Ship 13 (USS Marvin Shields) Divisions 029 and 030 (Brother Divisions)

[ellen0502]

Welcome to the Division Discussion for Divisions 029 and 030

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!!!

[bluedragonflyz (SHIP 13 DIV 029)]

Today they should be on week 2-1 I will attach that schedule

[bluedragonflyz (SHIP 13 DIV 029)]

Week 2:I thought this week was so important...and then I realized that RDC's live up everything as if it were working on a million dollar piece of equipment. This week had 3 inspections and the academic test that I stated before.The first two inspections were on the same day and one after the other. They called this the CART PI/DMI. CART is phase 1 of boot camp. I am not sure of exactly what it means, though I do know the other two. PI stands for personnel inspection, while DMI stands for dynamic material inspection. The PI is where they have you do a few commands that they will pass down to the Recruit Chief Petty Officer (RCPO though said as RPOC). A couple of the commands were to:1 pace forward marchhand salutecoveruncoverattentionparade restNot very hard at all. Well the inspector goes around and checks every single person for uniform infractions. A couple of the infractions, or hits, you could take on your uniform are:gig line not even (shirt to belt to pants line)gear adrift (loose threads)dirty bootsdirty uniformmetal to metal on belt not evenbootlaces not tight enoughbelt not through all of the loopsall buttons not buttonedThe inspector would also ask a question about the 11 general orders, chain of command, or rate and rank recognition, and you had to answer it in the correct manner while keeping proper military posture and bearing. Some other hits the inspector could give are:military posturemilitary bearingincorrect or no answer to a questionI actually remember getting my first PI question wrong because I was so nervous and forgot that a perched eagle was part of what a second class petty officer wears on the sleeve of his or her dress blue uniform. Anyway, before we knew it, the PI was over and we did pretty good on it.Next was the DMI. One side had bunk making, the other with lockers. I was very pleased to have the locker inspection because I hated making a bunk. We had to take out a shirt, trousers, and jacket and unbutton and unzipper everything on them and then re-button and zipper and fold and stow them properly. I took one hit on my jacket's zipper pointing up when I refolded it. Zipper must be down on many things in boot camp. A majority of the bunk making side failed while we did great. To end this day, we were warned of bunk drills ahead because the one side did terrible on it.Two days later was our zone inspection. This is where FQA inspects every area of the compartment, including the RDC office. We had multiple problems with that office, and I think one of them was dust. Now a petty officer would inspect every top bunk's lucker and every bottom bunk's bunk. Since I was a bottom bunk, you would probably think I would fail right? No sir; we were able to make the compartment look good and dress our bunks and lockers accordingly. I had help from a shipmate and my bunk looked really good. After about 2-3 hours of the inspection, we came out with almost the whole division failing. I am glad to say that I was one hit away from failing because the petty officer was going really in depth and was looking for everything that he could find.Well..another taps and we were ready for our first test! Time to show off my awesome EPO skills, hoo-yah! Well it turns out that I didn't know that our utilities could be regular machine-washed. Our laundry PO's never washed them in our compartment, but that was simply because there was too much clothing to be washed. I made a 4.9 (49/50 correct) on that test, so it wasn't bad at all. We had 2 people fail, and both that I tutored ended up passing the second time around. We got our first achievement flag to march with: the Academic Flag. That was our very stressful second week of training, and now we were off to MCA Phase (Mid Cycle Assessment).-------------------------------2-1 Day:- Personal inspection, DMI,- uniform and grooming class.- Special physical for Nukes, Aircrew, etc only

[bluedragonflyz (SHIP 13 DIV 029)]

2-2 Day:- Study time, study groups- Start to practice watch with a 8mm Kimar pistol- Training for WTI inspection (Weapons Turnover Inspection)-------------------------------2-3 Day:- Test one on:~~First Aid~~ Enlisted Rate/Rank recognition~~ Uniform and Grooming~~ US Navy Ships and Aircraft-------------------------------2-4 Day:- 2nd issue of uniforms, if you have any IOU's from the 1st issue you get them here.-------------------------------2-5 Day:- Dental work, many get wisdom teeth pulled and are SIQ (Sick in Quarters) for 2 days-------------------------------

[Trevor'smom]

This is great information! Where did you get it? I'd love to follow along as well!

[bluedragonflyz (SHIP 13 DIV 029)]

They may have already completed most of this week because they are a push group they are doing 6weeks of training over the next 4 weeks

[JAD]

Oh wow! Thanks again for the info! How do they decide who gets into push groups? Just wondering?

[ellen0502]

Jad, Push divisions "just  happen". I posted in general on how and why they are formed on the page before this one. :)

All of the information that bluedragonflyz had posted can be found at this link. This link is also posted under the "PAGES" section on the main page for this group. The pages are located under the member pictures.

http://www.navydep.com/forums/showthread.php?t=433

Now, since these divisions are push divisions the schedule posted will not necessarily be followed by your SRs exactly as written. Don't get confused if you are expecting ____ and find out they did ______, it will happen. :)

[JAD]

Thanks ellen0502, I appreciate it!

[ladyhawke1121 ship 09 div 023]

I have not received a call yet (beyond the hello I am here and safe on Oct 1st). I have seen others post that they spoke to their recruits. Should I be worried?

[Blstz822]

I have only received one call.  I don't think you should be worried, maybe he was in dental or something that prevented him from calling.  My son did say they were only able to send letters just this past Monday, so you probably will received a letter from your SR this week.  I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you that you get that letter!

[JAD]

Anybody gotten any letters or mailed any letters yet?

[bluedragonflyz (SHIP 13 DIV 029)]

Mailed lots but they just got to send their first letters on Sunday becuse of their push status and waiting for division to fill