"A" School Question
My SR graduates on Friday, Sept 23. He is staying in Great Lakes for A School. Is he able to have his laptop and cell phone? Thanks
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Phone call
I got an unexpected 10-minute phone call from my son today. He sounded like himself, but admitted that he's very sore from all the workouts, and that he needs to improve his speed in the timed run. He said he thinks he's doing well in everything else
Read more…Form letter
My son went to RTC on Aug 23 2011 and we got his box about a week later but still have not gotten the form letter. I went to the recruiter today and he gave me his ship and div and a PIR date of Oct 15 but that is a Saturday. I know there is a PIR
Read more…Gift
My wife and I are wondering if it's customary to give some sort of "graduation gift" to sailors at PIR. We still have about a month to wait, so maybe I'm jumping the gun a little, but I'm curious what others have done. On the one hand, I think the sa
Read more…Ship 12 Div 325 Anyone Else?
Just got word from my sons Recruiter that PIR will be on 30 Sept. Anyone else?
Read more…Where to stay?
Getting ready to book my flight from So Cal and looking for a place to stay? Any lodging recommendations?
Steve J
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Received the first "real" letter from my son today. Aside from the good news that he passed his swimming test (I was worried about that), he said that he'd been "SIQ" for a few days and then "LLD" after having two wisdom teeth removed. Question: Will
Read more…Ship 11 Div 352
Got the info letter from Drew today. Ship 11 - 352, anyone else? PIR date 10/21.
Briefly stated every day is hell, but he is fine. Enjoys his RDC's 0500 wake-up protocol...lol...
Read more…Ship 7 Div 358
Got the form letter today(actually his mom got it) and didn't say much, just he's doing ok and now got his address to start sending mail to. Nate is on Ship 7 Division 358 and his PIR is going to be Oct. 28th. He got to boot camp on 9/3/2011, so anyb
Read more…Anyone have a SR in Ship 04/Div 341?
Hello all. My son had knee issues that required therapy, preceded by having a wisdom tooth removed.He was just allowed the 2 minute phone call to let us know what was going on.
So he has been reassigned to ship 04 div 341 (1 week delay). An
Read more…Son left today for bootcamp
Thank you all for the information and words of support and encouragement - it's great to have a place to go for help and guidance for what's to come. My Son Nick left today for bootcamp. I didn't think it would be as hard as it was. My Son is olde
Read more…Writing to Son
My son, Nate made to boot camp 9/3/2011 in early am and called - now I've gotta wait for the first letter. In the mean time I'm already writing a letter to him. Does anyone know if I could send the letter in a 4-1/8 x 9-1/2 envelope or does it have t
Read more…PIR experience
My son's PIR was last Friday. Everything was smooth. They do this every week, so, they have it figured out. We took the shuttle from the Ramada in Waukegan at 7am. Parking is right next to the PIR building. There was 900 grads with 2-6 people per is
Read more…Sick son
Received a letter from my son yesterday informing me he has been SIQ for the past 5 days, (he never gets sick) with an upper respritory infection and is on 7 prescribed medications. His concern is that he may be ASMQ'd, and that he says, would change
Read more…PIR Ship 3, DIV 300. 9/9
Hard to believe it, but my sons PIR is next Friday! I know that to him, its been an eternity and a half since he started. Looking forward to seeing him and my other son, Nick, who is also in the Navy, next week. A HUGE thank you to all those who post
Read more…Numbers
One big surprise for me -- so far -- has been watching people post about their recruit being in this Ship or that Division, and then watching all the PIR dates as they are posted. It looks to me like the Navy is attracting more recruits than I ever w
Read more…How to find recruits address?
My son entered the training a week ago. He phoned briefly to tell us he made it safe. Did not tell us his ship or address. Any thoughts on how I find this info, so we can write letters to him?
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