PIR 11/30/2012

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Permalink Reply by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on October 19, 2012 at 12:07am

Stephen,

I wish I can give you some kind of idea or share an experience with a Meet-N-Greet. Unfortunately during our trip to my son's PIR we embarked on a little adventure I called "let's play tourist" which was not the smartest thing to do given we only had 2 short nights of stay. I don't exactly know how this happened it must have been severe jet lag. So from O'Hare we just followed public transportation signs. We ended up taking the Red Train then Blue Train and to be honest I don't even remember how many trains and the colors in detail. We got off in the Chicago loop area and enjoyed a little bit of sight seeing and ate a real late lunch I'd call this dunch. I figured heck we're in downtown now should be easy to catch a cab. After finding out it would cost over a hundred bucks we quickly scrapped that idea and walked some more and then some more and asked passers by along the way until we got to the Metra train station. After getting lost inside the train terminal, walking track lengths several times back and forth to catch the right train we finally got on board. We cabbed it from the Waukegan station to our hotel. 

To make my long story short I'd say it would all depend on when you're arriving date/time and the distance between your hotel/motel to the Meet-N-Greets. Distance wise though should not be an issue.

The popular one I hear talked about the most is Sarge's. We planned on attending Sarge's but by the time we got to our hotel it was too late and we were exhausted...

I know you'll have a good positive experience whichever one you choose to attend. Just meeting and sharing with other Navy parents is priceless...

take care,

Gary

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Permalink Reply by Mark Henderson on October 19, 2012 at 10:32am

That first week the SR's are SO sleep deprived! It takes about 2-3 weeks when they feel like wrtiting. My first phone call came after 3 weeks.
 
Scott Veach said:

Tim, did you get the box yet?

Tim Hoilman said:

Our SR got to Boot Camp on 10/03. We still haven't received the form letter. Is that normal?

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Permalink Reply by David Smith on October 19, 2012 at 11:15am

No letter today, hopefully tomorrow.

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Permalink Reply by Jose Perez on October 19, 2012 at 3:52pm

no letter for me neither

David Smith said:

No letter today, hopefully tomorrow.

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Permalink Reply by JanieG on October 19, 2012 at 4:20pm

Wow , I didnot realize there were so many different ships, how many divisions are at Great Lakes at one time???

NavyDads Admin (Paul) said:

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

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Permalink Reply by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on October 19, 2012 at 5:28pm

I actually posted your question RTC.....hopefully they'll answer early next week.  So lets do some math:

figure there are about 50 PIRs/year with about 750 sailors on average: that's about 37,500 sailors/year.  If you estimate 80 sailors/division that's about 470 divisions a year or about 9 divisions roughly a week moving through RTC.  Since bootcamp is typically 8 weeks long you've got about 72 divisions somewhere in process at any one time. 

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Permalink Reply by JanieG on October 19, 2012 at 8:08pm

Wow, that is really amazing, thanks for sharing all the information on Divisions / Ships!

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Permalink Reply by Tim Hoilman on October 19, 2012 at 10:01pm

Does anybody have a recruit on Ship 13 Division 027?

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Permalink Reply by Donna on October 22, 2012 at 12:53pm

No mine is on Ship 04 DIV 021

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Permalink Reply by Mariza J Prida on October 22, 2012 at 12:57pm

My Son Cesar is in Div. 903 Ship 02

Tim Hoilman said:

Does anybody have a recruit on Ship 13 Division 027?

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Permalink Reply by Mariza J Prida on October 22, 2012 at 12:58pm

Thank you for the Info Jim...

Have a great day !!!

Mariza

NavyDads Co-Admin, Jim said:

Thought you all might enjoy this too.

 

Ship Names

Ship 1 USS Pearl Harbor
Ship 2 USS Reuben James
Ship 3 USS Hopper
Ship 4 USS Arleigh Burke
Ship 5 USS Theodore Roosevelt
Ship 6 USS Constitution
Ship 7 USS Chicago
Ship 9 USS John F Kennedy
Ship 10 USS Enterprise
Ship 11 USS Kearsarge
Ship 12 USS Triton
Ship 13 USS Marvin Shields
Ship 14 USS Arizona
Ship 17 USS Mason

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Permalink Reply by Mariza J Prida on October 22, 2012 at 1:19pm

I have not received a letter or phone call yet....other than the Letter with the PIR date and the 4 authorized persons to go in. My son is been in G.L. for 20 days already...does anybody know when can I expect a letter or a call from him ???

Thank You,

Mariza Prida

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