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PIR Graduation
Hi all,
I am very new at this and haven't recieved any info from my son yet who shipped out 9/23/14. Does anyone have any idea when PIR Grad. could be so I can start to plan. Also how long does it take to get any word form him either a letter or phone call. Missing my son.
Thanks to all you Navy moms this web site has been soooooo helpful.
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Permalink Reply by CryptoDad on
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Head on over to http://navyformoms.com/group/pir11212014 to meet other moms with that PIR date.
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Permalink Reply by Melissa aka: Daniel's Mom on
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You are the 1st one that I have seen with a 9/24 arrival date that has actually received the form letter! Yeah!! Maybe today is my day too!!
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Permalink Reply by Angie on
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My son just left on Wednesday Oct. 1 and I recieved call a little after midnight, just real anxious to be able to write him letters.......from what i am reading on here his PIR date is going to be the Thursday before Thanksgiving? Counting down the days miss my son...
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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Yes, PIR will most likely be the Wednesday before Thanksgiving for those arriving on 1 October, but it could also be the week after for some.
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Counting Fridays may be easier on you than counting days until the final week. See . Arrival and What Happens at the RTC within Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones).
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Permalink Reply by ProudMom13 on
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This is a great morning, :) I received my second letter from my son, and he sounds great. Has made friends and that is what has made it easy for him to get through being homesick. He says receiving letters everyday from home makes him very happy. We are all so excited for November 7th the day of his graduation. Have a great day ladies!!!!:D
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The average time to receive the form letter is 10 days after the recruit's arrival at the RTC, which was today. Average time means that some will receive the form letter before that and some will receive it after that. If you have not received it by 2 weeks after your recruit arrived at the RTC, then call the recruiter and get the address and double check it against those at http://bootcamp.navy.mil/contact_recruit.asp or Ship/Division--How it Works. Remember that not all recruits who arrive on the same day will be in the same division and sometimes may not even be in the same TG and so this will affect when the form letters are sent out. Those who are filling a division that was started on a previous day will complete P-days and send out the form letter sooner than a recruit who is placed in a division that does not fill until a later day.
He sent a form letter to you or someone else unless he was being interviewed when they were sent, had a doctor or dentist appointment when they were sent, or if your recruit was moved to a different division. (There may be other reasons a recruit would not send a form letter, but those are the most common reasons.)
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Lost cause, lemonelephant. Every time a mom posts, "I got my letter today!", it sends a dozen moms who did NOT get a letter today into a tailspin. Can't be avoided.
I'm so glad my Sailor went into boot camp before N4M. The Recruiter told us that when she was through processing and settled into her barracks that we would receive a letter with her address and graduation date. OK. So we sent her off to RTC and settled back and waited for the letter, And, lo and behold, a letter magically appeared in the mailbox! Life was so simple.
Hang in there moms. Everybody gets a letter. 40,000 a year. Not all on the same day, but a letter will be sent by your Recruit. And his/her letter is the only one of the 40,000 that really matters. Don't concern yourself with the other 39,999. Simple.
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You are very welcome.
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If you have not received the form letter on Tuesday, which is two weeks after he left, then it is fine to call the recruiter and get the address and check it against those at http://bootcamp.navy.mil/contact_recruit.asp or Ship/Division--How it Works. Most will have received the form letter by two weeks after arrival although some receive it after that, but all recruits will be in their permanent ship by then so the recruiter should have the correct Ship and Division numbers in the computer by then even if the recruit changed ships and/or divisions.
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