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Comment by Todd S on March 22, 2012 at 7:14pm

Paul:

I agree with Rick. The letters and calls WILL come, be patient. My SR is half way through and due to graduate 4/13. We just got his second letter yesterday, and have only had one real phone call besides the " I'm here" call. But man was that call good for the both us! One thing I would suggest is sending him a questionnaire made up of any questions you have for him. You will not get many answers in normal letters he sends. I just got a questionnaire back from our SR, and he loved it! He wants more! Even send along a self addressed stamped envelope to make it even easier for him.

Comment by Rick Sandoval on March 22, 2012 at 5:42pm

Paul, tell mama not to worry. Those few lines are more than enough to let you know he is safe and ready for what lies ahead. My daughter did her PIR on 3/9. It will be worth the wait and the anxiety. Being a former  Army Drill Sergeant I can tell you, and everyone else with sons/daughters in Basic, the most important thing to them are letters, letters, LETTERS! You don't have to write up a story, just so they get something. Tell them the weather, the TV shows, what the dog did today ... anything. Make them light and funny if you can. Use WORDPERFECT then you can insert pictures of family and such. In no circumstances should you tell them anything negative of how you or others feel about their decision. Support them 100%+. they have enough on their minds without parents, friends or others adding to them. If you don't get any mail for a while, so be it. They have limited time to wirte and are trying to learn to come together as a unit. The old adage of "No news is good news" rings true. When they get time they will write. And that goes for phone calls as well. The weeks will go by quickly as long as you keep those letters coming in. Have your church write, school, Boy Scout Troop, anyone! Hang in there mom. Your son is in a different world and trying to adjust.He can do it with your support.

 

Comment by Paul Fernandez on March 22, 2012 at 1:54pm

Hey Mike welcome.  My SR's PIR is also 05/11/12. My SR is on Ship 09 Div 144 though. We received his form letter yesterday and my wife was a little sad. She thought there would be some sort of message or something from our son but there was none.  I have found this to be a great site for information on what to expect and what our young adults are going through. There are tons of great people on here so feel free to ask anyone if you have questions.   

Comment by Philip M on March 21, 2012 at 9:13am

We attended our daughter's PIR & Graduation on 16 March. Needless to say, our pride runneth over. Now she is on to Pensacola for A school.

I plan to write up a brief synopsis of our trup and post it for anyone who is planning to go in the future. This one was a bit unusual in that it was a GRADZILLA with 14 Divisions (almost 1100 Sailors) Graduating. The best general advice I can give to anyone going is to plan your trip in advance and don't wait until the last minute. We started our planning and reservations as soon as we got the "form letter" and everything went smoothly. Some other people waited until almost the last minute and paid dearly for airline tickets and didn't get the exact  hotel room they wanted.

All in all... GREAT TRIP!

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on March 20, 2012 at 4:24pm

what base closure?  If you are talking RTC, it is a cloased base and the only access to civilians is to PIR and the chapel with PIR graduates.

Comment by Ric Pallson on March 20, 2012 at 6:37am

Noli perspirare -- as my 30 year lifer aunt said.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

More wisdom teeth  pulled than U& can count. One day SIQ -- nah nothing.

I think I remember my daughter had such done sometime.

no biggie.

Probably what worries us is the remembering losing the milk teeth all that long ago.

They big kids now.

 

Comment by Steve Kilian on March 20, 2012 at 6:12am

Thanks for the info, it really helps to hear from others that have been through the same experience. My son started boot March. He is in Div 133 Ship 11. He started boot 12 days after his older sisters PIR.

Comment by Chuck on March 19, 2012 at 8:29pm

It did not change my son's PIR

 

Comment by John Newvine on March 19, 2012 at 7:07pm

Steve If I remember correctly my son said 1 day was all he had to recoup then it was right back to training.

Comment by Steve Kilian on March 19, 2012 at 5:51pm

We had a treat yesterday, My daughter made a surprise visit from a-school, while eating lunch, our son made a call from boot camp! That was the most enjoyable lunch I've ever had!!

I do have a question, My son told us that he was going to have his wisdom teeth pulled. Does anyone know how long that will keep him in his rack? Will it affect his PIR?

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