Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones)

Here is Today's daily Bread bible verse would like to share

 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.Hebrews 11:1  

Hello!  I attended my son's PIR this past Friday.  It was WONDERFUL to see him!! No words for the pride and happiness a mom feels!  We missed the "meet and greet" as we were running late and my  younger children were exhausted (actually all of us). It was definitely worth the trip and this southern mom didn't even care about the below freezing wind chill!  We also were able to have breakfast with him and hang out at the airport with him for a few hours before his flight to "A" school.

Congratulations to @EAJmom!!  I'm so happy for you!!

Thanks @Phoenixmom... I needed that bible verse!  

EAJmom Congratulations, I am so Happy for you and your Family, Doesn't it just put your mind at ease, this part is over Now Hopefully where he goes to school he will have more time to be able to Skype, text, call. it will be more at ease but he will be busy also with school and Duty. But far less stressful than BC.

mdun5959 you are welcome, I lean on my verses it's my go to along with my bible.

PIR: January 5, 2018 TG 09 - 14 Divisions (043-054, 908 and 909)  4 guests

      PIR: January 12, 2018 TG 10 - 7 Divisions (055-060 and 910) 4 guests

      PIR: January 19, 2018 TG 11 - 12 Divisions (061-070, 805 and 911) 4 guests       

      PIR: January 26, 2018 TG 12 - 12 Divisions (071-080, 806 and 912) 4 guests 

      PIR: February 02, 2018 TG 13  - 15 Divisions (081-094 and 913) 3 guests

      PIR: February 09, 2018 TG 14 - 16 Divisions (094-106, 807 & 808, 914 & 915) 3 guests   

Just wondering if anyone knows if we can send pictures to our SR along with the letters? I don’t want to get him in trouble or draw unnecessary attention to him. Thanks.

Yes you can send pictures 

Wrestlingmomma yes you can send pictures in good taste, they do open up their mail in front of their RDC.

Letter Writing & Fun Stuff/Questionnaires to send to your Recru...

Great!  Thank you!!  I want to send some pics of his dogs!  He loves and I’m sure misses them! 

Yes, you can send pictures although my son asked me to please stop sending pictures because the RDCs have to review all pictures to ensure that they're appropriate. He didn't want to be singled out that way. 

I can say whether in BC or A school they have to open up their packages in front of the Command. so if he doesn't mind then it should be fine.

Good morning Phoenixmom. Yes, Friday's PIR was AWESOME! The 900 divisions were "on spot". Congratulations to all the Sailors,their supportive families and all you experienced NAVY mamas. Thanks so much for all your advise and support.. We love you all. Continued blessings to everyone of you...:) 

Navymom thank you for sharing your amazing time!

I can remember as if it was yesterday, my Favorite moment was watching my Son's Division marching in.

For those attending PIR this Friday Congratulations on your New sailor, And have the most Amazing time ever. And please be safe on your Travels and when you get back please share the time you have experienced. It is an Experience.

And to those New Navy Moms may your Son/Daughter enjoy their new Journey, "What things they will do" "And see"

US National Weather Service Chicago Illinois

See Saving Money PIR Weekend and PIR Day and Liberty during PIR Weekend.

Way to go Guys/Gals

Congratulations to this week's Captain's Cup winners!
Div. 055 won in the non-integrated (all-male) divisions while Div. 910 won in the integrated (male-female) divisions.

Information about the U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command graduation ceremony can be found at http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/graduation.html.

I would like to Thank Those who shared about their Experience at PIR this past Friday. Maybe you can share about the places you went out to eat, to give some ideas to those going this Friday. when we went back in Sept. we took our Son to a nice place called Stevens we made reservations for 5pm very nice Steak and Seafood place. it was in a strip mall near Great America. Also we went to a family owned BBQ called Captain Porky's Seafood and BBQ. they give you a lot of food made right there as you wait very friendly people, right next door is a Steak house this Family owns that also. so any experience with restaurants would be nice for others to know and experience for themselves. Oh by the way I found that this pizza place called  Giordano’s is a favorite for pizza pie. we also tried it and it was pretty good

Captain Porky's
38995 Route 41
Wadsworth, IL 60083

So again thanks for sharing, hope to see more posts come in and I wish you all a Great Evening.

