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Ship 03 (USS Hopper) Divisions 085 and 086 (Brother Divisions)
Welcome to the Division Discussion for Divisions 085 and 086
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 mikesmom on
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Bridget68 the last letter i received was on 1/16. he sounds good. but i am so very anxious now i cant stand it!!!!
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Permalink Reply by Bridget68 on
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My last one was 1/16, I have a sneaking suspicion that I won't get one this week. I usually get them Wednesday or Thursday and the silence is deafening. I really hate being so out of the loop.
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Permalink Reply by RAINE13 on
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When I spoke to my hubby on Sunday he said he just sent letters , so we should have something soon hopefully:-)
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Permalink Reply by motormom on
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Don't forget the post office not being open on MLK day pushes the mail an extra day this week.
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Permalink Reply by knitmare on
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My son sent a letter and I got it yesterday. It was real short he said they made the RDC's upset during one of their tests because someone was puking in another group and someone in their group started sympathy gagging? So they had to do a timeout. At least I think that's what he was meaning. But it sounds like they been super busy and are getting ready to test marksmanship. His spirits are good, he said he was ready for bootcamp to be over. Not as much as this Mama I don't think.
As far as the weather I told my husband I can hardly stand not driving there now just to see where he is at. I told him I didn't care if snow was like on the movie "the Shining" we have to get there.
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Permalink Reply by VKat on
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I came home tonight and was so sad when there was no letter from my SR. But then I got a call. He was in Recruit Heaven for perfect score on inspection. He ate Taco Bell. He sounded so so good. He said everyone is doing well. Was a little bummed that there was a timeout called on the divisions second PFA which apparently means they all fail. He said he was doing really well on it at the time that it was stopped. He was SIQ for the first one so he has not completed even one PFA. He said DOT today is week 4 day 5. He did not have the BS21 date but did say when the next PFA is. I know that I can't post BS date but can I post the PFA date on here?
He said that he has gotten letters but has not been able to open all of them because they are so busy studying etc and he is trying to get as much sleep as possible. Im guessing that means he hasnt written either.
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Same reason knitmare said above. One person started throwing up & then there was some reflexive gagging from others so rdc's called timeout. I am piecing this bit of info from what he said & what I have read on here. We were only able to talk a few minutes & it was a little hard to hear him. Btw. He also told me this was the last call before BS
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babblesnboyz me too, me too!!!! knitmare, as soon as I heard that they had Taco Bell I knew where my SR would eat if he ever got to go there. When I first joined N4M (well before he left) I think he may have been a little annoyed that I knew so much about what he would be doing but now when he calls he seems relieved because we can talk about many different things without him having to explain what they are.
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I love that he ate Taco Bell. The little things we take for granted, have really become more apparent to me in all this. It comes down to phone calls and mail. We just want to know they are well.
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I found it hard to hear everything mine was saying during my last phone call too. After I hung up there were a lot of things I wasn't sure I heard right. Like I wasn't sure if he had said, "I think I might die here"... or "I eat lots of pie here..." LOL. Looking forward to a face to face conversation where I can completely hear one of his animated stories!
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