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*******BattleStations********
This is the final test for your recruits. When they pass this, they are sailors and trade in their recruit cap for their sailor cap in a capping ceremony afterwards. The ship they do this on was designed by Disney, so it is very realistic. During the 12 hour overnight drill, they encounter every situation that they might face when deployed on a ship. It is a night of adrenaline and focus.
Up to 4 divisions can go at once, but sometimes only 2 or 3 go. Brother divisions go together. 800 and 900 divisions go randomly. They start with the lowest numbered divisions and move up. They can start on the Thursday night, a week before PIR. They skip Fri and Sat nights because of Captains Cup on Saturday (athletic competition between divisions...fun for them!). They can resume BattleStations Sun-Wed nights during PIR week. Something a Chief said about Battlestations:
150-300 SRs go at a time, 3-10 of them will fail and have to repeat it, the most important thing is TEAMWORK. If the SRs keep their mouths shut, listen, and work as a team, they should pass.
The brother divisions in this PIR group are:
63+64, 65+66, 67+68, 69+70, 71+72, 73+74
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"I'm a Sailor" phone calls will start to come in the day they finish, usually starting around 2 pm GL time and going into the evening. They may need to complete PIR practice first so be patient. Some may have watch and won't call until the next day.
When you get a BattleStations date from your recruit, post it here and I will add it to the schedule.
HOOYAH!
*****BattleStations Schedule******(they start late at night and continue through the next morning which is why there are 2 dates posted)
Thurs, Feb 3rd/Fri, Feb 4th Div 63, 64, 65, 66 (moved back a day due to blizzard)
Sun, Feb 6th/Mon, Feb 7th Div 67, 68, 804 (moved back from Thurs due to blizzard)
Mon, Feb 7th/Tues Feb 8th Div 69, 70, 912
Tues, Feb 8th/Wed Feb. 9th Div 71, 72, 73, 74
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Permalink Reply by Lexsmom on
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diannep- Since Captains Cup competition is held the Saturday before Battlestations, according to the Navy Family Handbook, All those going to BS21 next week will compete this Saturday along with my daughters division (67). She confirmed this in her letter about her Division along with the Battlestations date.
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Permalink Reply by diannep on
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Thanks, Lexsmom. But did you mean that Captains Cup for PIR 2/11 is NEXT Sat...Feb 5th? Because Captains Cup THIS Sat.(1/29) is for the 2/4 PIR group. I believe that 2/11's Captains cup (all divisions in the PIR group) is Sat. 2/5. Since BattleStations (some divisions) start the week before PIR in this group, then there will be some "Sailors" competing in Captains Cup. From the many months that I have been doing the BattleStations info, Captains Cup has always been the Sat. before PIR...and only for that PIR group.
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diannep- she wrote the 29th. but she could very well have gotten the date wrong. Thank you for clarifying, I will ask her in my letter tonight if she wrote the wrong date. And the Family Guide does say the Saturday before PIR. so that must be what she did. I can''t blame her for getting ahead of herself!!
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HA! Hey, listen....I have been learning all of this stuff for almost a year now...and it gets so very confusing! I have to check myself many times since I'm on so many PIR groups and sometimes I get them mixed up! :-)
And...your daughter has many very important things on her mind! She is ALMOST A SAILOR....exciting, right? Just start picturing her in her uniform....rounding that PIR Hall....still gives me the goosebumps to remember that moment....I get so excited for you all! It is such a wonderful day! HOOYAH!
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Thanks for your encouraging words!! As you always are positive and encouraging! I am very excited, as all of us are, She painted me a small picture of herself with her words, She loves the dress blues. She said they all look so womanly with the way they are fitted, they have an hour-glass shape. She said they look HOT!! ha ha. I chuckled for a while after reading that letter.
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Permalink Reply by FirstSailor on
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My son is Div 66. Thank you for the information.
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Permalink Reply by ame7 on
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Get your Blue Candles ready for this week! BS start Feb 2 for this "group"! Good-luck recruits and God Bless!
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Permalink Reply by himmiemom on
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ARGH!!!!! Any news yet on a definite date for Division 912? I am thinking 2/2.
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No news yet that I have found. 2/2 already has 4 divisions going...so don't think it will be that one. I'm thinking maybe Tues the 8th.
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2/8 sounds about right too. They perform at PIR 2/4 and PIR 2/11. I was under the impression that they went first because of performing at PIR 2/4.
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Well, it used to be that they almost always went on Sun or Mon nights (of PIR week)...But then they started having 900s go on Tues nights also. That is what we always heard...that they went early during PIR week because they were performing. Did 912 perform in 1/28's PIR last week? If so, then that is the reason they don't have them go first, the week before PIR, I would think. But I don't even attempt to claim that I can figure out the "whys" of the BattleStations schedules sometimes--HA....other than the division numerical order which I have never seen changed (lowest to highest...except for 800 and 900 divisions which are random).
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