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Comment by Tony "Skippy" Adams on July 11, 2016 at 12:03pm

@ Ginger. It will be a 847 area code and will come up as "Pay Phone."

Comment by Ginger on July 11, 2016 at 11:22am

I read it somewhere on here John, glad I am wrong
Thanks Tom. Do you know the area code?

Comment by Navy Dads Co-Admin Tom on July 11, 2016 at 10:15am

There are banks of payphones available at RTC. You are only guaranteed 2 calls....the "I have arrived" and "I'm a Sailor" calls. Anything more is a reward from the RDC's to the Division....

Comment by John Alan DeMarco on July 10, 2016 at 11:55pm

My son didn't take his phone. He called me from somewhere. It was a 205 area code. I sent a calling card with him. I did assume the calling card # would be in the caller id. Like an 800 #. Where did you hear no pay phones?

Comment by Ginger on July 10, 2016 at 10:35pm

So if they send their cell phone home
and I've heard there aren't pay phone areas
any more? Then we're do they call from? Collect?
And what area code?

Comment by Stephen King on July 10, 2016 at 5:50pm

It is tough on them, but as for a phone call always have your phone on you and where you can hear it. I got use to getting on a cretin days and then it got changed on me. So just make sure you have your phone on you.

Comment by jerry darrow on July 10, 2016 at 4:12pm

19 days in and we got our first letter from travis says it is really tough but he is making it thru. we were really hoping for a phone call today but nothing yet oh well hopefully next weekend

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on July 9, 2016 at 8:21pm

Exactly...always wait for that letter.....you can estimate but you can see things can be flexible and until final division assignments are made at RTC there is no firm PIR date

Comment by John Alan DeMarco on July 9, 2016 at 8:16pm

So I guess basically you will have a better idea when you get that letter with their PIR date as to how they fell with their unit being made up based off their arrival. And of course factors could effect the PIR date.

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on July 9, 2016 at 5:30pm

There are occasions when a division may fill and a few unplaced recruits remain. Those "leftover" recruits will be placed as the first recruits for the following division. There are also times that a division is not quite filled with the normal 88 recruits and that division must wait for the next group arriving in Great Lakes to fill to division compliment. When a division is held waiting to fill the division with the next group of arriving recruits, they will placed in what is called a PUSH Division.
Because that division formed "late" it is composed of recruits arriving typically over two different weeks. Some of the recruits in that division will be at RTC for 7 1/2 weeks (8 Fridays) rather than the typical 8 1/2 weeks (9 Fridays) that most of the divisions in that TG (Training Group). To stay current with the projected PIR date for the TG, that division is "pushed" thru some accelerated training- hence the term PUSH division.
This may happen more often for those recruits arriving at the beginning of a week. Recruits who are unlucky enough to be held over may be placed in a TG for the following week. These recruits are at RTC 9 1/2 weeks (10 Fridays). That happens more frequently for recruits arriving at the end of the week. This happens more around holidays or when there is a week without a PIR. Weather or severe storms may result in extra recruits being shipped to RTC when others are delayed. This may also occur if a large number of recruits are shipped to RTC in the summer and early fall due to enlistments that happen during a high school student's senior year.

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