Ship 13, Div 133, PIR 4/4/2014

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Permalink Reply by Ken Roberts on February 18, 2014 at 8:54pm

My son is in Div 134 and we received his form letter today as well.

Ship 13 (USS Marvin Shields) Division 133 and 134 (Brother Divisions)

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Permalink Reply by Steve on February 22, 2014 at 8:52pm

Received phone call today!! Was very happy to hear from my son. Have a few concerns after talking but I'm sure he'll be fine.

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Permalink Reply by Ken Roberts on February 26, 2014 at 12:50am

We got a phone call as well this past weekend.  My son was in good spirits and all was going as expected.

We just went through this whole ordeal earlier this year.  My daughter did PIR on the 17th of Jan.

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Permalink Reply by Steve on February 27, 2014 at 9:56pm

Got the first letter from our son today. He sounded great in his letter. A lot of maturing has already happened. Proud of him!

Sounds like we need to book a hotel with a hot tub...lol. He also wants to go eat in Chicago. Anybody have suggestions that worked well?

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Permalink Reply by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on February 27, 2014 at 10:01pm

suggest you consider the Metra train into the city...be aware he has to stay within a 50-mile radius from the base and will have to return to base in the evening.   He will have details at PIR.

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Permalink Reply by Ken Roberts on March 1, 2014 at 1:19pm

Sarge will also have a get together the night before PIR and go over the best way to handle things.  We attended the one for my daughter and it was a big help.  If you search for "Sarge" you should find the page to RSVP on.

There were around 70 or so people that attended the one we went to.

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Permalink Reply by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on March 1, 2014 at 1:22pm

check the lower right area of any NavyDads page and you'll see Sarge's events listed

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Permalink Reply by Ken Roberts on March 24, 2014 at 3:16pm

Curious if you have heard from your son since the letter in late February.  We have only received one letter and one call.  

I am chalking it up to his Mom being more homesick for him than he is.  

By this time for my daughter, we had gotten 6-8 letters and a handful of calls.  Could be due to her being at bootcamp through the holidays, though.

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Permalink Reply by Steve on March 24, 2014 at 7:41pm

We usually get 1 or 2 letters a week. He's staying positive, working through 1 day at a time, and staying focused on getting through BC. Sounds like they may be having a few challenges.

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Permalink Reply by Ken Roberts on April 1, 2014 at 11:43pm

We are flying out tomorrow and sure hope we get the "I'm a Sailor" call.  We got it the Wed before graduation from my daughter too.  

Best of luck to you and hope you make it to Sarge's.  It is worth the time.

We will be the people from Avondale, AZ.

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Permalink Reply by Steve on April 2, 2014 at 6:05pm

We got the "I'm a Sailor" call earlier today. Flying out tomorrow and planning to attend Sarge's meet-n-greet tomorrow night.

It's been fun keeping up with everyone and what's going on at BC in real time mode using the FB group and this website. Looking forward to meeting everyone.

I'm very proud of my son and all of the new Sailors in Friday's PIR!!

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Permalink Reply by Ken Roberts on April 3, 2014 at 4:23pm

Got our call yesterday afternoon. Sigh of relief now. In town, just waiting for PIR tomorrow.

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