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SHIP 02 DIV 928 - PIR 05/26/11
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Permalink Reply by PNM #2 (Proud NaVy Mom-2nd SR) on
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Hi Virginia and welcome to the group! I'm so glad you found us! Although there's not many of us here and we may not be loud, we are PROUD! I wasn't home all day today but I got a questionnaire from my son yesterday in the mail that I had sent to him saying he would call today. He did call this afternoon around 4:30-5:00. I was shopping and was being checked out and when I saw that 847 number I almost had heart failure!!! First thing I asked was "how long do you have to talk, 60 seconds???" He told me that he had about an hour! I was excited beyond words! I hurried up and drove to my ex-mother-in-law's house where my ex-husband was (luckily I live in a fairly small town) talking to him all the way and all 3 of us talked to him for about 45 minutes on that one call! I think they lose about 30 minutes off of their calling card just to connect on a call so I saved him 1 hour of talk time by all of us talking on that one call. I found out so much more than I could have ever found out in letters. I hate that I only left his girlfriend about 10 minutes to talk to him but I needed that call so desperately! He LOVES boot camp even though he's been sick the entire 4-1/2 weeks. I hope and pray that everyone has received a call today. Please let us know how your journey is going with your SR in boot camp. Come here any time you need support or to share good news or for any other reason! We're all here for the same thing; to talk to others in the same position we are in who understand what you're going through. There is a LOT more support on the PIR 05/26/11 group so you might want to check in there frequently as well.
Again, welcome to our group! Now we're like family!!!
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Permalink Reply by Virginia (Ship 2 - Div. 928) on
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Thanks so much! My husband and I will be married for four years this July, and he left for bootcamp on March 29th. It has been a tough but amazing journey so far. I wish I would have considered that we wouldn't hardly have any communication during bootcamp; we were so focused on paperwork, finances, jobs, moving, etc. that neither of us considered that we wouldn't get to see or speak to each other for a looooong time.
Getting regular letters really has helped a lot, though! My poor mailman: I practically stalk him everyday! My husband says bootcamp is exactly what everyone said it was: lots of hard work, little sleep, and that you should learn to be quiet. He did say that the food is waaaay better than everyone said it was.
As we were beginning this Navy journey last year (he was in DEP for a while), I kept telling Dear Husband that I wish I could talk to people who are going through the same process as we are... The recruiters help as much as they can, but they are really busy. That's why I'm just so thrilled to find this group: a whole buncha folks who are going through the same process we are! SO WONDERFUL!
And I'm happy to hear that you got your phone call, too! You're soooo lucky! I got a letter where husband said, "Don't got to Church Friday night! I'll call Friday around 4 your time!" I waited and waited and waited and waited but no call. I've read now that could mean any number of things: he had some extra duty, he got into trouble, the lines in the phone were long... It must have been nice to hear his voice, though? There's only sooo much a letter can do for you!
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Virginia: I already knew before my son left that he was going to sub school in CT. He will fly out either Friday or Saturday after graduation. What is your husband doing at PIR? Did you know that they will be performing at the 2 PIRs before their PIR? They will perform in the 05/13 PIR and the 05/20 PIR. How exciting is that! We might actually get to see pictures of them before we get to see them (read where in the next sentence)! Also join the U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command Facebook page. There are random pictures posted there plus pictures from all of the PIRs right after they happen that are posted to the site. Between that site and this one you should be able to find out just about all you need to know about everything!
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Yup! I found it! And I just learned all about what a 900 division means! I don't know what he will be doing at PIR; he's not musically inclined... he's just really, really skinny and really, really bright, so I don't know why they put him in.
And yes, I did indeed spend a good hour yesterday scouring over the pictures that have been posted since 3/29 (when hubbie left) to see if he was in any of them. None so far!There really isn't anyway to know if he's a grad-n-go soon is there?
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We have got to get more Ship 02 Div 928 parents on this page! If you know ANYONE is this group/division please convince them to join navyformoms.com and join our page. They do sometimes mention to the recruits how many comments are on these pages and we want our recruits to be proud that we talk about them so much and that we support them so much!
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I finished my daily letter to Dear Husband a bit ago, and I told him about this group and the RTC page on Facebook. I figured that there are lots of other parents, wives, and girlfriends who might not know about these pages.
