Anyone have a PIR date of Feb 8?

Noooo, but i have 7 dayssss tilli gooo!! so exciting!

lol Feb 9th...of last year:) prepare to be freezing!

Lucky u. Don't forget to make plans on how you 2 are gonna hook up. It's a big place. ;)

Lucky u. Don't forget to make plans on how you 2 are gonna hook up. It's a big place. ;)

hahah what?!?!

I absolutely HATE the cold. I'm know i'll warm up when i get into the arms of my man though heehee ;)

lol well first of all you dont even get to hold hands when your out in public or on base well you can link arms but thats it :S and second of all i literally thought my face was going to freeze off everytime i walked out of a building:S

From what I understand it's better to have a game plan first. Like are you going to go to him or is he going to go to you. I told my man to goto back wall across from bleachers and wait for me. I dunno I haven't done it yet, but I research like a mutha f-er and that was some girls advise.

youll be sitting in front of their division so you dont have to search too much...and the bleachers and back wall span the whole building!

From what I understand it's better to have a game plan first. Like are you going to go to him or is he going to go to you. I told my man to goto back wall across from bleachers and wait for me. I dunno I haven't done it yet, but I research like a mutha f-er and that was some girls advise.

Hahhahah. I dunno. I'm going with three other guys, so i'm thinking. i'll ditch them, get to nick first, and lay one on him. i need my new years kiss. BADDDDLY. He's supposed to get another phone call, but it hasn't happened yet..and i haven't talked to him about me coming yet. :( so hopefully he calls, so i can "give him the plan"

can you really not hold hands? Screw that. I'm doing it ANYWAYSS.

Well all i gotta say is, we will both be HOT when we get the chance heehee; that thought oughta help me out a little. :blush

Hahhahah. I dunno. I'm going with three other guys, so i'm thinking. i'll ditch them, get to nick first, and lay one on him. i need my new years kiss. BADDDDLY. He's supposed to get another phone call, but it hasn't happened yet..and i haven't talked to him about me coming yet. :( so hopefully he calls, so i can "give him the plan"

can you really not hold hands? Screw that. I'm doing it ANYWAYSS.

he will get in HUGE trouble and could loose his liberty i wouldnt do it

he will get in HUGE trouble and could loose his liberty i wouldnt do it

can you touch them?

yeah, get him alone and well...... heeheehee
that restraint (NO PDA) definately SUCKS the big one, but you don't wanna mess anything up for Him/you.

basically you can run up and give him a hug then until your somewhere else such as your hotel room you can he cant be seen in public with any PDA except locking arms it sucked SO bad:S

Hug when you see him.

yeah, get him alone and well...... heeheehee
that restraint (NO PDA) definately SUCKS the big one, but you don't wanna mess anything up for Him/you.

WHAT i had no idea of this rule. You can even kiss them when you run up to them? Oh god. im going to dieee

yup he cant kiss you when you first see him either:( my exdb was so anal he would hold my hand in the car but that was about it until we were really far away from the base

WHAT i had no idea of this rule. You can even kiss them when you run up to them? Oh god. im going to dieee


it definately sucks but it makes when you get alone time all the better:)

hey this was fun guys, but i gotogo. :sigh the thread turned into quick ass instant messaging! :D

yup he cant kiss you when you first see him either:( my exdb was so anal he would hold my hand in the car but that was about it until we were really far away from the base

that's so depressing. Now i'm going to have to think of creative ways i can, because i'll be with all his guy friends.

at grad they give some leway, but no full on lip locking or jumping on him. They are very strict on the hand holding. He can get in trouble If he is in uniform and in public ( even away from the base) you want to just have him escort you around ie arm in arm. What you do in private is cool obviously, but public you have to follow the rules or HE gets in trouble.

at grad they give some leway, but no full on lip locking or jumping on him. They are very strict on the hand holding. He can get in trouble If he is in uniform and in public ( even away from the base) you want to just have him escort you around ie arm in arm. What you do in private is cool obviously, but public you have to follow the rules or HE gets in trouble.


