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Permalink Reply by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on March 29, 2012 at 1:11pm

were the others in an 800 division?  if not, then your sons division had to wait until there were enough recruits to fill the division.....

Permalink Reply by dad on March 29, 2012 at 1:41pm

yes, one that arrived on the same day and another that arrived the following day. Unless.... ok this may be the answer, as he started his DEP he went to a pvt Dr, when he got to MEPS the mil Dr dropped him for lack of his pvt Dr signature for the visit/clearance. He had to re DEP,  but because of his past DEP, new ASVAB score and PST scores he was given the first open slot they could swing. Thus 813, where the other Div's were already assigned. Morale of this story, if you know someone who is in DEP and sees a pvt Dr. be sure to get a very well written Dr note that states they are completely fit for duty. Give a copy to the recruiter and take a copy to MEPS.   Good luck to all our recruits and their families. 

Mission First ................... and  Fast Boats

Permalink Reply by Mark on March 29, 2012 at 3:11pm

My son actually arrivied on the night of 3/20 which is when I got my call and he ended up in Ship 04 Div 812. His PIR of 5/11 is a week earlier than I thought it would be. Sounds like we just filled the Div 812 out and they started 813 the next day. It is a little confusing.

Permalink Reply by jde on March 30, 2012 at 7:33am

Hi dad,

I got my form letter last night, too.  My son is Ship 4 Div 813 as well and the PIR date is 5/18.  I'm thrilled to finally have an address and date, but I am curious too how these are assigned.  If anyone can enlighten me I'd love to know more!  Like, how many in a ship? division?  Do the assignments have any significance or just in order of arrival etc?

Permalink Reply by dad on March 30, 2012 at 10:48am

I have been reminded by a coworker, assignments to ship and division probably fall into that SNS category... Secret Navy ummmmm Stuff..    

Permalink Reply by PapaUrsa on March 31, 2012 at 2:57pm

Got our letter yesterday.  Son shipped 3/22. He is in Ship 04 Div 813 as well.  I've started a thread on the Bootcamp board to connect the families.

It appears that they will be trying to get several BUD/S classes up and going with the number of 800 divisions at the RTC.

Permalink Reply by rog on April 1, 2012 at 9:04am

It is pretty weird sometimes. My son got there on the 20th and is in 812. It will be interesting to see how BUD/S gets distributed....

Permalink Reply by PapaUrsa on April 2, 2012 at 7:22am

I think it will all depend on how much of their conditioning they are able to maintain and carry into pre-BUD/S.  Looks like there will be around 264 (3 x 88) Sailors entering into the pre-BUD/S pipe in May.  They should be able to get two good BUD/S class out of them in June and July.  I'm sure both will have a mix from Divisions 811, 812, and 813. 

Permalink Reply by John B on April 29, 2013 at 8:51am

Hi jde

 

My #4 son is also in Ship04 Div813.  This is my 2nd son to go throught this.  My #3 son has been on the teams for a couple of years now.  As far as letting people know what your son it trying to accomplish, in my experience is isn't a big deal.  There is a t-shirt store in Coranado that has all the names of each class graduate.  I know this because they checked the list before they would sell me the class hell week t-shirt.

The main reason you may not want to discuss this is the failure rate.  If for any reason our sons don't make it, then there is less explaining to do. 

BTW - I think they are crazy.  When your son gets to BUD/S you will too.

Good Luck!