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We are staying at the Homewood Suites about 10 miles south of GLRTC as I needed to use up my "frequent stay" points before I loose them by year's end. We'll be getting in late Thursday and probably won't make it to the Meet and Greet at the Ramada. Thanks for the Navy Lodge recommendation though. At this point we are also unsure if our son will be a grad-and-go or if he'll be staying the weekend... As it stands now, we arrive on Thursday and leave Saturday night.
Welcome aboard! My son Marc is in ship 9 division 16 so they'll be PIRing together on the 3rd of December... At this point, mom and dad still have no phone call/letter/card/carrier pigeon or other avenues of communication and like you, can't wait to see/hear from him. He did however add a little note to his commander's informational letter which followed his "kid in the box" containing all his civies. But like everyone's been saying...the lack of communication in itself means he's doing fine. We keep all of our military members (especially those going through bootcamp) in our daily prayers and wish all of them God speed! Go NAVY! (which is tough for mom and dad to say as we were both USAF veterans).
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As a parent of a sailor currently or soon to be at Great Lakes you'll have many questions about what your son is going through. In the Navy Bootcamp group is a discussion called A MUST READ for all New Navy Parents. Read through this post as it will do a lot to give you some understanding about what your sailor is learning and why. And be sure to check out the videos available in the Bootcamp Group as well.
As PIR draws closer, be sure to spend some time going through the PIR-Tips, Hints and Helps group- we’ve tried to assemble some tips and suggestions to make your sailor's PIR more enjoyable. Best Regards- Paul
I would like to take this time to point you in some of the right directions. For starters if you haven't had the time take a look at the right side of any page you click on. There you will find some useful information for you. The links under the about this site will help you with how this site got started, navigation, PIR, About us, community guidelines and some links to some of the groups that beginners with a lot of questions will find very useful.
First and foremost though we are all here for the same reason. We are curious about what our young sailors are getting into and for more information about the rate or job that they will be doing for the next 4-6 yrs of their lives. I know when I first got here I had lots of questions and there was not a lot of people on this site but they all were either going through the same thing or had been through it and had sailors out in the fleet. Now this site has grown to over 2000 members, Dads, Moms,Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, sisters, brothers,girlfriends and boyfriends. Don't be afraid to ask questions of members in here because somewhere along the way we have all had the same questions and asked . There are a lot of knowledgeable people on this site with various years of experience in the NAVY either on their own account or through their Sailors.
Again welcome aboard and BRAVO ZULU to you and your son Jerad on his enlistment and please thank him for me for making the choice to defend the freedoms that my family, this country and I have and enjoy.
Tim