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Virginia: That's wonderful that you shared the news of these pages with him. Now he knows that even though we don't live close together we can be a better support system because each of us knows what the other is going through. We know the pain and heartbreak of waiting for letters, waiting for phone calls, etc. Unfortunately my son didn't do the pushups in the alloted time so he didn't pass his PFA. I think this was called a "baseline" test. He passed everything else plus I think they have a couple of PFAs left before Battle Stations so he'll have more chances to try again.
As far as performing at PIR there are other jobs besides playing music and singing. Some 900 division people carry in the state flags, some carry sabres, rifles, etc. Some work behind the scenes with the staff and some are there to catch people if they lock their knees and pass out during PIR!!! So there are many jobs to be done that day. Your husband could have been chosen because he has a high ASVAB score.
If you want to find out when your husband might ship out find out what his rank is. My son is CESF which is Computer Electronics ?? Field I think. He signed up to go on a sub at MEPs which is why I know where he's going after boot; there's only one sub school to go to and it's in Groton, CT. If you find out his rank or his job title, go on the main page PIR 05/26/11 TG 28 — 7 Divisions (179–184 & 928)
Ask on that page if anyone knows where a (insert whatever he will be doing here) will go to "A" school. There are some veteran moms on here whose kids went to boot camp and are now stationed in various parts of the world. They help us get around and find out the valuable information that we need to know. Someone will answer your question. If he is going anywhere OTHER than staying at Great Lakes he will be shipping out either the Friday or Saturday after PIR so it is possible that we will only have Thursday afternoon with our new sailors :( We'll have to learn to enjoy the time we have with them I guess...
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Viriginia: My recruiter is actually the one who told me about this page. I was always worried every time I went to talk to him. He knew that I was NOT for my son going into the military. I guess it could be worse; he wanted to be a Marine first, then in the Army. An accident and a titanium plate in his shoulder changed all of that. They wouldn't have him but the Navy did. I thank God that they chose him.
I'm really not crazy about the sub school idea but it's what he has a contract for so I have no say-so in the matter. I really think he's going to end up on a ship but maybe he can handle being on a sub. He's a very outdoorsy kind of person plus he's 6'4" so I never could really understand the sub thing. Out of what he was offered at MEPs he said that sounded the most exciting and promising. We'll just have to wait and see...
Our group is way too small. Wish I could find the other 80+ parents that have kids in Div 928 to join. Definitely not going and advertise on the RTC page!!!!!
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Be sure that you tell your SR to tell the others about it. I told mine to, and he's been happy knowing that (1) I've found such a nice group of people here and (2) that there are lots of people out there who care about Ship 2, Div. 928.
Sub school just sounds so intense. I've watched some of the videos on here taken from submarines... it looks really adventurous. He must be a brave boy!
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Virginia: No, he's not that adventurous he just really wanted to get out of the house THAT BAD!!!! LOL
My son signed his contract at MEPs on 12/01/10. I was on this site (although not real active, just mostly reading stuff) for 5 months before that. Every time I found something interesting I would tell my son. He HATED it. It got to the point where if I said I got it from N4M he said he didn't want to hear it. Guess he thought we were all crazy talking about our kids and how much we did or didn't cry when they left! I'll tell him to pass the word in the letter I'm writing him right now. The least he could do is just not pass the word and if he does, we'll have more people on here!!
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Hey all! Only 25 more days! I saw on another 900 div. page that in the past, some folks wore pink scarves so they could find each other at PIR. Do we all want to do something like that? Has something like this already been planned and I just missed it?
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Virginia: It's up to the other ladies. It doesn't matter to me one way or the other. I think I could find you no matter what! I just have a feeling that I would know the ladies on here when I saw them. That's just me being weird! If y'all want to do that, I have a pink ribbon breast cancer scarf that I would wear/bring. Since we're down to 79 SRs in the division who knows how many there will be come 05/26?
Also ladies there's a SLIGHT possibility we may get calls on Thursday (reward calls). It all depends on how our division does on their inspections. The less infractions they get the better the chance we may get a call. Keep your fingers crossed. I have been very, very fortunate to have gotten calls 2 weekends in a row. Now I've gotten to the point where I almost expect them!!! Not good, though. There are some parents who never got a call until Battle Stations so we are fortunate indeed. Let's all keep our fingers and toes crossed. Hope you hear from your SR sometime this week!!!!!
God Bless You!
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