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This Discussion is intended as a place where parents and other loved ones who have SRs with a PIR of 30 November to gather and meet-and-greet and talk about this adventure.  Of course, I suppose anyone is welcome. 

If anyone knows of others on facebook and navyformoms.com, please direct them this way, too.

Hopefully, this will be a place where we can share stories about phonecalls and letters from our SRs. 

And I look forward, already, to meeting all of y'all at PIR.

Sincerely,

Scott

Attention on deck!

From RTC:

There will be FIFTEEN divisions graduating Nov. 30th. RTC is abiding by the policy that Active Duty/military retirees and children twelve and under do not count toward the 4 invitations each recruit receives. However, if an individual is not on the access list they will NOT be able to enter the drill hall (NO stand by). Please plan on arriving at least two hours before the ceremony, which begins promptly at 9 a.m. Thanks to all for your continued support of Recruit Training Command, the Navy's only boot camp!

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I am going to call my  sons recruiter to be sure becasue  the zip is even different and  now a ship name is  there. this is so confusing lol



Scott Veach said:

Donna,

 

We have not received a letter yet.  However, about the change in the ship form 03 to 04 for Div 21, I saw a post on navyformoms.com that said their son was in Ship 04, Div 21, and I thought they were wrong.  Now, it looks like the address our sons were told to send to us was incorrect.  I really hate that because we have shared his address with frinds and relatives through church bulletin boards, emails, word of mouth, etc.  How do I go back to everyone and change it?  It's frustrating, but there's nothing I can do to change it, so might as well accept it and drive on.

 

Scott

Donna Ladd-Fields said:

Ok so we got a letter today from or SR  Logan. His ships is no longer 03 Div 21 it is  o4 Div 21   any one elses change ? He is very  home sick and down. I am a bit worried about him.

My wife just talked to a lady who's daughter left the same day as our son. Her daughter got to call home tonight, the lady said she sounded really excited. I couldn't believe she got to call home on her 14th day in boot camp.

Praying you all  get some mail or something tomorrow!!!!


Scott Veach said:

One SR gets to call home. Another receives a personal letter from her SR.  Sounds like some families are having good days!  Maybe tomorrow, Tim, we'll get a letter or a phone call. 

 

Scott

For the folks eagerly waiting for letters and phone calls hang in there... Keep the faith...

Ohhh God yes...I am hanging here...hope I can receive a letter today....

I am really counting the days....can't wait to see Cesar...Hope he is doing ok with all the training..Praying for him and for all the rest of the recruits.

One question: HOw does the Meet and Greet work ? How do I know where the meeting place will be ??

Thank You and Have a Blessed day !!!

Mariza

What a wonderfull news....I would like to receive a letter at least...but maybe Sunday Cesar will be able to call. Glad to hear some parents are getting good news...May God Bless you all !!!

Mariza

Tim Hoilman said:

My wife just talked to a lady who's daughter left the same day as our son. Her daughter got to call home tonight, the lady said she sounded really excited. I couldn't believe she got to call home on her 14th day in boot camp.

remember that your sailors can only write on Sundays....as a result Wednesdays and Thursdays are the typical days when you might get mail.....

There are a couple of Meet and Greets on Thursdays...ND however is not organizing any and the best we can say is ask around....check Flannigan's, The Ramada, and Sarge's Meet and Greet.  There are back posts on the site about each.....go to the Main Page and at the bottom left is a Google based search that will search NavyDads

BTW- here are the current addresses:

SR LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, MI
SHIP XXX DIV XXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
GREAT LAKES IL 60088-XXXX

Ship 2
3600 Ohio Street
Great Lakes, IL
60088

Ship 3
3600 Ohio Street
Great Lakes, IL
60088-3156

Ship 4
3600 Ohio Street
Great Lakes, IL
60088-7103

Ship 5
3610 Illinois Street
Great Lakes, IL
60088-3118

Ship 6
3510 Illinois Street
Great Lakes, IL
60088-3119

Ship 7
3405 Sailor Drive
Great Lakes, IL
60088

Ship 9
3415 Sailor Drive
Great Lakes, IL
60088-3515

Ship 10
3425 Sailor Drive
Great Lakes, IL
60088-3525

Ship 11
3505 Sailor Drive
Great Lakes, IL
60088-3505

Ship 12
3515 Sailor Drive
Great Lakes, IL
60088-3515

Ship 13
3420 Sailor Drive
Great Lakes, IL
60088-3520

Ship 14
3410 Sailor Drive
Great Lakes, IL
60088-3510

Ship 17
2705 Kansas Street
Great Lakes, IL
60088-3140

You can also contact Sarge directly to get more details and info here's the link:
http://callsforrecruits.org/meet-n-greet/

Scott Veach said:

Stephen,

 

I am watching for announcements everyday about the meet and greet.  (I look on the navyformoms.com site; they list the schedule.)  Currently, the farthest the schedule goes out is 2 Nov.  So we might not know until early Nov when Sarge and others schedule their meet and greets for 30 Nov PIR. (I don't know who Sarge is!)  When I see the information over there, I'll push it to this forum.

 

Scott 

Stephen said:

Where is the "Meet and Greet" being held?

I feel like a first time "Cricket" player. I can see what people are doing but I have no idea what is going on.

NavyDads Co-Admin, Jim said:

That's correct Janie. The meet and greet is on Thursday evening and is for the parents and families. Your sailors are not allowed to leave the base on Thursday. You will not see your sailor until the graduation ceremony when they march into the drill hall.

JanieG said:

What is this meet and greet deal?  I thought the first time we would be able to see our Sailors would be at the PIR???



NavyDads Co-Admin, Jim said:

Just an FYI for all of you in this group. November 30 is also this administrators birthday. So at your meet and greet, be sure to have one for me!

So glad you got a letter Scott V, so did I !  Couldn't be happier!

Scott Veach said:

Thanks for the link on the meet and greet, Gary.  PIR is still 6 weeks away, so we have plenty of time to plan for our meet and greet.

 

Scott


Aww it is already planned we are all going to go trash Gary's room and have a wild party. Bed time follows at 8pm.   :o)


JanieG said:

So glad you got a letter Scott V, so did I !  Couldn't be happier!

Scott Veach said:

Thanks for the link on the meet and greet, Gary.  PIR is still 6 weeks away, so we have plenty of time to plan for our meet and greet.

 

Scott

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