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Ship 14 (USS Arizona) Divisions 005 and 006 (Brother Divisions)
Welcome to the Division Discussion for Divisions 005 and 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!!!
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Permalink Reply by nms511 on
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Has anyone received letters from their SR yet? I've only received the form letter and I got a brief call on Saturday. I'm excited for his first handwritten letter to arrive!
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Permalink Reply by Cynthiajb on
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Yea! I got my clearance from Navy 4 Moms! Hello fellow moms! I received the form letter, but missed the phone call. I was upstairs writing a letter to my son when the phone call came in down in the kitchen on my cell. I was devastated! If I had been a part of this group before this weekend, I think I would have known to plaster my phone to my body. Lesson learned!!! I'm better now that I have written a few letters to him. He sounded so tired in the message he left. I think this is harder than he expected and he was well prepared. I know he will make it, it's just hard not to be able to do anything for him like when he was in high school. Oh, the empty nest! My son is in Ship 14 Div 005. We are from Texas.
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Exactly. Each day gets better though. I keep reminding myself, "Self, the helicopter has landed." My days as a helicopter mom are over. My son "W", went to a military, boarding school for high school and it took a helicopter to see what was going on in his life. This is very different. He had the "boot camp style" of training during RAT week, but I think this is much more intense. I will always treasure the letter he wrote after RAT week because, the cadre had stripped away all of his teenage layers of protection and got down to the real person inside. I hope he does write a personal letter now because, today he is a different person than he has ever been before. I wait in anticipation for the letter from my Navy man. Before when something just wasn't right, I could call the Commandant to give him my opinion or drive over to a football game or color guard competition. Now, I just have to eat a piece of chocolate and get over it!
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Permalink Reply by christina on
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i cant wait for my first letter to come. my daugter said they were able to mail things on sunday
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Permalink Reply by Rick on
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Hello, my sr is not on this ship or div but the same pir, in a different ship and division and today I received my first hand written letter and I absolutely was very glad I also received my first phone call last Saturday as well, so here's for hoping it comes soon
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Permalink Reply by corkysmom on
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I didn't get a call on Saturday...ship 14/div005 also... :( :( wonder if maybe he was on watch or something...dang it.
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Permalink Reply by madismom on
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You are not the only one, if that makes you feel any better..:) No phone call and no letter so far..I'm hoping it means she is just in "the zone" and super busy being awesome! :)
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Permalink Reply by NewToNavy on
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We got our first handwritten letter today.
Straight from the "deck in front of Rack 1201". We had received a call on Saturday morning, and he wrote this Sunday morning.
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I haven't received a call or letter as of today. I have sent 4 letters so far...
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I guess it helps to know I'm not only one that didn't get a call. Hoping this w/e.
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I got my son's letter today! (Chicago Sunday to Houston Thursday) I'm soooo relieved W said he was happy and thought some of the worst for him was over. His RDC's are AWSOME (underlined). He explained that the phone time had been cut down to only 5 minutes as a punishment for an infraction by a specific group. If they had to share only a few phones, that may be why not everyone had time to make a call. The message he left when I missed his call was only 10 seconds long so I'm sure he needed to pass the phone to the next person. Normally they have an hour to make calls so maybe next time will be better. He said one of his friends lives in Virginia. Wow, it's a relief to know "boot is going well, so far."
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