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"I'm a Sailor" Call
Please share when you recieved your "I'm a Sailor" call.
I saw one Mom was called just 2 days before PIR. Is that usual?
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Permalink Reply by Brentsmom on
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I got my call about 4:30 pm the day before PIR. It depends on your SR's division. My son had 13 divisions in PIR and his division was the last to go through Battle Stations
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Permalink Reply by pinkcubby on
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proudascanbe--That is normal, my son called 2 days before PIR also it depends on when they do the final test called Battlestations. Hope this helps you. We left a day early to take in some sights the day before his graduation so when we got the "I'm a Sailor" we were on the road to GL.
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Permalink Reply by paybacks398 on
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we received our call the week prior to PIR about 4-5 hours after Battlestations
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Permalink Reply by proudascanbe on
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Thank you. I will be taking the train to Chicago...so I might be traveling when he tries to call me. Is there any way to find out when BS21 will be for "your" DIV?
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Permalink Reply by Mary...Brittsmom on
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Proudascanbe(ship 3 Div 334) I have asked my daughter to let me know when BS21 is. Hopefully I will know today if I get a letter. I will pass it along in a private message to our group if I get the info. I did find out whe 947 is and if I did the math correctly it will be next week sometime. but never can tell.
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Permalink Reply by Pennie on
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I received my I'm a sailor call on the Tuesday before PIR. Some received there's the week before on Thursday in our training group. However some did not receive their call until the Thursday before PIR. It all depends on when your SR completes BS21.
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We received our call on 3/4 which was a Thursday and he granduated 3/11 the following Friday-his was also a large graduation with a lot of divisions
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Has anyone from 03/319 recieved there "I'm a Sailor" phone call. I know no news is good news from what I'm told. But am getting a little nervous. Will be driving from NE tomorrow.
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we received our call on a Thursday before PIR but our grandson was in one of the earliest divisions-they usally go in order and have a sister/brother division that do Battle Stations on the same night-things happen and things dont always go as planned-I know they dont do Battle Stations on Friday because they have their competion between all the divisons then. But, with the Navy that could happen, I suppose
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Maybe if you go to the group for your PIR they know the BS21 dates-I just some of the them talking about it
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Permalink Reply by wlbradford (Rota Spain) on
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I got my call the day before PIR as well. Just like brentsmom, our div went through Battle Stations on the very last possible night.
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