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Div 163
Didnt see anyone with this Div. Thought Id start one. Good luck to all your SR's!
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Permalink Reply by Michelle on
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Hi navysis,
There are 3 others from our group we are ship12/ div163, you should join our group.
We keep growing...That is great:):) Welcome.
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Permalink Reply by navysis on
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Michelle
I have joined the main group, just didnt see anything with our Div 163 on it. Have you received any letters from your PR yet?
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@navysis,
No letters or phone calls either. From what I have been reading we shouldn't expect letters unlir at least the 3rd week.
I keep writting to him almost daily. I skipped a day and I felt guilty..LOL. I read from one wife that her husband received 8 letters from her in one day. I am not sure why that happens if she is mailing them on different days.
Stay postivite you will get one. This site helps because we can chat with each other and find out helpful information from others. Have you seen any of the videos about bootcamp and training?
I found them on the New Moms Group. also if you havent joined our group for our SA's ship that would be a good idea. It is
PIR 5/6/2011 (Divisions 157-166, 809, 925)
@Julie I konw that it is difficult waiting for letters, we are anxiously awaiting to hear from them. I am sure that you are missing your Son. Don't sit by the phone either, I have read that phone calls have to be earned. I am not sure how they win them but when the do it is like 30 to 60 seconds. That's not very long, hugh. I just set up a skype account just in case the SA's are able to video chat. I don't know if that is allowed either. If now maybe when he goes to A School it will be.:):)
Do you have a Facebook account? If you do look for me. I will message you my fb name.
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I guess its reassuring that other people haven't heard anything from their PR's yet either. I write a few times a week, I know my mom and other siblings are writing too. I do have a FB page if you search by my email that would probably be easiest. Erskine41@gmail.com
This site is definitely helpful, its a good way for me to turn and see that there are tons of others going through the same stuff I am. Im glad the weeks are going by kinda quickly, I hope it feels the same for my brother and all the other PR's!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend
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Hi everyone,
Wen I came home from work today I received not 1 but 2 letters!!!! I was so excited to read them.
Brandon's first letter said that the days go by quickly and that it is hard. he said that they are up every day 03:45 to 04:00 every morning, and that they have to shave even if they don't need to. Lights out at 22:00 every night too. He said that he didn't mind going to bed by 22:00. Said that in addition to their Bulls Warm Up Suits they received Navy PT sweats and the blue digital Camo...New Balance shoes and combat boots. He said that he passed his fitness testing....He was top 10 in his division out of 86.
Letter #2
They had another PFA (Physical Fitness Achievement Exam) and they also had a written exam. He said that if they passed both tests they would would get promoted. They need to run 1.5 miles in 12.5 minutes, 40 push-ups and 60 situps in 2 minutes. Brandon passed the run in 11:12 minutes, 60 push-ups and 95 sit-ups in 2 minutes, so he passed the PFA but he didn't know about the written exam as of when he wrote this letter. He said that the RTC (recruit training commanders) told them that their scores were good. Brandon passed the the 50 yard swimming test but still needs to do the 5 minute float. He said that they get about 5 1/2 hours of sleep every night and they will get awaken in the middle of the night to do the ironing. He said that I would be proud that he learned to fold his clothes Military Style vrs wading them up in a ball. LOL . On Sundays from 07:00 to 13:00 is free time this is when they get to read their letters. He said that they get their mail when it comes but can't read it until Sunday's.He said that he has made a lot of freinds and it wasn't that bad that he was adjusting to it. Brandon said that he was looking forward sitting down and eating a meal where he is not rushed, they get 15 minutes to eat. He said that he was expecting more letters from us and that the reruits looked forward to hearing from their families. This brought tears to my eyes. He said that in a week or 2 they will get a phone call.
So I wanted to share with everyone, and if you didn't get a letter yet I think you will shortly. Boy was it hard to read his writting...LOL
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Permalink Reply by 344464 (Div 163) on
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Heard from my SR twice today and received two letters life is good. He was able to call because they did really well on a test (forgot what he called it) but it was great to hear his voice and how happy he was. Hopefully everyone else got to hear from their SR and we will see each other real soon.
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