Navy Boot Camp graduation

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Permalink Reply by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on July 8, 2010 at 9:58am

not going to lie to you, travel in Great Lakes that time of year can be a pain. On the other hand, it might just be cold as all get out....so pray for he best and expect the worst!

Dates...look at the Friday eight weeks after arrival at RTC......when you read the past posts in the Bootcamp group you'll see that sohrtly after arrival you'll receive a short form letter from your sailor....PIR dates should be on that letter.

Mind you that things change accorking to sickness or injury or not passing sooemthing like battle stations...I know it is a pain not being to plan bettetr, but as you get into the first few weeks schedules should start to firm up. Aslo spend some serious time in the PIR group....there are a ton of suggesttions and hints there about PIR and what to expect.

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Permalink Reply by Weldon Lewis Peveto on July 8, 2010 at 4:36pm

Thanks for the info. I am used to the AF jobs, names, titles and etc. This Navy stuff is kinda confusing to me.

NavyDads Admin (Paul) said:

not going to lie to you, travel in Great Lakes that time of year can be a pain. On the other hand, it might just be cold as all get out....so pray for he best and expect the worst!

Dates...look at the Friday eight weeks after arrival at RTC......when you read the past posts in the Bootcamp group you'll see that sohrtly after arrival you'll receive a short form letter from your sailor....PIR dates should be on that letter.

Mind you that things change accorking to sickness or injury or not passing sooemthing like battle stations...I know it is a pain not being to plan bettetr, but as you get into the first few weeks schedules should start to firm up. Aslo spend some serious time in the PIR group....there are a ton of suggesttions and hints there about PIR and what to expect.

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Permalink Reply by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on July 8, 2010 at 5:13pm

just keep reading Weldon! And if you are unsure about anything...ask! We've all been down this path and for most of us it was like a foreign language. At the top of the page is a FAQ's tab....this is a work in progress but that is a good place to start reading and learning. Also in the Bootcamp group are a series of links (anything in blue on the site is a link) that you can click....spend some time exploring and the terms will begin to make sense. After over five years of having sailors in the family I still have to get on the internet to find out the meaning of various things!!

Weldon Lewis Peveto said:

Thanks for the info. I am used to the AF jobs, names, titles and etc. This Navy stuff is kinda confusing to me.

NavyDads Admin (Paul) said:

not going to lie to you, travel in Great Lakes that time of year can be a pain. On the other hand, it might just be cold as all get out....so pray for he best and expect the worst!

Dates...look at the Friday eight weeks after arrival at RTC......when you read the past posts in the Bootcamp group you'll see that sohrtly after arrival you'll receive a short form letter from your sailor....PIR dates should be on that letter.

Mind you that things change accorking to sickness or injury or not passing sooemthing like battle stations...I know it is a pain not being to plan bettetr, but as you get into the first few weeks schedules should start to firm up. Aslo spend some serious time in the PIR group....there are a ton of suggesttions and hints there about PIR and what to expect.

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Permalink Reply by Weldon Lewis Peveto on July 8, 2010 at 5:24pm

my daughter just informed me that she is going to try out for rescue swimmer. she is very atheletic, she is a college softball pitcher, but she is not a strong swimmer. The recruiter told her "NOOOO problem. We will teach you."I told her she better find out first.

NavyDads Admin (Paul) said:

just keep reading Weldon! And if you are unsure about anything...ask! We've all been down this path and for most of us it was like a foreign language. At the top of the page is a FAQ's tab....this is a work in progress but that is a good place to start reading and learning. Also in the Bootcamp group are a series of links (anything in blue on the site is a link) that you can click....spend some time exploring and the terms will begin to make sense. After over five years of having sailors in the family I still have to get on the internet to find out the meaning of various things!!

Weldon Lewis Peveto said:

Thanks for the info. I am used to the AF jobs, names, titles and etc. This Navy stuff is kinda confusing to me.

NavyDads Admin (Paul) said:

not going to lie to you, travel in Great Lakes that time of year can be a pain. On the other hand, it might just be cold as all get out....so pray for he best and expect the worst!

Dates...look at the Friday eight weeks after arrival at RTC......when you read the past posts in the Bootcamp group you'll see that sohrtly after arrival you'll receive a short form letter from your sailor....PIR dates should be on that letter.

Mind you that things change accorking to sickness or injury or not passing sooemthing like battle stations...I know it is a pain not being to plan bettetr, but as you get into the first few weeks schedules should start to firm up. Aslo spend some serious time in the PIR group....there are a ton of suggesttions and hints there about PIR and what to expect.

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Permalink Reply by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on July 8, 2010 at 5:38pm

we have a Rescue Swimmer group...I'd join and ask Brad about it. Only SEAL training is tougher.......

Weldon Lewis Peveto said:

my daughter just informed me that she is going to try out for rescue swimmer. she is very atheletic, she is a college softball pitcher, but she is not a strong swimmer. The recruiter told her "NOOOO problem. We will teach you."I told her she better find out first.

NavyDads Admin (Paul) said:

just keep reading Weldon! And if you are unsure about anything...ask! We've all been down this path and for most of us it was like a foreign language. At the top of the page is a FAQ's tab....this is a work in progress but that is a good place to start reading and learning. Also in the Bootcamp group are a series of links (anything in blue on the site is a link) that you can click....spend some time exploring and the terms will begin to make sense. After over five years of having sailors in the family I still have to get on the internet to find out the meaning of various things!!

Weldon Lewis Peveto said:

Thanks for the info. I am used to the AF jobs, names, titles and etc. This Navy stuff is kinda confusing to me.

NavyDads Admin (Paul) said:

not going to lie to you, travel in Great Lakes that time of year can be a pain. On the other hand, it might just be cold as all get out....so pray for he best and expect the worst!

Dates...look at the Friday eight weeks after arrival at RTC......when you read the past posts in the Bootcamp group you'll see that sohrtly after arrival you'll receive a short form letter from your sailor....PIR dates should be on that letter.

Mind you that things change accorking to sickness or injury or not passing sooemthing like battle stations...I know it is a pain not being to plan bettetr, but as you get into the first few weeks schedules should start to firm up. Aslo spend some serious time in the PIR group....there are a ton of suggesttions and hints there about PIR and what to expect.

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Permalink Reply by clark davis , jr on July 27, 2010 at 12:39am

My daughter's graduation from B C will be in Oct., but the snow dont fall untill the latter part of Nov.

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Permalink Reply by Weldon Lewis Peveto on July 27, 2010 at 9:14am

Thank you for your family's service. I pray she is doing well. I don't know anything about Navy BC, but when my son graduated from Air Force BC he said that the physical part was as he said, "a joke". But the mental part was a little harder. I thing that I am most worried about is the snow in the winter. Us folks from SE Texas freak out when we see snow. I am worried about being able to see her graduation.

clark davis , jr said:

My daughter's graduation from B C will be in Oct., but the snow dont fall untill the latter part of Nov.

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