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Graduation?
How many of you plan on or have gone to graduation? It is a long distance for us , my husband has not flown since he was a teenager and I'm not sure I could get him on a plane anyway! We are from a small town so city traffic seems intimidating to me though my husband is a truck driver. (He HATES traffic,too) Our son doesn't go to boot camp until Feb 23 ( his 21st birthday!) but I am trying to work this whole thing out in my head. I have look at airfare/hotel/car pkgs and about choked!
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Permalink Reply by texasnavymom on
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Please try to go. I will see my son on his PIR and it is a day that will live forever in my memory.. it is one day you want to see....
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Permalink Reply by Daisy on
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I am planning to go, but know that many families cannot, I am going to tell my daughter to reach out to anyone she knows that needs someone to share their celebration and bring them along with us our PIR is in March. I guess this is the start of the challenge of having a child so far away.
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Permalink Reply by Connie(Memphis Belle) on
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Daisy YOU ROCK!!! that's awesome and yes some Sailors don't have any family there and would LOVE to be included!!
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Permalink Reply by Balsam on
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My son said he didn't want us to try and make it to graduation because of the traveling expense. I know his fiance' wants to make it but she is not going to be able to afford it either unless some of her family pays. We live in NC so it would be a flight to get there probably. My husband (my son's step dad) says that most of the families don't make it to their kids graduation because of the cost. My husband is retired Navy.
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Permalink Reply by cyndaroo7 on
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My son (dep) seems to have the idea that they, the recruits can pay for it, or help pay for it? I 'll have to check that out. Do any of you know anything about that?
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Permalink Reply by CaroleY on
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Please keep reading all the replys, and deals and work hard to get there. It's been a long road and they worked so hard. Please, just get another credit card and look for the deals... There wasn't a dry eye in the crowd, and it was very crowded!! It's heartbreaking to see the kids walk away from formation and just have to kill time for the day bec there is no family there. Not trying to make you feel bad but if there's a way, please try to go!!
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OH my! He leave on his 21st Birthday? Wow, he's brave!! Yes, my husband and I are planning on attending graduation for both our kids. My daughter's grad will be about Mar 18th, but we haven't gotten confirmation of that yet. And our son will be heading out to boot camp the week prior. We checked out packages including airfair, hotel, and rental car and it looked to be about $1000 per trip! Very expensive, and I just found out there are picture packages to purchase if we want and they are $140 +. Looks like it will be an expensive year for us. :-)
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Permalink Reply by Holly_motherpie( Ship 09 Div.78) on
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It will be soooo worth it!!! I can't wait to see my son...I'm sooo excited.....I think as parents we do what we can even if we go in debt for awhile...well you can't take it with you when your gone so you should just try to create as many memories as you can....Credit cards come in handy...or you can sell a kidney...LOL....Just kidding...I hope it works out for all of us to go and experience what their lives are now : ) Happy Friday
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Permalink Reply by popeye27 on
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Hi Cyndaroo7, my son is also graduating Mar 18, no confirmation yet either. Looking forward to see him again. Yes very expensive year for us too. I haven't booked anything yet, planning to do it this week. :)
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popeye27 here is the link to your PIR group, it will be your lifeline for info and support http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir31811
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From everything I have learned in the last 3 weeks....the newly graduated recruits get to leave with their visitors for the days only. Then will need to be back on base at night. They are not allowed to travel more than 50 miles, nor are they allowed to bring anything back to base purchased on the "outside".
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Lindsay here is the link to your PIR group, it will be your lifeline for info and support http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir31811
Yes they do get the whole weekend off, unless they have watch or something. Unless they are grad and go..then that is a different scenario. They DO have to be back at the barracks at a certain time...usually 8pm
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