Ship 11 (USS Kearsarge) Divisions 005 & 006 (Brother Divisions)

[FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW]

Welcome to the discussion group for divisions 005 & 006.

These two divisions are brother divisions and will be training together from the beginning through BS21 their final test. Your SRs, soon to be SAILORS, are becoming friends, and some of them may be heading to A School together.

Get to know each other, your SRs are!

Please still use the Main Wall of the PIR Group to post questions and concerns, we “veteran” moms don’t always get to into the discussion area as often as we would like.

Every single question that is asked is important
Every single concern is genuine
Every single member is important to us
We don't want to accidentally overlook any of them or you.

Hang in there!!!

[sugarbearsmama]

My daughter is also Div 006 but still haven't heard from her. Hoping your SR and mine are doing well.

[Riley's Girl]

I hope you have heard from her, Riley is the same PIR. We have heard from him. 

[Riley's Girl]

Nov 16 cannot come quick enough! 27 more days guys! Lets go DIV 006!

[Jojo(Rich'smom)S11D005]

ok so without putting any of our SR's names on here ...there are some SR's that my son said he had an espeically close bond to ...and I wanted to reach out to their families to say HHIIIII  lol

Well, all I know is last names (which I will not post) and locations from where they are from...inbox me if your SR is from Boston, Brooklyn, Or San Antonio...

talk to you soon...I can 't wait to meet everyone !! 

 

4 MORE FRIDAYS TO GO ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 

[Riley's Girl]

My SR is in D006 but I wanted to share the excitement about the graduation coming up so soon!! Im glad that he is getting close with some of his guys, my SR is having the same experience! 

[MABsprings]

My SR is ship-11 div-005,booked the plane,and hotel, I can't wait to see her. I was thinking of going to Sarges  meet and greet,anybody else going?

[MABsprings]

Just heard from my SR ! Second phone call ! She's doing good. They did live fire this week. With the scores she qualified as sharpshooter! Wow, who knew? She sounds a lot more comfortable and resigned to Navy life. I just can't wait to see her.She's the baby of the family. My oldest daughter is a police officer in NH. Now 2 to worry about.

[Penny S11 D005]

I found some info on Flags that can be earned by divisions thought it would be of interest. 

Here is some info on Flags and pennants.
You can earn the drill flag, athletic flag, academic flag, and inspection flag; all the scores are added up for an average. Then if they score high enough they get a Battle E flag. If you score even higher still you get the CNO flag. That one's really hard to get.
When my son graduated, his division and one other division got the Battle E, and that other div also got the CNO...and that was out of 7, so it's tough.

Sometimes divisions get no flags or only get a couple they'll be missing flags at graduation. Lastly, there's the Captain's Cup flag. The olympic looking one. Only two divisions in the training group will get it; one integrated and one all male.

Here is a post from a new sailor....

Athletic and scholastic are pretty self explanatory; PT and academics. Star is the compartment flag. The one they get for inspections. The pennants just mean they earned the flag more than once. They get a little pennant to go on the top of the flag. (You'll see them at graduation).

There are three phase, but I can't remember the names of them. I think CART, MCA, and the final phase. Pennant for Phase means they're in the final phase...it lets FQA know "Hey, these guys have been here a while and they're almost Sailors...watch them even closer for mess ups" lol and then the Pennant for Independent Steaming means they can march to and from different places without an RDC present.

Then there is the Hall of Fame Flag. This is the “mother” of all flags. This is an overall average of everything done in BC.

FLAGS: Hall of Fame Flag- Overall average of 4.70 or higher. Must have earned all evaluation flags (including subsequent awards).

CNO Honor Division Flag- Overall average of 4.50 or higher. Must have earned at least ONE flag in each evaluate...d area.

Battle "E" Flag- Overall average of 4.35 or higher. Must have earned at least ONE flag in each evaluated area.

Compartment Readiness (STAR) Flag- Awarded for obtaining a 4.0 average in compartment cleanliness, locker inspections and bunk make up inspections.

Drill Flag- Awarded for receiving a 4.0 or higher on drill assessment.

Physical Fitness (A) Flag- Awarded for receiving a 3.50 on first physical assessment and a 4.0 or higher on second assessment.

Scholastic (S) Flag- Awarded to divisions which receive a minimum of 4.0 on academic test.

Captain's Cup Olympics Flag- Awarded to the division who wins most events during Olympic Competition.
Special Flags- Carried by ceremonial units (900's) or sponsored divisions.

Personal Flag- Flag which is designed by the division.

[momand4more]

Hi my name is Donna and my son is in DIV 006 and graduating on Nov 16th. This has been the hardest 8 weeks of my life! He is my baby and now I am an empty nester. I have received 2 phone calls and 2 letters. I am so proud of him and I cannot wait to see him in 3 more fridays. This is an awesome site and has helped me through since the beginning. I am attending the meet and greet with Sarge on Nov 15th. Hope to meet and see some of you there!

 

[MABsprings]

Hi Donna, I too am attending Sarges meet and greet.Look forward to meeting you. My name is Mary-Anne

[Stephsmom ship 11/ div 006]

I am so excited that next Friday our baby girl will graduate, it has been a long 8 weeks but she is loving it, Her phone calls have been wonderful and she sounds happy.