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Chris sorry for getting back to you so late but this is were we stayed. Homewood Suites Hilton. We needed the two bedrooms and kitchen. I beleive it is all two bedroom units.

Chris Congrats! Your mail day should be Thursday of every week from here on out. When I get to my office I'll look to see where we stayed. It was nice, afforable, close to base, and had an indoor pool. I'll pass the info along to you later in the day.

Welcome to NavyDads Chris! I'm sure you'll find the site as fun and useful as I have. Explore and make some friends, add your comments to a discussion or two, read the postings in the various groups-- even start one or two. I have! If you have any questions or concerns about your sailor and what he is going through...ask! I'm sure someone here will have the answer or can point you in the right direction to find out. I'm lucky enough to have two sailors- my son Eric is on the second half of a seven-month cruise on the carrier Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and my daughter Kat recently returned from a seven-month cruise on the carrier Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). And Chris this is a great place to brag about your sailor as well! So join in and let us know how Cole is doing!

As a parent of a sailor currently or soon to be at Great Lakes you'll have many questions about what your son is going through. Thanks to one of our members we have two excellent videos that you can access from the Video area on the NavyDads.com main page: New Bootcamp 1 of 2 and New Bootcamp 2 of 2. These videos will answer many of your questions and concerns and will give you a better understanding of how the United States Navy transforms our children into sailors!

Be sure to spend some time in the Bootcamp group- there are many questions and answers available to help you understand what your sailor is going through. And as PIR draws closer, be sure to spend some time going through the PIR-Tips, Hints and Helps group- we’ve tried to assemble some tips and suggestions to make your sailor's PIR more enjoyable. Best Regards- Paul

When did he arrive! You should get your first letter in week three or four and the first call should be around week four. Their are a lot of factors to when they get the privilege to write and call home. It depends on how they work together as a division. Keep writing daily and maybe start numbering the letters because they let them build up until they reward them with your letters. They have to earn them. My son said it was like Christmas the day he first got our letters. He had a lot of mail to read. Once they earn that right it, they will be able to write every Sunday so you should receive his letters on Wed or Thurs like clock work. So everything sounds normal.

Chris the boot camp group has a wealth of information on graduation (PIR). Join this group. It has links to grad dates, address's, PIR hints, etc. The tough thing about it is you don't find out if he graduates on that date until you receive a phone call from him telling you that he passed battle stations. That could be just days before graduation. You should know by talking to him if he is right on track and will graduate on time. If he is confident that he will graduate on time then I would go ahead and book an airline, room, etc. We stayed in Lincoln shire about a ten minute drive from base. We were happy with it. Also check out PIR - Tips, Hints, and Help there is a lot of info in this group on PIR. Keep me posted on Cole's progress.