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*****BATTLESTATIONS*****
This is the final test for your SRs. It is a 12 hour overnight drill that tests them on all they have learned and may encounter when deployed on a ship. It takes place on the USS Trayer, a Disney-created very realistic ship that allows them to be properly evaluated in all areas. They start in the evening and conclude the following morning with the capping ceremony. This is where they trade that "Recruit" cap for the "NAVY" cap, and they have now graduated and are sailors! A very emotional time for your sailors after all of their hard work! Later in the afternoon, you should receive that much anticipated "I'm a Sailor" phone call. These usually start around 2 pm GL(Central) time and can go for a good while. They can start earlier or later, so we recommend that you have that phone with you at all times! This is one call you don't want to miss! Some may not call because they had "watch" but should hopefully call the next day. Please ask your new sailor if all in the division passed and post that info for others to see in the event all don't receive the phone call.
Teamwork is the name of the game. They are divided into smaller groups and evaluated as a team member and individually. This is what a Chief said about BattleStations: 150-300 SRs go through a night; out of those, 3-10 may fail and have to repeat BattleStations with another division. Teamwork is the key. If the SRs keep their mouths shut, listen and focus, and perform well as team members, they should pass.
They go through with their brother division. Up to 4 divisions (2 sets of brother divisions) can go a night. Sometimes only 2 divisions go (brother divisions) or 3 divisions (set of brother divisions and an 900 or 800 division). They usually start on Thurs night, a week before PIR, but lately...some have been starting on Wed night. There are no BattleStations on Fri or Sat nights because of Captains Cup on Sat. This is a fun athletic competition between all of the divisions in the PIR group. It is always held the Sat before PIR. They can resume BattleStations on Sun-Wed nights of PIR week. They start with the lowest-numbered divisions, and work their way up. 900 and 800 divisions go randomly, unless there happen to be two 900 divisions or two 800 divisions in the same PIR group (rare). In that case, they go as brother divisions.
SRs have to pass ALL TESTS before they are allowed to do BattleStations. Although some of you could get a "scripted" call from your SRs saying that "I didn't pass my PFA, don't come to graduation, I won't be there," don't panic. They will have up until Thurs before PIR to pass the PFA...then would go through BattleStations that night with the next PIR group. They would then be at PIR, sailors in uniform, but in the balcony-- too tired to march after having been up all night.
The brother divisions for this group are:
185+186, 187+188, 189+190, 191+192
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929
Please ask your SRs when their division's BattleStations are and post here and on the main board. I will then get the schedule started for this group! HOOYAH!
*****BATTLESTATIONS SCHEDULE*****
Tues, May 24th/Wed, May 25th Div 187, 188 (with 183, 184 from PIR 5/26)
Wed, May25th/Thurs, May 26th Div 185, 186, 189, 190
Mon, May 30th/Tues, May 31st Div 812, 929
Tues, May 31st/Wed, Jun 1st Div 191. 192
***5/26 is a Thurs PIR group...because of Memorial Day weekend coming up
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Permalink Reply by jc-navymom on
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929 BS will be either the Sunday or Monday before PIR
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Permalink Reply by diannep on
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They will be either Thurs night/Fri morning or Sun night/Mon morning...but I have received no info from you all re: your sailors' info....so I'm waiting! :-) That is the only way I get the info! The RDCs won't talk to me......sigh....
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Permalink Reply by djswife07 on
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My husband is in 189 and he told me last week that they were gonna be on the 26th.
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Thanks, djswife. Glad to see that we have it correct on the schedule above!
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Seems like 187 & 188 would be before 189 & 190/ Where is anyone from these div and 191 & 192? Let us know ladies and we can light our candles for them!
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Permalink Reply by Giraffe on
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Wish we knew about 191/192.. my son is in 192 and thus far no word on when battlestations will be.. but will let you know if I find out.. Thanks
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Permalink Reply by Claudie-Ship11Div186 on
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Hey - This may be a dumb quetion, but what are you talking about when you say "light our candles for them"? I read a couple of things about lighting a candle but don't know what it means exactly??
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Permalink Reply by reenis35 on
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to light a blue candle for good luck for Sr`s to pass Battle Station !!
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