you put it way better then i did:) we were so afraid he would get in trouble i dont know what i would have done had he lost his liberty:S

Is this when ever they are in uniform they aren't aloud to have pda? I'm really bummed about this. Its depressing to think that you can't even like profess your love for them. Ugh.

yup whenever there in uniform and in any public situation whatsoever and they have to stay in there uniform the whole time

here are some rules for the recruits

http://www.nstc.navy.mil/rtcgl/recruits/rules.html
Rules for Recruits on Liberty
LIBERTY INFORMATION

Liberty is ‘time off’ from the daily routine. Graduating Sailors
will be granted liberty to go off-base during the day with their families. Graduating Sailors may not smoke, drive, or consume alcoholic beverages while on liberty.
Graduating Sailors must stay within a 50-mile radius of RTC.
Graduating Sailors must remain in their complete uniform while on liberty. If they are engaging in physical activity or swimming, they must be in authorized PT gear.
Liberty expires at 2100 in the Sailor's berthing compartment, on Friday and Saturday evenings, and 2000 on Sunday evening.
No overnight liberty is authorized.
Families my pick-up and drop-off graduating Sailors for liberty from the designated site at MCPON Hall. Due to security checks and transit time, please allow ample time for graduating Sailors to walk back to their assigned ship prior to the end of liberty.
Graduating Sailors departing RTC for follow-on training the same day as graduation or in a duty status will be granted limited on-base liberty.
Graduating Sailors receive an in-depth liberty briefing prior to their graduation day.

Hahhahah. I dunno. I'm going with three other guys, so i'm thinking. i'll ditch them, get to nick first, and lay one on him. i need my new years kiss. BADDDDLY. He's supposed to get another phone call, but it hasn't happened yet..and i haven't talked to him about me coming yet. :( so hopefully he calls, so i can "give him the plan"

can you really not hold hands? Screw that. I'm doing it ANYWAYSS.

when my hubby graduated from bootcamp he was told no kissing and that he coudlt hold my hand just link arms. which he said that a smooch on the cheek was all that we could recieve even though other guys in different divisions were getting kisses the guys in his wasnt i thought that was big bull but oh well.

Congrats on the graduation....i wish ya'll the best

Wow, what am i getting myself into.

where are you staying?

it will be ok i promise! youll work around it:)

Wow, what am i getting myself into.
this does go for even after graduation. While in uniform they must conduct themselves in a manner that benefits that uniform. Kwim? For instance with my dh I can really only kiss him on the cheek goodbye if he is in front of other military people, and we can't hold hands. In private it's a free for all. its just in public you have to act accordingly. He is a United States Sailor after all. And that is a huge thing.

Rosebud, Thank you for posting that.

I know it sucks ladies. But tis the rules. I do want to give full warning that he can get into trouble. My hubby is one of the RDCs here and has went to the point of stopping his car and getting out when he sees a recruit on liberty doing something he/she shouldn't. Not all people up here will go to that extent but some will. Also, the Navy is everywhere up here. They aren't always in uniform so just be careful. It would suck for him to get in trouble after all his hard work these past couple months.

I do hope you ladies have though. Congrats on your upcoming graduations!!!!! :)

Rosebud, Thank you for posting that.

I know it sucks ladies. But tis the rules. I do want to give full warning that he can get into trouble. My hubby is one of the RDCs here and has went to the point of stopping his car and getting out when he sees a recruit on liberty doing something he/she shouldn't. Not all people up here will go to that extent but some will. Also, the Navy is everywhere up here. They aren't always in uniform so just be careful. It would suck for him to get in trouble after all his hard work these past couple months.

I do hope you ladies have though. Congrats on your upcoming graduations!!!!! :)

no problem. glad to help. and yes some navy is EVERYWHERE up there. :yes

Rosebud, Thank you for posting that.

