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Ship 14 (USS Arizona) Divisions 061 and 062 (Brother Divisions)
Welcome to the Division Discussion for Divisions 061 and 062
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 PoodleLady on
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Nadia . . .me too! Just hung up! We talked for 14 minutes and it was the best 14 minutes I've had in 4 weeks!
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Permalink Reply by Nadia on
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I completely agree PoodleLady it was the best early Christmas present EVER!!
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Permalink Reply by soon to be proud navy wife on
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My husband is in ship 14 div 062 and well today dec 16 2013 is 4 weeks since he left and well I have gotten 4 phone calls since he left well the first 2 was for me to fax some paper they were only like 3 min each if so and his first real phone call was dec 7 2013 two weeks after he got there and well got another real phone call today 2 weeks after the first one and he sounds good his in charge of his group he said so I am super excited and proud of him cant wait to see him on jan 17 2014 haven't gotten a letter yet but they mail them out this past Sunday so I should get it sometime this week it normally don't take this long just his div is having a really trouble with shipping the letters but he got my letters they get mail everyday SUPER PROUD OF MY HUSBAND. Got my id today and got enroll on Tricare book my hotel and rental car for graduation will be booking flight tomorrow. 4 more weeks to go yay my 3 year old is super excited to see her daddy she tells everyone that her dad is working for the navy. Just wanted to share this
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Permalink Reply by DanaD on
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Today I think the sun is shining brighter for all of us!!! What a relief for us all to finally get that call! My daughter did say that they should get another call in about 2-3 weeks, so I guess we will all be holding our breath again, but for now, it just feels soooo good! Have a great day everyone!
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And tomorrow is mail day.
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DanaD . . .I totally agree with you! Hearing from my daughter and knowing that she is okay (from her) has really brighten my outlook. When my daughter called yesterday, she said she thought they would get to call again next week . . .I really hope she is right. But even if I don't hear from her for a while, I'm okay now because I know our girls are doing fine! They are accomplishing what they set out to do and I'm so proud of my daughter and all the SRs that are sticking with it! I'm going to miss my daughter tremendously next week during Christmas, but I have to keep reminding myself that she chose this because this is what SHE wants to do . . . and I am so looking forward to PIR!
I am thankful that we have this site to connect and support each other as parents . . .for me, I find comfort in sharing and hearing from others dealing with similar feelings of missing their daughters/sons/husbands and being proud of what they are accomplishing!
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Labradoodles . . .My daughter didn't hurt her knee, but I'll have to ask her if she knows who did. She thinks it is funny that all us moms are chatting, yet we don't know any names! I keep telling her I met a mom from this location or that and she has replied " I met a girl from there, what's her mom's name? All I can give her are our usernames . . .it is kind of funny. If we all do meet in GL at PIR, we'll need name tags with our usernames!
My daughter also mentioned in her letter there are a few girls that keep getting them in trouble for talking . . . I guess since both our daughters mentioned it they are not the talkers! -
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Just got two letters from my daughter. Apparently she got her wisdom teeth pulled on the 10th. Is this common? Other then that she says she has fallen in love with the Navy! ( and has only cried once) she to has mentioned all the trouble they are getting into bc of talking.
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Permalink Reply by sailormom_913 (Ship 14 Div 061) on
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My son is in division 061 and got a root canal the other day. He was told he had dental at 6am that next morning so he went there, he sat for 6 hours not knowing what they were going to do, and then they called his name and told him he was getting a root canal. He had one tooth as a child that gave him problems and we had already had it fixed. He said it wasnt bothering him but the Navy said the previous root canal did not remove the entire root, so there ya have it....they did another one on the tooth. I did know going in that if anyone's wisdom teeth needed to come out, they came out during boot camp. This is common.
My son also said that there are a few in his division that keep getting them in trouble as well.
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Thank-you!!! It does seem crazy to get dental work done at bootcamp doesnt it.... He sounded good on the phone but he said he was still numb. I got my first letter today so I am happy about that and he is still hanging tough but boy are they really getting put through the ringer so to speak. He wrote the letter at 2:35 in the morning. He said he was wide awake because they had just had a fire drill. They had to jump up out of bed and go outside in whatever they had on. He had a pair of knee high shorts and a tshirt. He said it was 12degrees outside before the wind chill. Told me that the RDC's really play mind games with them but that he knew that all of this was mental and he will get thru it. I cant wait to see him......I sure do miss him!!!
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I received my 2nd letter today from my daughter. She was supposed to have her wisdom teeth removed, but due to her cold and running a fever it has been postponed. Most likely by the time I hear from her again, it will be done!
She mentioned their division had IT for 45 minutes due to the talking and arguing by the girls . . .she said she preferred that to losing their phone and mail privileges again or having the toilet stall curtains removed! Sounds like fun times! Lol -
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Not to get anyone's hopes up (including mine), my daughter wrote in her letter that they have been told they might get phone privileges on Christmas Day. She asked me to keep my phone with me so I wouldn't miss her call!
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