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**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.
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In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).
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Ship 14 (USS Arizona) Divisions 175 and 176 (Brother Divisions)
Welcome to the Division Discussion for Divisions 175 and 176.
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!!!
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Permalink Reply by proudmomma (14/176) on
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Marika- I have not heard from him for two weeks. Did you get a letter this week? I didn't get one.
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Permalink Reply by Mia the US Navy wife on
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No, I neither received any letter, including the Form letter, nor a phone call since March 30th, which i missed. On Monday, April 1st, i called the office and they made my SR to call me. However, we did not speak, because my SR was very angry with me for causing a trouble by looking for my SR. He only told me to be patient and nothing more. I did not hear anything from my SR ever since. I don't like it and i am very sad and disappointed. I really do not know what to make out of it???? Nonetheless, i am still planing to attend with my brother, the Sarge's Greet and Meet and the PIR the next morning. We are staying in the Navy Lodge. Since, i did not receive the Form Letter, we do not have the password to enter onto the base by car. I hope we still can attend even without being on the list of invited guests. Unless, i still hear or receive something from my SR prior to PIR with the necessary info. I am very heartbroken and do not know how to make a sense of it??? I stopped following the discussions and chat room, because it depresses me even more. It is hard to concentrate and think about something else, but what is happening right now, i don't like it!!!! You would think that during those hard times our SRs' are experiencing in the BC would prompt them to reach out to their loved ones, but instead my SR is keeping to himself. This really hurts!!!! Now i do not know, whether my SR is to proud to complain or just to want to do his hard way, without sharing that with me??? This definitely is taking its toll on my mental health. I am very sad and depressed about not hearing anything from my SR. I do not understand why? Has he stopped loving me and does not have a need to communicate with me???? You know the saying; out of sight, out of mind!!!!
I am really sorry for pouring out all of my feelings to you, but i am at the end of my rope!!! Today, i am planing to write to him and see???
What about you? What is the situation with your SR? Let's pray and keep in touch, hopefully Yours, Marika, wife of SR in Div 176 ship 14, (USS Arizona), PIR on May 3rd.
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Marika- I am so sorry that you are feeling this way. Trust me he still loves you, But I also know that they are having a hard time. I know that the two divisions have had a hard time with coming together. I am sure it has taken a toll on everyone. I haven't heard from mine either. I do know that if you do try and call their that it will cause him IT. So like he said please be patient. :) I am here for you. We all are.
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Thank you very much for your support and kind words, it definitely helps, but will not compensate for my SR's silence!!! I know that during hard times i would run to him for support!!! I thought we were best of friends, and he will feel the same way, however i guess, i did not know him this will change him so much!!! I hope they won't change him too much and i may not like it!!!! I want back my loving and caring husband, who now i have to share with the Navy.... I am not sure i signed up for that!!!! I have a mixed feelings!!! Thank you for your support!!! Please stay in touch with me, i need someone as you, who cares. No one else reached out to me, only you!!! Thank you and God Bless you!!!!
Would you please write about your situation? Are you coming for your SR PIR? Where are you staying and are you coming to the Serge's Meet and Greet, so we could meet?
Love and support to you, Marika.
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Marika- my husband and I will be there. We are staying at Navy Gateway Inns and Suites. I will pray that you will get a letter or a call soon. Just keep writing to him and stay positive as we are all trying to do. :) We are here for you. See you very soon! only 17 more days. So excited.
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Thank you and will look for you as well. I will be with my brother. We are staying in the Navy Lodge. Are you going to attend the Sarge's Meet and Greet, on May 2? I guess, I'll put my name tag, with my screen name, which is not my first name. I hope to see you and your husband then!!! God Bless You for all of your support!!! Marika.
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Permalink Reply by ellen0502 on
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Marika, The hardest thing to understand right now is their time is not their own. They are told when to sleep, wake up, eat, shower, shave, walk, run, what to wear when to wear it and how to wear it. They are told when it's ok to talk, when they can't talk, told when they can and can't write letters, when they can and can't make phone calls. Their entire lives are monitored, watched and instructed.
There could be lots of reasons why you haven't heard from your SR. At this point they can only write on Sundays, and if they have watch or some other detail that time may not be theirs. If you missed a call on the 30th he tried to call you, but he won't necessarily get to call you back again.
