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In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).

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Permalink Reply by StacieJF on January 6, 2011 at 9:08pm

Hey Elizabeth. :)

We are staying at the Spring HIll Suites, or something like that.. it's about 3 miles from the base, so hoping being close will help with me not knowing where I am going once I get there~! :)

Stacie

Permalink Reply by NavyWife121409 on January 6, 2011 at 9:21pm

Hello Stacie!

Luckly i'm going with my father in law and he's been a truck drive for a long time so he knows the roads in Chicago pretty well. I lucked out. I'd be competely lost!!

Thank Heaven for GPS!

I was so ecstatic to recieve my first letter!! Everything seems to be going good over there.

I miss him terribly!

I've been hearing some of the other moms have been getting phone calls at their SRs 1 month mark!

I hope we get one!!!!

Permalink Reply by StacieJF on January 6, 2011 at 10:14pm

So happy that you got a letter. I know that you have been waiting, 'patiently' for some time now :)

I wondering if they will get a call at their actual 1 month.... ? Or their 4-1... which would be 3 weeks from now. ??? Hope the first option. :)

Stacie

Permalink Reply by NavyWife121409 on January 7, 2011 at 2:30pm

I really hope it's the one month mark!! :D

Permalink Reply by StacieJF on January 7, 2011 at 12:56am

Kathy,

that is good to know... although I have already made our travel plans. But that is a good question to ask.

Glad you got your letter, seems to be a big day for 1st letters. :)

Stacie

Permalink Reply by Sprack on January 7, 2011 at 1:15am

My husbands mother got two letters.

So I made my brother drive out to get mine. I got four! Well one was a benefits thing. But anyway, he swears now, weird.

Stacie, what has your Dallas been teaching my Brandon???

Haha just kiddng. Glad we all got a little something. More about what he said a little later, Grey's is on!

Permalink Reply by StacieJF on January 7, 2011 at 11:05pm

OMG! I hope nothing bad! :( We don't even say shut-up here at the house! :)

Glad you got your letter. :)

Permalink Reply by NavyWife121409 on January 7, 2011 at 2:34pm

My husband told me that he will have liberty the 16th to the 22nd. I called public affairs and they said that's not true, I think it also depends on when he's flying to A school. When I called they told me that recruits usually fly out on saturday. I hope they get liberty on monday!

That means i'll have to change my reservations.

Permalink Reply by NavyWife121409 on January 7, 2011 at 10:49pm

I'm starting to feel really lonely. Not so much depressed. Just blah.

Permalink Reply by StacieJF on January 7, 2011 at 11:08pm

Elizabeth,

I am sorry that you are feeling that way. I hate that. My mother passed away a couple months ago, and this has been a really hard time for our whole family. But having 6 kids, I have to kind of put on a smile and go on like nothing is wrong.

Talk to us if you want a pick me up! We are here to listen.

Stacie

Permalink Reply by JessicaB-Sailor Mom on January 7, 2011 at 11:40pm

StacieJF here is the link to the 2/18 PIR group http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir2182011