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Comment by Jenni1453 on February 18, 2016 at 6:01pm

*in person meaning on the phone lol.

Comment by Jenni1453 on February 18, 2016 at 6:00pm

Congrats on upcoming PIR. Your recruit will be able to call you again after he completes Battle Stations and you can talk about it in person. If he's telling you that you're on the list, I would trust that and not worry about anything else. Just tell his mother that your recruit told you he listed you as one person, and that's all you know. If there is an extra person, they can watch PIR from the chapel on base, or from the hotel livestream. You will all be able to see him after graduation, so I hope that helps a little. Sorry for the tough situation. My husband left 1/6/15 and had PIR 2/27/15. Neat. :)

Comment by kerbear2709 on February 18, 2016 at 5:58pm

@ChiTownNavyGF whoever's name he puts on the list is who gets to be admitted. It doesn't matter what his mom is saying, not to sound harsh. There are no extra tickets, or tickets in general. Just a name list. They do not give tickets. His mom will receive a letter with the list of 3-4 names, and those are the ones that are admitted. Now, he may be able to ask a fellow recruit to list an extra person on their guest list if they are not using all of their guest passes, but that is it. Only the names on the list will be admitted. 
As for the parking pass, that information is provided in the pir letter that has the names and date.

I would ask your SR who he has listed on the letter. If your name is there, then you are good to go. No one can change that list but him. 

It is very stressful when it comes to family/gf/wives/kids/siblings. I would try not to bring too much of it into your SR's letters as he is under enough pressure and stress with things. I would maybe just ask him who all did he list as his guests and then go from there. 

It will all work out. Good luck.

Comment by Bronco14 on February 18, 2016 at 5:58pm

Oh man, sorry that you're going thru that misunderstanding ChiTown. Yeah he definitely won't be able to have an "extra ticket". I almost had this situation happen to me when my sailor graduated, as I thought he would only have 3 tickets for guests. Our immediate thought was for me to go over his sister. Luckily he ended up having 4 tickets and the problem was avoided. Ultimately it is up to your sailor and what he writes on that letter. Which I am assuming will be sent to his mom? If his graduation is so soon, then you guys should already have the form letter and names of the guests he chose to attend.

Comment by NavyGF365 on February 18, 2016 at 5:34pm

Hi everyone! I'm new to this group. My recruit left on the 6th of January and his PIR is on 2/26. I am in desperate need of some advice. For his PIR I know he gets 4 tickets and he is the only person who can put names on the access list. Well in his letters and phone calls he tells me that I will be on the access list, but when I speak with is mom it sounds like the 4 tickets will be for her, his dad, brother and sister. I've written him and asked him to clarify who's going to be on the list and he said that I would be and he would clarify this with his mom; but I spoke to his mom earlier about printing the gate pass and she asked me if he got an "extra ticket" for me. I'm just really confused and don't know how to handle this situation. I've known about this misunderstanding for about 3 weeks, but I was trying to give him time to clear things up with his mom. I've taken off work and even gotten a hotel room; which I can only cancel before the 24th. Any advice on what I should do?

Comment by Allison on February 18, 2016 at 5:19pm

How long it will take to get phone calls and letters, and how often you'll get them, actually depends on the division he's in, how long it takes them to get processed, and the division's performance. My fiancé's division got processed very quickly, and I got a phone call from him the very first Sunday. His recruiter had told us it would be 2-3 weeks, so I actually missed it because I wasn't expecting it, had my ringer off, and was at the store. This was not his call to tell me he had arrived, or an I need extra documents call, he left me a cute voicemail and explained they would get phone calls regularly as long as they stayed focused and out of trouble. Always have your phone ringer on loud! The calling card charges them for connecting, and if he doesn't have a lot of time, he may not be able to try again because it can take a few minutes to connect. I got a call every Sunday excluding one when my fiancé's division was not on the roster, but when they performed well on an inspection the following week, I got an extra phone call on a Thursday. 

For letters, it was the same, since the division was processed quickly and able to go to the NEX (the Navy Exchange), my fiancé was able to pick up letter writing materials and started sending mail the first Sunday. They can usually only send mail out once a week, on Sunday during holiday routine, but as long as they follow directions, they will have a mail call every day to receive letters from you/his family when they arrive. It will take a little bit longer for the letters to arrive to your sailor personally because they have to be sorted. It will make it more difficult if you decided to send it before he has a ship and division number. They're not all staying in the same place. Ships 2-4 have the same address, but 5-17 are all different. He will eventually get the letters, but for those of you wondering, definitely save the letters until you have the actual address he sends you. You can save a little money on stamps by sending your first batch when you get his address as a parcel. He will have to open it in front of the captain, but as long as it's just letters/small photos, they'll understand. 

Some divisions don't get holiday routine right away because it takes longer to fill their division or get processed, so they have too much to do. Those doing SEALs training will not get to communicate as often for security reasons. He may not get to call because he's on watch for a portion of holiday routine. It's important for your recruit to be efficient because they will have a lot of other tasks they have to finish on their own time during holiday routine before they can make phone calls with their division or go send their mail out. Finally, some recruits have a harder time to adjusting to being part of the Navy team, and unfortunately, one recruit can ruin it for the entire division. Somebody in my fiancé's division threw out an article of clothing he'd been issued, which is not allowed, and they had to do ITE until someone owned up to it, but the RDCs wouldn't believe they weren't just claiming they did it to make ITE stop. We're still not sure exactly who did it. Once, he had to stand with his division in that -15 GL weather because a recruit forgot his hat, and my sailor was kind of mad because obviously everyone else had hats on, what was this kid thinking, and I asked him how did everyone get outside without realizing their shipmate didn't have his hat on! Always encourage your recruit to work with those guys if/when he expresses frustration. If he wants to cal you more often, he needs to work to make sure the entire division is getting their stuff done and right.

Comment by akb115 on February 18, 2016 at 11:50am

Okay good! I'm so ready to send his letters off, i can't imagine how he's feeling! There's gonna be so much more relief when I can send them off and I know he has something from me or his family. I also went and printed pictures this morning! Yayyy!

Comment by NavyFiance0526 on February 18, 2016 at 11:37am

My form letter came in day 8 and personal letter came in week 3

Comment by akb115 on February 18, 2016 at 11:35am

when did you guys receive the form letter, and the first personal letter?

Comment by cait on February 17, 2016 at 11:22pm

Tayler, it might take a while for them to get there but I believe they do eventually. If they don't receive it I'm sure it would be sent back to you.

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