ship 02 division921 PIR 04/08

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Permalink Reply by John B on March 6, 2011 at 11:42pm

Van,

Please don't take me as an authority, as I only have 1 more week worth of experience than you do.  My son's PIR is scheduled for 04/01.  We have actually received 3 phone calls from Sam.  The regular call (the one you are looking for) came after his training week #2, which was actually his 3rd week plus at GL.  That call came on Friday, Feb 25 in the late afternoon.  I was still at work when the call came and my wife got to talk to him for about 10 minutes.  The first call was at 1:30am after his arrival at RTC, the second call, about a week and a half later, was because his bank routing number wasn't correct.  I will bet that since you didn't get a call this past Friday, you will get one next Friday.  I pray that you do, sir. It is a joy to hear from them.

John

Permalink Reply by Van Jaggers on March 7, 2011 at 8:21pm

We were out for dinner this evening and forwarded our home phone to my cell in case Brian might get a chance to call and he did! He sounded good, but had developed the start of a cold he said probably due to their marching outside in the snow and now the rain. My wife and I were very glad to hear from him and you could already detect the sound of maturity in his voice. He was telling us about the meshing together of his unit he is in, the 921 and the team building which is going on. I asked him if he had to do it over again would he do it? He responded with yeah I would which enforces my perception and his perception that he did the right thing. He told me he has never been exposed to a situation where it's detail,detail, and more detail but he is adjusting as is everyone.

                                                  It is a special feeling knowing that your son or daughter is serving and if necessary fighting for the country they love.

 GO-NAVY

 Proud Dad Van
John Banner said:

Van,

Please don't take me as an authority, as I only have 1 more week worth of experience than you do.  My son's PIR is scheduled for 04/01.  We have actually received 3 phone calls from Sam.  The regular call (the one you are looking for) came after his training week #2, which was actually his 3rd week plus at GL.  That call came on Friday, Feb 25 in the late afternoon.  I was still at work when the call came and my wife got to talk to him for about 10 minutes.  The first call was at 1:30am after his arrival at RTC, the second call, about a week and a half later, was because his bank routing number wasn't correct.  I will bet that since you didn't get a call this past Friday, you will get one next Friday.  I pray that you do, sir. It is a joy to hear from them.

John