ALUMNI OF PIR 11/06/2015 TG 52 - 10 Divisions (369-376, 820 and 952)

Happy PIR Day!  Enjoy this very special day!

And in to the drill hall the arrive!!! Congratulations everyone! Bravo Zulu Sailors!!!

Amazing: 800 divisions are Special Operations (they don't perform)

900 divisions are the performing divisions, either on the Hall floor or behind the scenes. 

Amazing:  You will be able to find out the meaning of the cords from your new sailor in just a few minutes!  I believe the red cords are for the RDCs though!

Thanks, nlover4real.  We do recommend Sarge for those who will not rent a car.  Sorry you didn't know about him before you took the cab!   But glad you found him for your return ride!

Congrats to your new sailors!  I hope all have enjoyed visiting with them!

Question:  For those of you who went to Sarge's MeetandGreet....did he suggest a driving hint for PIR.....staying to the left on Buckley headed to RTC, bypassing RTC, and turning around near the train station, heading back from the opposite direction, with a no-wait left turn onto RTC?  If so, did any of you try it and did it work?  I ask because we have been passing along this hint for a very long time now, have received great feedback from it, and then recently were told by a family that they were "waved off" by the RTC road personnel when they approached from this opposite side and told to go all the way back down Buckley, turn around, and come in through the car line.  I reported this to RTC and was told that they have been getting some complaints about RTC road personnel not being very cooperative, seeming to be quite frustrated---they are asking that any families who had an experience with any RTC personnel who were uncooperative and not helpful...please report it to RTC....anonymously if you want to....they just want to know about your experience. 

I just want to see if anyone used this driving hint and if so, did it work?  RTC did not say it was not allowed.  After all, it is possible that some may be approaching from this opposite direction anyway due to where they are staying.

Any feedback would be appreciated!  Also, any feedback on other info we passed on to you that was "right on" or "incorrect" would be greatly appreciated.  We want to pass on accurate info to the future PIR groups.

Thanks!  And....Good Morning!

Good morning, first let me say Awesome to the tenth power PIR! I never been so proud or impressed. Ever by a group! ,waiting to leave to get son for last day, going to not think about tonight. Diannep, did not take the hint,  drove from Navy Lodge, surprisely, no real issues, got right in parking was in the parking garage and when exited led right to graduation hall. now of course u know I left at 6am, was in bleacher by 7, but then 2 hour wait, they have beverages and snacks, and some sweatshirts, 370 was sold out , but got web address to order so if someone wants to order I will post later, diannep they did have everyone entering from same direction all I saw was 1 line, there are ALOT of signs where no left turns. Sorry some had trouble, Sarge's meet and greet was so much fun! I won basket, food great going leave his number for son, if you not staying at Navy Lodge I would definitely take shuttle, best way to go. Off to get my Sailor, Did I say all u Admi\moderators, love you, would have never made it this far without u!  Check back later!

nlover4real this is the link, and yes they have put up pics!

https://www.facebook.com/NavyRecruitTrainingCommand/

Blessed Sunday!

     "Then He said to His disciples, 'The harvest

       is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the

       Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out

       workers into His harvest field.' "

                                                   Matthew 9:37

Love reading about all your wonderful PIR experiences!!

Thanks for all of the responses, ladies.  mimi, glad you were able to use the driving hint without an issue.  TheRocksMom....maybe mimi and hubby were able to use the hint since they followed a shuttle?  Not sure, but we are not passing out the driving hint info anymore until we know it is still being allowed.  But glad it worked for mimi and family and that others got in the regular way without an issue. 

Thanks again for sharing info!  By the way, on the comment about the recruiters passing along this site to their recruits for the families during Bootcamp, some do, some do not.  My son's did not....although he COULD have told my son and he didn't tell me. My son signed up in another city where he was living at the time....so I never met his recruiter.  But I know that some pass out the info.  I happened to find this site by googling!  Sure was glad I did when my son was up there!

nlover4real, There are A School groups here. What is your Sailors rating (job)?

