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BATTLESTATIONS

This is the final test for the recruits...the one that makes them sailors! This is an approximately 12-hour overnight drill, performed on a ship designed by Disney, so you know how realistic all is. They are presented with every situtation that they could encounter while deployed on a ship and are evaluated individually and in small teams on how they respond. At the conclusion of this, there is a capping ceremony where they trade their recruit ballcap for their sailor ballcap! This is their actual graduation. If there are any who fail the first time, they will be given another chance to go through and most all pass then. The majority pass on the first try.

They can start BattleStations a week before PIR...or the week of, depending on the number of divisions. Since there are 14 divisions in this PIR group, they will start the week before, most likely on Wed or Thurs night. They go in division order, starting with the lowest numbered divisions, and they go with brother divisions. The 800 and 900 groups go randomly. Up to 4 divisions can go at a time. Since they go with their brother divisions, then that would be 2 sets of brother divisions, or possibly one set with 900 or 800 (or both) added. Your recruits will tell you when they are going so be sure to ask. Please post in this discussion when you have a date for your division and I will put up a schedule in this group. They do not go on Fri or Sat nights because of Captains Cup on Sat....a fun sports competition between all of the divisions in the PIR. So the nights they do BattleStations can be:

Wed or Thurs (week before PIR), Sun, Mon, Tues, or Wed. NOTE: In the past, I have never seen them go Wed night during the week before PIR, but the 2/11 group, also a large PIR group, seems to have them scheduled then. So for large PIR groups, this may happen. Something a Chief said about Battlestations:

150-300 SRs go at a time, 3-10 of them will fail and have to repeat. The most important thing is TEAMWORK. If the SRs shut their mouths, listen, and work as a team, they should pass.

Here are the brother divisions in this PIR group:

75+76, 77+78, 79+80, 81+82, 83+84, 85+86

805

913

Check out the BattleStations video on www.youtube.com Just type in "CNN BattleStations 21" and enjoy!

HOOYAH!

****BattleStations Schedule******

Wed, Feb 9th/Thurs Feb 10th Div 75, 76, 77, 78

Thurs, Feb 10th/Fri, Feb 11th Div 79, 80, 81, 82

Sun, Feb 13th/Mon, Feb 14th Div 83, 84

Mon, Feb 14th/Tues, Feb 15th Div 85, 86, 805, 913

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Permalink Reply by diannep on January 28, 2011 at 9:02am

ME TOO! The older I get, the more confused....such a wonderful life! :-)

Permalink Reply by alwaysdaddyltlegirl(Ship03Div081 on January 28, 2011 at 9:17am

thank you so much for the information :) this give me an idea, I will be praying to the heavens above that div 081 come through successfully... I pray that all the divisions do well..

Blessings

Permalink Reply by Ark Navy Mom! on January 28, 2011 at 12:18pm

Well I was the other one that had posted a date for BattleStations. I had read a post on the RTC facebook page that Div 913 was doing their BattleStations on Feb. 14th. That post on the facebook page has been deleted and I deleted my previous post on the main PIR page.

Permalink Reply by diannep on January 28, 2011 at 12:42pm

ProudMama: I'm going to put that date down as tentative for 913. It actually may have been deleted because they may have asked that on FB, dates not be posted. Monday night is a common night for 900 BattleStations also. So maybe that is right! Thanks.

Permalink Reply by waiting for you (SHIP 3 DIV 080) on January 28, 2011 at 1:00pm

I'm gonna go to Hobby Lobby and find a blue candle so I can light it for the Days our PIR has BattleStations. Hopefully they will have a LED candle so I don't have to worry about the wax dripping when it's light all week lol

Permalink Reply by Ark Navy Mom! on January 28, 2011 at 1:31pm

I found blue battery operated candles at T.J. Maxx. I turn mine on every night, they are perfect!

Permalink Reply by SuZan on January 28, 2011 at 7:48pm

My thoughts exactly!

Permalink Reply by SuZan on January 28, 2011 at 7:49pm

Thank you for the information Diannep! How soon after do they make the "I am a Sailor" call?

Permalink Reply by diannep on January 28, 2011 at 8:51pm

Txnavymom: The calls can start coming in around 2 pm GL time...somtimes a bit earlier, and sometimes they come later depending on how many divisions go through at once. Earlier this week, one division went on Sunday night(55) with its brother division (56). 56 called on Monday; 55 didn't. Everyone figured that they didn't go, and were going on Monday night---strange since they are brother divisions and should go together. They got calls on Tuesday from 55, but it turns out they DID go on Sunday night but for some reason, 55 wasn't allowed to call home on Monday. Never seen that happen before. So anything goes in the Navy...usually the calls are on the day they finish, though....and most call unless someone has watch (it happens). Then they call the next day.

Permalink Reply by SuZan on January 28, 2011 at 9:08pm

Thank you again....this is great information!

Permalink Reply by zacksmom on January 29, 2011 at 12:47pm

My SR called yesterday. DIV 075 and he said his BS date was Feb. 9. He said for sure he will call Feb. 10.

Hope they ALL pass so we can be on our way to GL!!!

Permalink Reply by diannep on January 29, 2011 at 2:16pm

Thanks, zacksmom. I kind of figured since they go in order (lowest number starting first)...and we had some of the higher numbers scheduled on Thurs, so I'm so glad that you confirmed! So now we have 8 groups confirmed already. Thanks!