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Ship 11 (USS Kearsarge) Divisons 019 and 020 (Brother Divisions)
Welcome to the Division Discussion for Divisions 019 and 020
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 WhooPig on
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Oooooo...I didn't think about Cracker Barrel! My husband hates the food there, but I don't give a rat's patootie. Wait time might be long though. My brother works at CB and says the holidays are their busiest times. Wish I could use his employee discount up there! :/
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Permalink Reply by Lisamarie271 on
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My daughter said the same thing about her DIV 020. That so many of the girls are acting like 13 year olds- not listening. I am sure they will all get it together by the end of this training week.
It was so good to hear something... Hoping for more letters next Thursday. I think we might actallly get a call on Sunday! Fingers crossed.
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Permalink Reply by VirgoMom904 on
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Samantha315- my daughter also had a bank account here at home and took her direct deposit information with her, when she called last Saturday she said she was able to keep her existing account. :)
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Permalink Reply by babygirlsasailor on
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I received a letter yesterday, I rushed home from work just to be the first one to get the mail. My daughter is also having a rough time of it and also said that there are many girls there that are runing it for the rest of them. I have called Cracker Barrel the one located in Gurnee and theyw ill indeed be open for dinner they open starting at either 11 or 11:30 am. I think that we might be heading there as well. I was hoping that I would hear from my girl but no such luck this week, maybe this weekend, fingers crossed. . I was concerned that she said she has not gotten any of our letter or cards as well Ihave sent 4 letters as early as Oct. 6th as have other family and friends. I hope they are not keeping them as a punishment they should be able to get the encouragement from us and they need it.
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My SR said on the phone that her A school is in Great Lakes not Virginia, but she was not sure about that. She is going to be an CS. Anyone here have an SR with the MOS?
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My daughter is also going to be a CS, is she on ship 11 div 019? I'm wondering if she is my daughters bunk mate? She mentioned she was also a CS and they would be going to A school together in VA, Fort Lee
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MMM I wonder. My SR was told two times now that her A school is in Great Lakes.
Either way it is great that they will either travel to Fort Lee together or stay in Great Lakes together. She said that the two DIV 019 and 020 are all mixed together in the barracks. I bet they are Bunkies. Too cool.
Happy Monday..
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26 days!!!!
Last Thursday we got letters. Hoping for one today.
Be blessed Ladies.
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Got another letter today! Seems like she is adjusting well to boot camp! Very happy about that!
Just a head's up to y'all: some of the Petty Officers are reading our posts on here and making fun of our SRs for what we say. I'm not happy about that. I think that that shows poor character and isn't really someone that I would want my SR to look up to. Just saying.
Other than that, happy to hear from my kid!
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Permalink Reply by Brenda on
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Do you know how they know which kid is ours or are they just making fun of the whole group? I know that we all have been really good about not putting our child's names out there.
And just my 2 cents.. any Petty Officer knows how hard Boot camp is for the new recruit and their families so making fun of the recruit for their family posting on here would be a really shame since the petty officer's know how coming together as a team is supposed to be their whole goal.
Don't stop posting just because there is a chance that a bad apple is trying to tear a team a part. We are here for each other and for our kids. GO SHIP 11!!!
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Not sure why the Petty Officer would even care what we the Mom's are talking about on here.
I got two letters from my daughter yesterday and she sounded good. She is very tired of the ones that refuse to follow the rules. They ALL got in trouble because 80% of the females were up after Taps ( at Midnight and at 3am). My girl was asleep and they ALL got dropped because of the ones that are IDIOTS.
When I was in the Marines this would have been "HANDLED" the next night. But we are talking about a whole different generation and a different branch of the Military.
Ship 11 needs to get HARD, get FIRED UP, and get rid of the ones that cannot adapt to THE NAVY WAY OF LIFE!
I hope the RDC read this one.
SEMPER FI DO OR DIE!
Ok rant over. Back to regular Navy Mom..
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