Recruit Training Command Facebook

Thank you, ladies, for the helpful information.

Navy Lodge was a very nice place to stay.

Everyone was so nice...

PIR was great in spite of the fact that I had to sit near my ex. I'm so proud of my baby girl!

She left for San Antonio for A school Saturday afternoon and I miss her, but at least we can call and text now.

Take care, Ladies. Thanks again!

Sixpark here's the web address if anyone wants to order DIV sweatshirts WWW.AOMWR.COM, dropped son off,  I realize it's never going be easy, but at least have communication!!! Well off to bed exhausted. Momma's what a weekend!:-) 

Just got home last night... pulled an all nighter Friday and met my new Sailor at the airport and waited until he flew off to Goose Creek. Was exhausted Saturday, but wouldn't have missed those last few hours with him ! We spent Saturday with my Sailor who is in A school there at Great Lakes. Awesome weekend, but it flew by too quickly...seems like a blur now. Can't wait to hear how everyone's new Sailors are doing. I loved meeting some of you Mommas at the Meet & Greet! That was awesome. I truly feel like I have made some lifelong connections with my fellow Navy Moms :) Happy for all of our new Sailors and very excited- proud beyond words!!

Thanks so much Rocksmom. I appreciate the information. I didn't go the the cart for food so I didn't know they had them.

nlover4real, There are several groups, but I can't narrow it down to an A School since you don't know the rating. Here are a couple links for you.

Texas Moms

San Antonio Moms

Hello!

     "Let them give thanks to the Lord for His unfailing

      love and His wonderful deeds for mankind."

                                                           Psalm 107:31

Good Morning!  Leaving this group now....Blessings to all of the new sailors! 

Movin' on too.  Continued blessings on all your Navy journeys~~

Diannep and Catsmom I will never forget you or the encouragement you provided here for us all! Xo

Well just wanted to drop in to say Happy Thanksgiving and to let u know I'm back at Great Lakes, traveled 900 miles with tjurkey feast my son bringining 3 sailors to spend day with us!

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving weekend.

Nativemom, it was awesome, I hosted 4 sailors, plus my son for Thanksgiving, it was a long long drive, but worth every minute, they were happy to have a home cooked meal... where is your sailor? Timamarie  how are you and where is your sailor?  I still light my blue candle for all our sailors! who had PIR 11.6., thinking about making my own at this point, been burning the blue since Sep 9, my trash men must think, what did the electric company turn the power off.  lol. I hope others from our group check back and stay connected and updated, I would have hated for this too be just group therapy...lol, I have put the bird feeder away, and tissue sales and Sams Club are down. My new saying;

Keep calm your a Navy Mom!  Hope everyone is getting in the holiday spirit...much love to all my Momma's!

Hi all!  Happy New Year. Hope all of you Mommas are doin great and your Sailors are as well.  was blessed to have both of mine home for 2 weeks. Hard to let them go- again.  I guess that's something we will never get used to.  Sure do miss you ladies :)

KYNavyMomma, Happy New Year, yep hard to let go... I get that pain in my chest everytime...:(  have a wonderful new year! I will be back checking up here...

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Hi Everyone hope you are all doing well and your sailors as well!!

Hey there, What's everyone's sailor doing now.  Mine is currently in Norfolk, yay, which means he is only 1 1/2 hours away so I get to see him pretty much every weekend.  He should be done there in May and then it's off to somewhere far away.  Needless to say I am enjoying my time with him now because when he leaves I don't know when I will see him next.  

Hi everyone, my son is out at sea right now no idea where he is or when he is returning.  He is stationed in Washington State which is a long way from home in NY.  This is his first deployment on he new home so will not find anything out till he returns.

My son is still at GL, waiting to head to C school. Good news, though--he'll be home for Christmas! Can't wait to hug that boy's neck! Hope everyone is well and Sailors are good, too!

Hi everyone!  Happy Holidays for all of you!

My Sailor was in Pensacola almost a year, and now is in San Diego to continue with his training.  He will be us during the holidays!  I'm so happy.