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Comment by George on April 16, 2012 at 12:38pm

Thank you Navy for Dads! My son's PIR was on Friday, April 13, 2012. The information has been outstanding. To those of you with the road ahead it really does get easier, hang in there it really does get easier.

Comment by Bob on April 12, 2012 at 10:20am

Thanks for all the feedback. I was in boot camp 30 years ago and remember well the lucky few that were made examples of LOL. So I wasnt sure if pictures were a good idea or not. Inserting them into the text of a letter is a great idea. Just something to make my son smile :). "A picture is worth a thousand words", right?

Thanks again

Comment by Chris H. on April 12, 2012 at 7:50am

Yes, we also printed pictures (new ones, showing things our daughter had not seen yet) within the typed letter (using Word).  If you send separately, the recruits sometimes have to do a show-and-tell, pass the pictures around, etc.  It is like sending a box of cookies, they may only have crumbs left when they return.  In a printed letter, there won't be any questions or "examples" made of the recruit.

Comment by Ron Bowen on April 12, 2012 at 7:43am

Bob, from I what have heard, and what I did, I embedded the photos right into my letter on word.  Then I printed them out with the letter and sent it that way.  I heard that if you send actual Photos, sometime's the RDC's will "share" them with the division.  LOL

I thought of sending some real good pics of him as a child, but I am too nice to do that I guess...LOL

He said that he did enjoy getting the pics and he did share them with his division, and they didn't believe it was him...LOL 

I hope some of this helps....Have a great day....

Comment by John Holder on April 12, 2012 at 7:14am

Bob, from what I've seen on here, they can have a few small photos.

Comment by Bob on April 12, 2012 at 7:01am

Does anyone know, can the recruits receive a few photo's while in bootcamp?

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on April 9, 2012 at 8:33pm

Congratulations to this week's Captain's Cup winners! Taking top honors for the integrated divisions was Div. 117, and taking top honors for the non-integrated divisions was Div. 119.

Comment by Paul S. on April 9, 2012 at 7:58pm

Check out my updated profile picture. When I returned from my son's PIR on 4/6/12. I brought a Navy Flag to display in my yard. My son's dog now continues to sleep next to the flag. She has never slept in this spot before. This is werid. It's amazing how dogs know and sense certain things. I just had to share this. Thanks. Go Navy!

Comment by Paul S. on April 8, 2012 at 10:59am

Thank you Navy Dads! I just got back from Great Lakes. PIR of 4/6/12, was awesome and I am so proud of the U.S. Navy and my son. Many thanks to this web site and also to Sarge who was immensly helpful for his taxi services and his Meet and Greet. Hooyah!!! To all the other parents who have recruits at Great Lakes or are ready to leave. WRITE EVERYDAY to your recruit, it's so important to them. Boot Camp is no picnic for them and they NEED your support to get them through.

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on April 6, 2012 at 4:57pm

Honor Recruits and Award Winners

Pass-In-Review
April 06, 2012
Divisions 109-114 and 921

Each Honor Graduate and Award Winner will receive a commemorative token from the commanding officer in recognition of their superlative achievements during recruit training. The Honor Graduates for this week’s recruit review graduation are as follows:

SR Banks Gray, Division 109, Richmond, Virginia
SR Jeremy Wilkey, Division 110, Shawnee, Oklahoma
SR Seth Haltom, Division 111, Alva, Oklahoma
SR Tye Delacruz, Division 112, Panorama City, California
SR Kiernan French, Division 113, Lexington, Kentucky
SR Suzanne Shores, Division 114, Pensacola, Florida
SR James Greene, Division 921, Grand Rapids, Michigan

The award recipients for this week's recruit review graduation is as follows:

NAVY CLUB OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY EXCELLENCE AWARD
SR Andrew Vanderpoel, Division 110, Los Banos, California

NAVY LEAGUE AWARD
SR Bobbie Fort, Division 113, Hartford, Connecticut

MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA AWARD
SR Cory Buenavista, Division 112, Richmond, California

THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE WORLD WARS AWARD OF MERIT
SR Rachel Sidney, Division 114, Conway, Arkansas

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD
SR Koessler Dickinson, Division 111, Othello, Washington

UNITED SERVICES ORGANIZATION SHIPMATE AWARD
SR Berge Terzian, Division 109, Tucker, Georgia

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