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daughter 7,000 miles away
Hi 1ProudMom,
My daughter arrived in GL on March 7. To date we have not received the box nor any letter. We are 7,000 miles away from her and she was supposed to mail her box in Guam where we have relatives. They in turn will email/call us once they receive the box. No luck as of this date. However, her recruiter has been very supportive of us and he emailed me today her address which is USS JOHN F. KENNEDY RI DIVISION R 2012 138. I noted this is not the standard that I usually read in N4MS ie Ship 9 Div 138. Can I now mail our letters to her in the address emailed by her recruiter? Also the PIR given is May 5. again most i read in N4MS have PIR May 4. is there a May 5 PIR? PLS HELP. it has been 16 agonizing days(we're 13 hours ahead in time from GL). I know all Moms who will read this can identify with me in the depth of loneliness and anxiety I now feel. all these days N4MS has been my life support. I cannot express in words my gratitude to all Moms who have lifted our spirits during this moment in our life when we needed them the most. Hail to them!!!
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Permalink Reply by TysMom, Ship 07, DIV 163 on
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I thought PIR's are on Fridays....
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Permalink Reply by raquel(09/138PIR05/04) on
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that is also my thinking. the more i wish i already have her form letter so i can confirm the correct date.thanks a lot for your reply
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TysonsMom, may I know your son's ship and div number? is his PIR 05/04?
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Permalink Reply by 1ProudMom on
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Raquel - I'm so sorry you are still waiting on a call/letter! The address your recruiter gave you does not appear to be a correctly formatted address. I am certainly no expert but if you go here http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/contact_recruit.asp it shows you a sample address format. Keep in mind that in the second line where you see the XXs, they represent the ship number and division numbers specific to your daughter. In my experience (and I'm new at this) the Ship is always a 2-digit number and the DIV is always a 3-digit number. My recruiter also referenced USS John F. Kennedy in his address for my daughter but her 'official' address on the form letter did NOT so I've not used it in my letters to her. Here is an example of the address format from the form letter (as noted on the link I posted above, the SHIP and DIV numbers, the street address and the zip code vary based on your recruits assignment).
SR SMITH, JANE D.
SHIP XX DIV XXX
RECRUIT TRAINING COMMAND
XXXX (street address as specified in website based on assigned SHIP)
GREAT LAKES, IL XXXXX (zip based on assigned SHIP)
It sounds like it could be possible that our daughters may be in the same group. If you'd like to private message me your daughters first name and a physical description, I'd be happy to write to my daughter and ask her if she knows of or could look for your daughter.
Hang in there!! It must be very difficult to be so far away and not have heard anything. I know there are several moms here in the States that still have not received their boxes either (if that makes you feel any better).
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Hi Raquel -
The PIR are Fridays so it should be May 4th. They only do Fridays.
Also - I have not gotten my box either and I live in California. At this point I suspect it is lost, but if they ship fed ex to Guam - it might just take a very long time. I do think that our box might end up here sometime... just not sure when.
My son is also in 09/138
Also, I sent my other son an xbox through Best Buy. We purchased it on Black Friday and it shipped the following Monday. My son is in Japan with an FPO address. He didn't get the box until AFTER CHRISTMAS. Meanwhile, I ordered another one for my other son - we got it Wednesday after we bought it. I'm just saying sometimes these things take a while :)
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raquel here is the link to your PIR group, lots of info and support (BTW your PIR is May 4)
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Friend Moms, so happy to inform you that I received my daughter's form letter on Friday, March 23. That is after 16 days since she arrived GL. She said she is always tired and lacking in sleep, not like she didn't expect it. Nonetheless, she is OK. Got her correct address and its Ship 9 Div 138 with PIR 05/04. I sent her friends the good news and requested all of them to write her letters.
1ProudMom--our daughters are in in one group!!!!!
Julibelle28--I am still waiting for the box but I feel a lot better now that I have my daughter's address.
JessicaB-SailorMom--thanks a lot for the the support
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Permalink Reply by rluv76-ship09/div144 on
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I feel for u my daughter left on the 13 of March. Ship 9 division 144. I haven't got a letter. And I feel the same way you do.. she was wanting to leave so I hope she is handling it well. My nephew graduated 3 days after she got there. Which I attended.I wanted to run around the training facilities looking for her. But I controlled myself. My nephew told me your lucky to see daylight the first 2 weeks. So I am hoping week 3 shows me a letter. Hope you got one!!!!
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