.  Looks like maybe he is?????

Scenario 1: If he is flying to Pensacola, he most likely will fly out on Sat. and just possibly from Midway--  but could be OHare (in that case, no, he would not be able to go to Midway with you...it is highly recommended that sailors DO NOT leave the airports once they are bussed there....big trouble if something happens and they miss their A School flights).  If he flies from Midway (he will know by PIR) , that would work well since your daughter is flying from Midway too.  No, he cannot ride in the car with you to take your daughter to the airport, but you can meet him out there (he will be bussed in the wee hours to wait for flights).  If her flight leaves before his, then hopefully all of you would be allowed at her gate to visit since yo are a military family, but not sure on that.  Like CatMom said, you would have to ask at the airport. 

Scenario 2:  If he doesn't fly out until Sunday, which sometimes happens, he will have Liberty with you on Sat. so should be able to ride to the airport with you since it is within the 50 mile radius they must stay in during Liberty. 

Scenario 3:  Staying in GL for A School....same as Scenario 2!  He will have Daytime Liberty so could go with you to the airport, unless she had a very early Sat. morning flight. He will have "Liberty times" when he can be picked up/returned.

So the only way he would not be able to ride in the car with you is if he flies out on Saturday because he is then bussed with the other sailors.

I hope I answered your question????

Good Morning!  Still having problems on this site.  I was unable to send a private message this morning.  I have contacted the Administrators and hope that the problem is fixed soon!

Happy Friday!

     "Let us not become weary in doing good,

      for at the proper time we will reap a harvest

      if we do not give up."

                                                   Galatians 6:9

You are very welcome, kim!  We love helping on here!

Problems with posting/sending private messages seem to now be fixed on here.  YEAH! 

Hello everyone! I am new to this group but my husband is in div 014! I just wanted to ask if anyone has had any experience going to PIR with a baby!? It might seem like an out of the blue question, but everything from the plane ride to the car ride to the actual graduation is eating at me! Can anyone give me some reassurance?

How do we get back to hotel after PIR if we took the hotel shuttle to the ceremony?

srmama:  You will meet your shuttle in a designated lot.  Some may give you their cell number and tell you to call them when you are ready to go back to the hotel to make sure you get in their car.

Good Morning All !  Have a great weekend!

Just printed my gate passes!!! I'm so ready for PIR to get here! I wrote my son his 5th to last letter LOL

We can t print ours. Password works, we can view the pass, but can t print. :( 

Try using a different browser for the pass. It should work for you in Internet Explorer.

That worked. Pass is printed. Thank you so much. Feel like an idiot because that is how we print our pay stubs. Lol Hoping to hear from my SR soon, its been 3 weeks.

I was having a problem these past 2 days, intermittently, with being able to post and/or send a private message.  I finally contacted Tiffany, the administrator on this site.  She told me the best browsers to use on here are Google Chrome and Safari.  Of course,  use neither of those, but finally the browsers I use (Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer) worked. 

J Freshie:  I hope that you finally got your pass to print!

J freshie

The pass is only for the vehicle gate pass. If you can not print it out then  you can take the shuttle from your hotel to PIR. Your SR has already given your names, so you should not have a problem to get in.

Hello All!

     "How priceless is Your unfailing love!

      Both high and low among men find refuge

      in the shadow of Your wings."

                                                    Psalm 36:7

Also, for those who want to drive to PIR but don't have the gate pass, they can park at the train station (paid parking, but not too much) right past RTC.  That way, if they plan to take the train into Chicago after PIR, there car is right there!  It is about a 1/4-1/2 mile walk back to the RTC gate.

Glad you figured it out, J Freshie, and got your gate pass!