May the Calls and Letters come your way.

My wife is actually from the area so we are there a couple of times a year and Phoenixmom is spot on. Captain porkys is great and giordanos is a must for pizza lovers! 

Why Thank You NewNavyHusband, before we left to Chicago I did my homework and had gotten all the addresses and I did good, it was a winner all the way around.

Really enjoyed PIR this past weekend although I now refer to the Great Lakes as Siberia. It was SO cold! Make sure you have a good coat, hat, scarf, etc if you're coming this weekend. My heart went out to the families who had to miss PIR because of inclement weather along the east coast. We took my son to Q's barbecue in Chicago for lunch after the ceremony. The food was amazing. It's about 45 minutes away but you have plenty of time to go to Chicago. It's a little pricey but the food and smile on your sailor's face will be worth it. We stayed about 10 minutes away at the Lincolnshire Marriott Resort and it wasn't full at all, being wintertime. They gave us an upgrade to a suite at no extra cost. The staff was wonderful. Just an FYI, your sailor will be able to tell you after the ceremony what time his/her flight leaves for A-school and you can make plans to meet him/her at the airport. Ours called us from the airport and we met him there, along with dozens of other sailors. They will walk you to the counter and you'll be issued a pass to go with them to their gate. Bring your ID. Also, to bring them back to the base that evening, bring your ticket you used for the PIR and you might be allowed to drive onto the base to let them off closer to where they sleep. Not sure if this last weekend was unusual but most parents were allowed to do this. Perhaps because it was as cold as Siberia!! Enjoy!

Good Morning Ladies/Gents hope you had a nice evening.

Lisa Thank You for sharing your experience at PIR and where you all went to eat. Congratulations to your new Sailor and best wishes to him.

Cindy I believe there are many ways to Honor your Sailor it just depends on what way you would like to go. I am not a Facebook person so I couldn't tell you and with that you also have to be careful to what you put on it and post. Sorry couldn't be much help.

Good Morning to all the New Comers to the site please feel free to post any Concerns/Questions/Feelings you may have in regards to your Loved one thinking about joining or almost on his/hers way. You have many a people and Great people on this sight that can share their experience, or what they did to get ready for their Loved Ones Journey.. It can be quite overwhelming but you will get thru it. So Again Welcome!

Cindy I am sure it would be ok, not sure how to do it, but just be careful on what is posted. you do not want to post whereabouts or anything like that. But I'm sure someone can help you figure it out. What a nice thing to do!

Cindy, I am not a FB person either, nor do I totally know the ends and outs of OPSEC that well, but I do know when my son got to A school the first thing he asked me, was to make sure I didn't have any pictures of him in uniform posted on the internet. I realize there are pictures and I know that isn't exactly what you are probably thinking at the moment, but more trying to help you think further down the line, where people might expect you to post a picture of him in uniform.

Something to consider is at your place of worship, or a group your son was involved maybe you could take a picture of his swearing in and mount it on a small poster board where people could write something they have done. I shared my son's address for BC with our church family and other friends asking them to write encouraging notes, which he really cherished. And afterwards I now have his BC sailor picture displayed on the bookshelf in our youth area so his friends can remember him.

Would like to share today's Daily Bible verse:

Romans 12:12 – Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful i...

For those attending PIR this Friday here are some links.

See Saving Money PIR Weekend and PIR Day and Liberty during PIR Weekend.

Attending PIR Friday here is the weather, you may want to see what it will be like, may help in knowing how to dress for the cold.