I know it sucks ladies. But tis the rules. I do want to give full warning that he can get into trouble. My hubby is one of the RDCs here and has went to the point of stopping his car and getting out when he sees a recruit on liberty doing something he/she shouldn't. Not all people up here will go to that extent but some will. Also, the Navy is everywhere up here. They aren't always in uniform so just be careful. It would suck for him to get in trouble after all his hard work these past couple months.

I do hope you ladies have though. Congrats on your upcoming graduations!!!!! :)


definately! exdb was so paranoid and now i know why a bunch of guys go there liberty taken away and he was so concerned about it im glad we followed the rules even though it was killing me at the time

Yeah i wouldn't want to ruin liberity for him and stuff, i'm just struggling with this. I want it to be like normal and slowly realizing that's never possible again. and i don't care if he is a US sailor, he shouldn't be denied human rights to want to feel loved and have affection. IF anything he should be given it more, for what he is doing.

Rosebud, Thank you for posting that.

I know it sucks ladies. But tis the rules. I do want to give full warning that he can get into trouble. My hubby is one of the RDCs here and has went to the point of stopping his car and getting out when he sees a recruit on liberty doing something he/she shouldn't. Not all people up here will go to that extent but some will. Also, the Navy is everywhere up here. They aren't always in uniform so just be careful. It would suck for him to get in trouble after all his hard work these past couple months.

I do hope you ladies have though. Congrats on your upcoming graduations!!!!! :)
off subject but my hubby was thinking about being an rdc what is it like?

yes the rules sux but its the way it is... and its not that bad its only for a couple of days and then after that when he goes to school things change... like the holding hands and kissing in public well haha my hubby still goes by the kissing rule and he is already at his boat but holding my hand any chance he gets haha....

Yeah i wouldn't want to ruin liberity for him and stuff, i'm just struggling with this. I want it to be like normal and slowly realizing that's never possible again. and i don't care if he is a US sailor, he shouldn't be denied human rights to want to feel loved and have affection. IF anything he should be given it more, for what he is doing.

they aren't denied it, they aren't told no kissing hugging period. While in uniform they are held to a certain standard. That rule is mainly enforced while at school, boot, when they are just in the Navy. I have seen couples in uniform holding hands and it's not like anyone screams at them to stop ( this is in the fleet after they are at a squadron) the point is to let them know that they AREN'T like a normal person anymore. That they are supposed to be the an example. No one is saying you can't still love on your man, just not in public the way it used to be.

off subject but my hubby was thinking about being an rdc what is it like?

yes the rules sux but its the way it is... and its not that bad its only for a couple of days and then after that when he goes to school things change... like the holding hands and kissing in public well haha my hubby still goes by the kissing rule and he is already at his boat but holding my hand any chance he gets haha....

Well, the hours are long. A normal day for him is being out of the house by 5 a.m. and not getting home til 10:30 p.m. Some days are longer and some are shorter. I usually get 15-20 minutes a day to tell him what has been going on with the kids and other stuff. Our youngest gets to see him pretty much everyday since he is usually still up when he gest home (he is 7 months) but our older 2 go days without seeing him. Today is the first day that the older 2 saw him since Monday. I guess they can take leave during a push now (his chief just got back yesterday from a 10 day leave) but I personally think that should be a big no unless it is due to a birth or an emergency. Oh, well. They could care less what I think, lol. John picked this division up Nov. 27-30 and they graduate Jan. 25 so it hasn't been that long. He did one that was like 10 weeks long cause it took them forever to pick up all their recruits. He has done all male divisions (he says they are easier) and he has done male and female together (integrated). The ones with females have to have at least 1 female RDC. It is hard for me to say exactly what they are allowed to do anymore cause they just came out with a new redbook when he picked this division up and at that time he had just come off a 6 month hold job the day before he started to pick this division up. Oh, they do go on hold at a certain point. The amount of time depends on what hold job he gets or takes. They are supposed to be able to choose but my hubby was told he was going to weapons simulator. When we got here we were told he will do 10 pushes but now we've rumor that he may only have to 8 (this one is his 5th). We'll see. Oh, and apparently they don't have to stay with them during Battlestations now. Before he took leave one of the RDCs stayed overnight with them and then got the next day off. The other RDCs didn't have to be at work til 8 a.m. the day after Battlestations. But I guess they finished the new Battlestations building so they don't have to stay anymore. The school was challenging. He got injured in the middle and we were worried for a bit that he wouldn't graduate. He did, a few weeks behind his original class. His origainal class lost a few people. They failed too many tests so they lost the chance to be an RDC. We extra pay for these orders, $375, and he gets BAS. From what he has told they can opt to not get the BAS and then they can eat all their meals on base. He chose to get the money so if he decides to eat on base he has to pay. He is an E-6, we have 3 kids, and we qualify for WIC up here. If you want to know anything else just let me know. Oh, these orders are very trying (for the whole family) but my hubby loves what he does and takes a lot of pride in helping to shape good sailors. He would definetly pick these orders again if he had to do it over again.