Phone calls are never a given for any SR they are only a privilege, they can be given and taken away. If they are taken away it can be because of something that has nothing to do with your SR. I only received from my son the "I am here" call (at that time there was still a phone bank to call home), the "I am alive call" (that came in his 5th week there), and the "I am a Sailor" call (right after BS). The form letter took 16 days, and his first real letter came at week 5.
It is hard to grasp, but the Navy is trying to make all the SRs become a team, they will not have family with them when out in the fleet and your correspondence with them at that point could be next to nothing, if anything for months. They must learn to rely on each other when not at home.
Calling the RTC and asking to speak to your SR can cause him problems in BC, and yes he may be angry, but he will settle down, they are the toughest part of the training right now. Please know he is being taken care of and he has not forgotten you. He is really trying to find himself right now as part of the military family, it all has to be rolled into one package in a very short time.
Hugs to you Marika, and even though it is hard, "no news is good news". Write to him and be happy in your letter, tell him you are sorry if you caused him problems but you love him and are worried. Ask him for the password for PIR and who he put on the list, the form letter may have been lost. He will have the opportunity sometime in the last couple of weeks to change or add to the guest list.
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Thank you ellen0502 for your a very elaborate explanation. This really helped and justified all possible scenarios I complaint about. However, by following the site, i see that all of the other SRs' one way or the other are keeping in touch. Everything i know i found out from others and by calling the office. His silence is not helping to remain calm. Of course i love him but maybe he doesn't feel the same way, if he has no need of communicating with me. I worry, pray for him and others but do not know anything from my SR. I am not even sure, i am on the list of people to attend my SR's PIR on May 3??? My brother and i are still preparing to attend, but i am very anxious, if i receive anything. Why my SR would do something like this to me? I am very sad and discouraged!!! Thank you for taking the time to write to me and i wish you all the best!!! I pray for all SR's, i know they are going through a very challenging times right now.!!!
Are you planning to attend the Sarge's Meet and Greet on May 2? Where are you staying? I hope we meet there and I'll be all smiling and happy!!! I love my SR!!! Marika.
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Marika, My son has been in the Navy for a little over a year, and even though communication right now is better, he is about 3 months from deployment and I may not hear from him for 3 months or more at a time. I just cherish the now and take a deep breath for the later.
Don't follow what everyone else's SRs are doing with letters and phone calls, it may not be the same for yours is able to do. There are plenty of others within different PIR groups that are going through the same lack of communication as you are, you are not the only one. If you call the office your husbands RDC's are probably made aware that you have, they don't like loved ones calling unless it is and emergency, and even with that you are advised to call the Red Cross for the help not the RTC directly. Your husband may be taking the backlash on his end, and all the recruits really just want to blend in and not have attention brought to them.
Please write to him, be positive and happy, no scolding for not writing or calling. Encourage him, tell him you love him and ask him to write to you when he can. You can ask who is on the list and for the password when you write to him.
I know it is hard, but when he is in A School there can be more communication. Keep a smile on your face even if it seems impossible.
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Dear Ellen how are you? I love your moving smily faces. Would you please teach me how to do it? Are you coming to the Sarge's meet and greet, I would love to meet you!!! You have been a great support to me!!!! God Bless YOU and your SR!!! M.
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Permalink Reply by Proud Navy Mom of SR J-Rob on
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hello everyone! Glad to be here...My son graduates May 3rd...and I am looking for a place for my mother, and me to stay while there at graduation....My mom has Marriott points...any advice on where to stay is much appreciated! My son will be attending A school in San Antonio Tx and I am excited because that is only a 3 hour drive from H-town where we live...From what Ive been told they should have weekends off unless on watch...is that true? Anyway glad these forums are posted...its nice to know you can ask questions when you so don't get alot of answers....
God Bless
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Proud Navy Mom, I stayed at the Navy Lodge for my sons PIR a year ago. It has just gone through some remodeling so it is even better than before. It is nothing fancy, but the staff is very friendly and helpful and it is very close to the RTC, and not far away from anything else.
Any hotel that you would be staying at call them directly and ask for the PIR rate. Sometimes it is cheaper online for reservations but not very often.
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