Ship date of April 8th approaching!

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Permalink Reply by Doug Crawford on March 26, 2013 at 10:03am

Grats on your son shipping out soon , Our Daughter Connor Shipped last week and just finished her first week, she is also Rescue Swimmer , Its shocking how fast the time goes from when you get the ship date to its arrival. Its tough the first few days but I found that the info i get from this site as well as videos from you tube has helped alot. I think its the not knowing exactly what they are doing thats hard, at least it was and is for me. so staying informed by this site and from others who have gone thru or are going thru this is a great help. Good luck to u and your soon and God Bless!

 

Permalink Reply by Les Lippert on April 10, 2013 at 2:16pm

My son is also down at Great Lakes beginning April 8th, and is contracted for Rescue Swimmer training. I just joined this site today, and will have to do some catching up. I appreciate what I've seen so far. I'd look forward to linking up with any other families at the PIR end of May.

Permalink Reply by Danny Maxwell on April 11, 2013 at 12:34pm

Welcome to the site, lots of useful information, any questions just ask

DM

Permalink Reply by Sean Brown on April 14, 2013 at 12:52am

Thanks guys,we got the letter and box. Pat is ship 4, div 811. PIR on May 29th. Hope to see you at the graduation.

Permalink Reply by Les Lippert on April 14, 2013 at 6:42am

Sean,

My son, also Pat, is in Ship 4, Div 811, and we got his box and the letter this week, too. His PIR date on the letter is 31 May, Friday. Are you sure his letter listed the 29th? The Friday date is listed as the official date and I don't want to miss it if its the 29th and don't want you to have a longer wait than necessary... I'm assuming its the 31st and our sons are in the same group, so will see you at PIR. I'm sure our sons will know each other well by then.

Best wishes while you wait for the day.

Les Lippert

Permalink Reply by Sean Brown on April 14, 2013 at 10:47am

Sorry Les, I messed that up. It is the 31st, I was thinking about the time off work I need to get while I was typing! Thats funny, 2 Pats in the same ship, div, and rate. Sounds like I will see you in May!

Permalink Reply by Les Lippert on April 14, 2013 at 10:52am

Sending mine a card tomorrow and I'll ask him to seek out your son so the boys can introduce us in May. I'll be the one beaming with pride...oh, wait, that may not be specific enough.