Family/friends of those who arrived at RTC June 7

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Permalink Reply by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on June 11, 2011 at 9:05pm

Ben---I gotta agree with Jim...I'd wait for the form letter and PIR info.  Much can change and trying to guess schedules is problematic at best.

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Permalink Reply by Scott Kinsala on June 11, 2011 at 10:22pm

Ben , My recruit, Daughter, also arrived at RTC on June 7.  I am calling her recruiter on Monday as per his instructions to get her address.  I will ask he can tell me anything about graduation.  But the above advice of patience and waiting for the form letter sounds good to me.

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Permalink Reply by David A on June 12, 2011 at 9:11pm

Hey all, my son arrivd late on june 8, my wife has been in contact with a girl in Chicago whos BF went in same day. She got her letter already (being in Chicago) and said PIR is July 29. No telling for sure until our letter arrives. I am going to wait until I know for sure before booking anything.

I did jump ahead and start checking flights out of Southern Ca and notice that packages from the links on the Navy boot camp related sites were better than my own searches. As long as we book 14 to 30 days out should be the best fairs.

David

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Permalink Reply by Ben B on June 12, 2011 at 10:46pm

Thanks everyone - all great advice, and I'm so thankful to have this forum to share our thoughts!  So glad people are already getting the PIR letters - helps us know it shouldn't be too much longer for ours!  I can't wait to hear when each of you gets letters or the coveted phone calls - it will be fun to hear when you do.  Thanks!

Ben.

 

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Permalink Reply by Scott Kinsala on June 13, 2011 at 11:59am

I just spoke to Jill's recruiter.  He said that he will receive graduation date info but we should receive the information at the same time or even before he does.  It will be a large manila envelope and in addition to the Grauation info it should have recommendations on cheap air fare, motel/hotel recommendations, tickets to graduation, tickets for parking, etc.  He stressed not to throw ANYTHING from the envelope away until after graduation. 

Scott

 

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Permalink Reply by Ben B on June 13, 2011 at 10:33pm

Yippee!!!  We got our form letter and PIR date in the mail today.  Jonathan got into a "Spec Ops" division - said it's extra challenging, but we don't know more than that at the moment.  He had been trying to get into a special program, so had been doing a lot of physical fitness on his own.  Now the countdown can begin.  I'm not much for long letters (as if he'd have time to read them), so I'm going to go get some generic postcards, maybe even just plain ones, and try to ensure I write at least a few lines and drop one in the mail almost every single day.  When I was in my version of boot camp, (Air Force ROTC Field Training), any kind of mail was welcome - long or short.  Thanks all.

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