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Comment by Arkey on April 18, 2014 at 4:42pm

whoop, whoop for Sharon! Mine passed BS last night! So happy.

Comment by Sharon on April 18, 2014 at 2:19pm

He passed this morning!!!!!

 

Comment by Sharon on April 13, 2014 at 10:35pm

Arkey and everyone, thank you so much for  the info etc. I feel alot better just knowing something, LOL.  He did get a call yesterday and called his girlfriend, she said he seems to be handling everything well and is within 15 seconds now as opposed to a minute two weeks ago. He told her he thinks he should get it this week I sure hope so. Going to give him a hard time for calling his GF instead of me, but am proud of him and his decision to stick with it rather than get discouraged and walk away, for all of the SR's in FIT I gotta say it takes dedication to their choice to serve to not give up, and I have alot of respect for their efforts and their character, not sure about you other Moms, but I know my SR is a character LOL.

Comment by Arkey on April 12, 2014 at 6:47pm

Sharon, if you know if he has under a minute on his run use this address

Ship 4 Div 2347 use Div 2444 if he has over a minute

3600 Ohio Street  Great Lakes, IL 60088-7103

Comment by Arkey on April 12, 2014 at 6:40pm

Sharon, I call a call today. He is in 2347. They did a practice pta, a 20 minute sustain run that's about it. They can write/mail letters everyday and get a phone call every 2 weeks. They sleep from 9 to 6 and they have a real mattress to sleep on instead of hard foam. They  get up eat breakfast the do PT and run every other day. There is some exercise equipment like stationary bikes. They have a PTA every M-W-F. There are not very many SR's in his division

Comment by Sharon on April 12, 2014 at 5:15pm

well, my son got a call today, he apparently used it to call his girlfriend lol. So I still know nothing of the program, ugh. 

Comment by Arkey on April 12, 2014 at 3:57pm

Does anyone know if they can write or call more often in FIT? Or does anybody know what they do on a daily basis? Do they have an RDC or are they on their own most of the time?

Comment by kkjetz on April 10, 2014 at 2:35pm

Sharon, my daughter was in FIT and missed her PIR. It was disappointing for all at first, but for her she just kept plugging away and made it through. The most important thing is to let your son know how proud of him you are and encourage him not to give up. FIT can be a sad place - no one wants to be there and they are close to RCU which is a recovery unit for injured recruits - who REALLY don't want to be there. If your son shows improvement and that he wants to be in the Navy the RDCs will work with him - that's very important - good attitude. He can pass at any time so he shouldn't lose hope. Tell him to run as much as he can whenever he can. He shouldn't wait until someone tells him what to do. After he graduates, if he's on hold at RTC, tell him to keep running. It's amazing how fast they fall back. My daughter is trying to regain her RTC PFA time and then has to improve that by a minute! Write& encourage mom and keep your phone close. Best of luck to him.

Comment by navymom3 on April 9, 2014 at 9:17am

sharon sorry you son is in fit but you will both get through this. It is somtimes harder on the family then the sailor. See about 2 messages down about the mailing address. Has his pir passed already? They normally test 3 times a week. mon, wed, fri. once he passes he may be able to call. Some get to some do not. Not sure why. Then he will have to do battlestations on the next available date. So just keep sending letters of encouragement and write on it now in fit so maybe it will get transfered to fit sooner. Let us know if you have any other questions.

Comment by Sharon on April 8, 2014 at 11:44am

Soooo glad I found this finally, I have been wrecked since last Monday when my son told me he failed his run. It's been over a week and I have searched the internet trying to find anything to at least know about the program and oddly even though I have been a member on here since my oldest went through two years ago, this is the first I looked. Oldest is still in and a Corpsman, he didn't do FIT.  If anyone has a minute could you please give me a quick rundown on how this works, I am just dying for my son this has got to be devastating for him and I don't even know where to send a letter for encouragement, I wrote to Public Affairs Office and they decided not to answer. Thanks in advance

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