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Ship 14 (USS Arizona) Divisions 293 and 294 (Brother Divisions)
Welcome to the Division Discussion for Divisions 293 and 294
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 ellen0502 on
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BS will start for this group the week before PIR. The divisions will go in numerical order except for the 900 divisions that will go at anytime.
Remember BS dates cannot be posted on this site. If you get a BS date from your recruit please message it to diannep, she has been keeping the dates for everyone for a couple of years.
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Permalink Reply by MeNavyMa on
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I hadn't thought about all the fees. Good point. Received a letter from my son today. He wants me to bring one of my cherry pies to graduation. Lol, at least I have the Navy cooks beat in that department. :-)
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Permalink Reply by wheezer_321 on
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Use dry ice just make sure to have ventilation so the CO2 doesn't suck all the O2 out as it sublimes.
Also, take your own container to the restaurant and have them place it straight into it. It will maintain its eye appeal and will be easier to cooler up and re-heat.
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SHIP 14 USS AZ DIV 293 PIR 08AUG2013
I received another letter yesterday from my SR - YAY!!!
He sounds a lot happier and more settled in. It makes me feel better like I can take my "worrying" down a few notches lol.It's fantastic to have letters instead of "texts" from my son. It was dated the 14th and post marked 15th, arrived the 17th.
Really likes the foot powder. Sending more today..
Only three more weeks...
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Permalink Reply by ty'smom on
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wheezer_321 that is so funny I feel the same way about the texts; I enjoy the calls and letters that much more. Can't wait to see the change in him at PIR!!!
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Permalink Reply by ship14 Div293 TSM on
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you can send him items? thought just letters
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Permalink Reply by asasser45 on
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I am sooo fustrated as of today have not received my SR form letter, i have missed a call. no call lately and no letters not sure if the address i had received from his recruiter is correct. I sent about 15 letters and cards and I know other friends and family have also sent letters. Its not usual of my son not to respond. This mom is very worried.
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I know what you mean about being worried but I've always been told that with boot camp, No News is Good News.
If you read through some of the posts here, there's either all or nothing with this group. Not sure who has priviliges and who doesn't and what ones they have. But I do I totally understand where you're coming from. The letter I just received yesterday was "the one" I needed to finally put me at ease. I've gotten 4 total, that inludes the form letter.Have you looked around this page:
http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/survival-guide-for-navy-for...
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Permalink Reply by Lynn (Ship 14/DIV 294) on
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I've only received two letters from my son. He did tell me that because of all the humidity there all of his envelopes sealed together and asked me to send him more envelopes because his RDC told him envelopes were not a necessity and all that he was allowed to purchase was necessities. Chin up! You'll hear soon!
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It took about 3 weeks to get a letter and a month to get a call. Have only gotten 2 letters and they are very short. They have no time and little sleep.
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Permalink Reply by DTLmom on
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We received 3 letters from my son today. One addressed to his Dad, one to his sister and one to myself. That made for one happy family. All letters were very positive so that made me feel good. He did say though that their RDC was still prohibiting any desserts because too many of the recruits needed to lose weight. He said I would be so proud of him for all the vegetables he has eaten; never eaten so many in his entire life.
Through checking his email I found out he is scheduled to donate blood next week at Ship 5. I don't think giving blood during bootcamp is such a good idea. Does anyone else know if their recruit will be donating blood as well?
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