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Ship 04 (USS Arleigh Burke) Division 217 and 218 (Brother Divisions)
Welcome to the Division Discussion for Divisions 217 and 218
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 momof10 on
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Hi Everyone! My SR Son is Ship 4 Div 217. I am Mary. Nice to meet you all!!
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Permalink Reply by Mary0304 on
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Hi Mary and Everyone! I am also a Mary :-) I'll use Mary B in case anyone wants to refer to us by name. My SR son is Ship 4 Div 218. I've seen you posting. It's nice to officially meet you!
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Hi my sr is on ship 4 div 218 so excited to see Were this journey takes us all-together these last 2 weeks and half has felt so comfortable because the connection to discover together what is happening to all of our sr's is so heart warming-I Appreciate you all. I hope we can meet on 6/18 at the meet and great.im a first time navy Mom. Laura
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Permalink Reply by Hootsmom on
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Hello all My SR is on Ship 4 Div 217. I just got my first set of letters from him so thrilled, they mailed out on 5/12. Hopefully everyone else will receive mail soon. All seems to be going well, he mentioned they were up for 40 hrs, but it was all good. They go into "hell week" (week 4) this next week, firearms, and drill ect. I can't believe they are already almost 1/2 way. We are in New England would love to hear from the other moms and what they are hearing from their SRs.
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Permalink Reply by ellen0502 on
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Brother division are the two divisions that train together from the start clear through BS together. Every regular division has a brother division. The 800 and 900 divisions only have a brother division when there are two 800 or two 900 divisions in the same TG.
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I got a letter today! He's still cracking jokes. But he's sick with a sore throat and headache. He can't wait until graduation..lol. We are from New England too. Driving to Great Lakes. Staying at Navy Lodge.
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Permalink Reply by gigi on
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Hi everyone, my SR is in Ship 4 Div 218. I got so many letters and a call on Mother's Day, what a sweet day. He says they are doing well. He has 4 wisdom teeth that have to be extracted, ouch, he said no problem. He's enjoying BC. So nice to meet you all. We'll be flying in from Florida for graduation on 6/18, hope to make it to the meet and greet and meet you all. I'm also a 1st time Navy mom.
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Hello everyone - I received first letter today Ship 4 Div 218. Made my week. Sounds like they are still a little under the weather but having a great adventure. Hearing about this peanut butter shot - but not sure what in the world that is. Any info for me?
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My sr is div 218 ship 4 came across this page still finding my way through these links my sr had a wisdom tooth out Monday.I work for a dental office and hope this doesn't affect the days ahead.check out the link for the day your sr graduates it's more active. My sr pir is 6/19 and i look forward to the meet and greet. We arefrom san Diego. Besides the blisters cold and pink eye going around the div . He hasn't complained about the food.he was so excited to receive his tags and military id. Waiting for a call tomorrow.soon we will be with our sailors.i close my eyes and imagine the smile on his face when we see each other again and the words. Hi mom.
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