they aren't denied it, they aren't told no kissing hugging period. While in uniform they are held to a certain standard. That rule is mainly enforced while at school, boot, when they are just in the Navy. I have seen couples in uniform holding hands and it's not like anyone screams at them to stop ( this is in the fleet after they are at a squadron) the point is to let them know that they AREN'T like a normal person anymore. That they are supposed to be the an example. No one is saying you can't still love on your man, just not in public the way it used to be.


exactly and trust me you will be so overwhelmed with pride that all the downsides will just dissapear i can remember honestly as soon as they came through the door it hit me how truly proud of him i was and am it was amazing:)

I'm getting what you're saying... you're situation specifically is weird. you guys are supposed to be broken up but if the first chance you saw him, after all those lonely nights, and if you were able to give him a kiss - maybe things could go perfectly from there.

I hope you get that chance to pull him aside at some point. Tell his friends to walk away at some point when you're off base, get a coffee or some all go to the bathroom haha.. something. MAKE THEM SYMPATHIZE.

I can't wait to hear what happens.

Hahhahah. I dunno. I'm going with three other guys, so i'm thinking. i'll ditch them, get to nick first, and lay one on him. i need my new years kiss. BADDDDLY. He's supposed to get another phone call, but it hasn't happened yet..and i haven't talked to him about me coming yet. :( so hopefully he calls, so i can "give him the plan"

can you really not hold hands? Screw that. I'm doing it ANYWAYSS.

Yah- he will get his ass reamed if you guys hold hands. When you first see him, you can give him a hug and a kiss, but then you have to wait until you're alone and off base. And be sure that when you're walking, if you hook arms, you're on his left side so that he can salute with his right when an officer walks by. And be prepared for them to not want to be real physically aggressive because they're going to be scared that someone will catch them. I didn't know about the whole no pda or holding hands and so when I tried, he just pulled away and I felt bad, but it was because no one had explained it to me.

:threadjacked-good to know about PDA though- If anyone should respond with same PIR date, please just pm me.

My husband is one to enforce PDA. He even tell me "No PDA, shipmate", if tell him to give me a goodbye kiss or if i try to get close to him. He wasn't like that until he's a staff here in Great Lakes and he teaches indoc and he tells the students about all the rules. He plays it safe and by the book. He also is not one to stop anyone from holding hands if he's not in uniform. My husband does not give me a kiss or hold my hands if he's in uniform or not when we're in public. To me its weird, but he's just watching his back. Your DB will get his liberty and priviliges taken from him if he does not follow the rules. You'll get your chance when you guys are alone to do whatever your heart desire. but while he's in uniform and in public try to reframe yourself from anything that might get him in trouble.

When i went to Dh graduation there was a class that was held for girlfriends/fiances/spouses to attend to tell you the rules. I am not sure if their still doing that. I was shock at first, but got over it quick. As far as finding him, it wouldn't be difficult. He'll probably spot you on the bleachers and everything will all work out.

Goodluck