reply in the other post-- if they are truly moved to a FIT division the address would be: The address to write to your recruit in FIT is Ship 4, 3600 Ohio Street, Great Lakes, IL 60088-7103. Put "FIT Division- Male" or "FIT Division-Female" in place of the Division Number

Daniel...How does it feel to have the weight of the World lifted from your shoulders....LOL????

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From RTC: 

Seasonal Uniform Shift: Great Lakes will shift to Blues as of Oct. 3 with the Oct. 7 graduation being the first of the season to graduate in blues.

You are allowed to blame the misty eyes when that door rolls up and you see her march in on the bright lights in Midway Ceremonial Hall!

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Hello All, 

My son's division is helping in this weeks PIR and he also did in last weeks but I did not see him and I don't know where to look for him.  I looked in the video and in the photos and I was not able to find him at all.  Does anyone know where they would be standing or if they are on the floor at all?

karlos

Carlos...they can serve many different functions...from assisting guests, to check-in, to ushering...inside and out! He may not be easy to find. Keep scanning and keep your fingers crossed!

I see...   Thank You both!

PIR dates are solid. If your Recruit runs into issues, she will inform you in advance(1-2 weeks).....usually it would relate to not passing the Fitness Test (up to 3 attempts). Hopefully all will go as planned!

Craig B....Her gradation date is set in stone for her division...whether or not she's part of it is the question.  There are many variables that could keep a recruit from graduating on time..academic, behavior, PRT failure, medical, not getting through battle stations etc.  Unfortunately, there is still a chance of her not graduating on time up to the week of the graduation.  

My advice to you is just go ahead and plan on being there for her scheduled graduation date and hope for the best...and you are right, you definitely need to go and watch her graduate.  Congrats!

Craig, for whats it worth, listen to Brian.  I would not read to much into that. RDC's are going say a lot of things to enforce 'discipline'.  I would think it is highly unlikely a whole division will be moved due to a small group. For one, that would be a glaring admission of some serious command issues. Now, I am not an expert and my only reference is being a military brat myself and serving for a short time as an adult.  

Craig B....just a little sea story for you when I was in bootcamp.  We were all getting cycled one afternoon (back in my day they called IT cycling), but anyhow, we had been at it for about 45 minutes.  We were all sweating, grunting, crying...it was horrid...lol.  Our Company Commander (RDC), had us in the push-up rest position, we had been there for about two minutes or so, everyone was falling, putting their butts in the air etc, when our CC got mad and yelled "You guy's keep this up and I'll take your citizenship away!!"  No we all know that's not true, but I used this to illustrate what David said about not reading into much that the RDC's threaten them with.  It will all work out, just stay positive about it!

lol.  The good ol 'front leaning rest position'...  especially joyous with a pack on your back... airborn/ranger school adds putting your feet up on a tree...  the alternative to not holding it was much, much worse...

A division WILL NOT get held back....

My son just left this afternoon for Great Lakes. 

I received the "I'm alive" call from Ryan 1am this morning. He sounded good. He said we will receive a call and letter in 3 weeks. 

Has anyone gotten the "I'm a Sailor" phone call today - 10/25/16?

Hooray!  We got the call - Battlestations 21 is over for Ship 04, Div 347. Our son is a US Navy Sailor!

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My son left for Great Lakes 10/26.  Got the "I'm Alive" call a couple of nights later at 12:30 am..   And FINALLY a call last Saturday!  Proud of my boy, but this is a whole new world for me!

`Got my second  letter My son will be Graduating Boot Camp on Dec 2nd He is Ship 02 Div 904 Yes Super Happy and Proud any other Parents out ther Please fell free to write or comment

Received informational letter....our SR is Ship 02 Div 908....PIR is Jan 6.