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Ship 12/Div 355
Is there anyone with a SR in this ship/div? I've looked through several pages of posts and can't find anyone listing this specific ship/div. It would be nice to chat with others with an SR in the same division as my son.
Help please!
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Permalink Reply by momoftwosons on
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My SR has been very discouraged with this group. Any other complaints from your SR? They haven't been working together as a team which is very important - constantly getting yelled at and have some very immature SRs or some that just don't know when to keep the mouth shut? what's been in your letters?
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Permalink Reply by Lori (Go Navy) on
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My son is in another division and he wrote about the same thing. Some RCs very annoying and just being "assholes" and others are so stupid he states like holy cow how did they function in the real world. He is hoping he doesn"t have to work with them in the future.
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Hi Lori - glad to hear that it's not only my son having trouble - I guess it's one way to weed the boys and men out. I just feel bad that they get so discouraged. I really thought they had a psych test prior to BC I also heard that they changed instructors on hisdivision and that some SRs left already - can't wait to hear all about it after PIR. All we can do is write them encouragement, and send them prayers and love.
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Permalink Reply by Trace on
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I was really surprised with the letters I got on Wednesday, since they have been at BC for this many weeks. The first letter he sent did say about how they all needed to work together and respect each other. But when he called and talked to his dad he said things had gotten better since he had written the letter. So when I got these last letters I was a little confused, surprised and felt bad. I wrote back to him and sent it out the same day, hopefully he got it today. I was very upbeat and encouraging.
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Permalink Reply by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on
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Did you get your ribbons yet? Let me know when you do ;-)
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Permalink Reply by bmccoy on
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My SR has said the same things. The Chief may even move PIR date because of it. I'm not sure, but I think my son lost his Section leader collar because of the immature, childish, chatty little girls as he puts it.
Its sad to see a few suffer because the rest can't follow orders and work as a team.
Because they can't work as a team, I haven't heard from my SR yet. His division hasn't earned a phone call yet. :(
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Good evening everyone, I wanted to let you know that all the ribbons for this DIV that have been paid for as of yesterday have all been shipped. I am still waiting on payments from several and as soon as those payments arrive I will ship your ribbons. There is still plenty of time to order and get them in time for PIR. If anyone else would like to order some ribbons to wear to PIR just click on my name and send me a friend request or send me a message to: uniquememorymakers@yahoo.com I will be sending more ribbons early next week as I receive the payments. You can see more pics on my page here on N4M's or on my facebook page Unique Memory Makers.
Thanks so much, have a wonderful weekend, Lora
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They can hold the whole group back just for 1 SR not doing what he is suppose to do. They are suppose to work as a team and if even 1 isn't cooperating, the the "team" concept is out the window. I have reservations as well and when I made them the hotel clerk said we could cancel or change up to 48 hrs in advance. Call your hotel and ask if you can change the dates if need be, without penality. Can I ask when your phone call was? I got one the first day saying they had made it to Chicago but no calls since.
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Good evening everyone, I wanted to let you know that all the ribbons for this DIV that have been paid for as of yesterday have all been shipped. I am still waiting on payments from several and as soon as those payments arrive I will ship your ribbons. There is still plenty of time to order and get them in time for PIR. If anyone else would like to order some ribbons to wear to PIR just click on my name and send me a friend request or send me a message to: uniquememorymakers@yahoo.com I will be sending more ribbons early next week as I receive the payments. You can see more pics on my page here on N4M's or on my facebook page. The link for it is below, just click on photos on the left side to see the pics and then send me a message on Navy for Moms or email me to get ordering information here is a link to it: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Unique-Memory-Makers/204119052936924?...
Thanks so much, have a wonderful weekend, Lora