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My son is scheduled to graduate on 9/1  we don't do much traveling but no way in the world I would miss this. I have no clue where to start on booking a flight whats the best way to buy my tickets? And any suggestions on hotels close to the base. Also what's there to do in Chicago that's fun & reasonable? Thanks!

Greetings, all! I'm a long-time lurker, but this is my first blog posting. My husband just left to go to RTC this week and we are both really excited to embark on this new Navy adventure together. I am definitely missing him, but trying to stay on the sunny side of life. I keep reminding myself that this is a marathon that just started, not a sprint. It gets better... right? :)

Last night was Aaron's pre-boot camp bash. We had a great time. He had tons of friends and family come to wish him well. There was food, music, and good times. I left a pad of paper and pens out for guests to write him notes. During boot camp, I will mail one note each day, along with my hundreds. I think he will get a kick out of reading them.

I'm feeling really melancholy today. Two of Aaron's really good friends spent the night last night. Before they left this morning, I…

 I was told that it was ok to copy this here to navyformoms. This is awesome…

Thank you, Navy Seals and all other Navy and military personnel!  ♥

Thank you so much for all the Help and guidance that which you Ladies helped me with.. Here at Navy For Moms.Com You were wonderful.. I Got a Room at the Navy Lodge they were Magnanamous.. Very kind and caring and informative.. Each and everyone did their best to help with anything they could.. I am also thankful to the Nex Corner Store which if you stay at the Navy Lodge you get a card from the Navy Lodge which allows you to make purchases at the corner Nex. That was great cus we were…

Prayers for all affected by the massive earthquake in Japan today and the oncoming tsunamis. 

Sending special prayers for our Navy personnel and their families in Japan and Hawaii.

Yesterday was the beginning of this huge journey for my daughter. We went in and signed the parental consent form. Now, she will go to MEPS next week. This is such an exciting time for her. I do keep asking her everyday, "are you sure this is what you want to do?" and "have you changed your mind yet?". But I know that her answers will "yes" and "no". Especially since she is passing up a dream of hers to go to the college she has wanted to and planned to go to for 4 years for nursing. And…

I attended my son's PIR this past Friday and wanted to share my experience:

First may I say that I have found the ultimate car service from this site. His name is John Spadaro but he goes by the name Sarge. He picked us up at the O'Hare airport and only charged $48 to the Ramada Inn (I hear the going rate is close to 100 bucks). He drove us around all weekend and even drove us to PIR for free. He also introduced us to the best places to eat at a reasonable price. What…

Here is a discussion with lots of useful information on PIR.

http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/pir-debriefing

I have summarized information on where to stay:

From Andie3 on December 14, 2010

We stayed at the Country Inn and…

I'm of course very new to all of this, but I would like to say that I am getting so much good information from everyones blogs.  I do have some questions though.  My first one is, what does PIR stand for.  Like I said, I'm new.  I'm doing better each day emotionally, but I still have my moments.  My son left on Monday, Dec. 13th and I'm starting to get anxious for the form letter, the date of graduation, etc.  I thought that yesterday was going to be the worst.  It was his 19th birthday. …