US National Weather Service Chicago Illinois

There will be no PIR on February 16th and 23rd

Recruit Training Command (RTC) (clickable link) is the official Navy site for bootcamp website. This is should be your GO-TO site for information. Take the time, read everything.

 Recruit Training Command - Facebook Page  (clickable link) to see photos
      of current recruits at RTC

Can anyone tell me or others how was the picking up the tickets for PIR? when I attended in Sept. we were sent with a password and had a pass. that was to get into PIR and onto the base. we were sent with the names of who was able to attend. We didn't have security forms or what not at that time. Not sure if that was a whole lot simpler than the tickets. So just was curious as to the outcome of those dealing with the tickets. any advice for those who will be attending PIR soon would help. Thank You

Good morning Phoenixmom. Picking up tickets was easy. We went to the NEX @ 6:30 pm. A very nice volunteer greeted us at the door, asked for IDs and directed us to the ticket room. We gave the staff our IDs. They gave us our grad tickets with our names written on each and returned IDs. Done in 5 mins. Then spent an hour shopping for NAVY stuff which was FUN.

 Thanks Navymom2, was wondering if there would be a long line that you had to wait in and how organized was it. Sounds like they had it pretty well organized, Very nice. This is good to know, I appreciate you sharing. For those attending PIR this Friday good information for you Folks.

Way to go Divisions!.

Congratulations to this week's Captain's Cup winners!
Div. 055 won in the non-integrated (all-male) divisions while Div. 910 won in the integrated (male-female) divisions.

When should we be getting the "I'm A Sailor" calls for PIR's this Friday.  I'm getting nervous/anxious.  Anyone else know about Div. 058 and results of BS1 or if its happened yet?  Do they usually wait this close to PIR to have BS1?  Thanks in advance

The "I'm a Sailor!" calls can come 1 to 10 days prior to PIR on a weekday and usually start around 2 pm Central Time, but can start earlier or later, and can come as late as around 8 pm Central Time. Therefore, it is best to have your phone close by all day. When your Sailor makes that call, s/he will most likely be very tired since s/he will have been up since 5 am the previous day and won't make it into his/her rack until between 8 and 10 pm that night, but you and your Sailor will be very proud and very happy. Please ask your Sailor if everyone in his/her division passed and post that within your PIR group. Some new Sailors may not get to make their calls until later if they have watch, a medical appointment, or other reason,

If you do not receive a call, don't worry, everything is fine. Those who will not have PIR do make a call to let their loved ones know that there is a problem, so "No news is good news."

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very good information helps understand the last and final test.

CamtheNukeMan'sMom - my son did not call us that he had made it through BS until Wed about 2 hours before we were leaving to drive to GL. It was around 3 pm. He was in the last Div, so a lot of it depends on the division number. Another friend of mine didn't hear from her son until they were already in GL on Thursday eve. - Like Pheonixmom said, they will be very tired. My son, was trying to mentally go through his list of things he wanted to let me know. I told him what color clothes we were wearing so that he could spot us easily.

Also, I see your son is going Nuke - just to advise, sometimes they don't have as much free time after liberty, immediately as you would think they would, so I would recommend sitting in the lower section on the bleachers, versus up in the balcony. You want to be able to get to them as soon after as able. You may not have as large of an overview of the hall, but it is something to decide ahead of time. - Also, if you can watch one of the videos of a previous PIR (you can fast forward) it will give you a feel for what the ceremony is like and the layout of the Great Hall. 

@Chipmunk why would the fact that a SR is going nuke affect how much free time they’d have? 

Apart from the fact that they don’t get the weekend ofc. 

NewNavyHusband I am guessing because they may be flying out to their A school? Ratings, A School Locations & Links to Groups here is a link for ratings and where their A school locations may be.

Yeah that’s why they don’t get liberty for the weekend like those staying in GL for A school. 

I was just wondering if there was some reason going Nuke affected liberty on the Friday too. Wondering/ panicking haha!!!