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ALUMNI OF PIR 01/11/2013 TG 9 - 7 Divisions (053-058 and 909)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 1/11/2013.

A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.

Your current Group "veteran members" are:

diannep

LaLa Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons

ellen0502

♥FireTeamLeaderWife♥ aka FTLW

Betsy, son on Stennis carrier

Craig

Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 62
Latest Activity: Apr 11, 2013

WELCOME to PIR 01/11/2013! PLEASE See the PAGES section for Informational Posts about BC and PIR. PAGES is underneath the Members Photos. PLEASE scroll down this page here to find the Comment Box to post a reply to the PIR GROUP.

CLICK MEforN4M's Community GuidelinesandOPSEC.

~OPSEC OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmost importance.

~N4M’s also has Community Guidelines just like any other social media.

~Please take the time to read the OPSEC and N4M’s Community Guidelines.

~A quick note here, from the N4M’s CG’s:

• Don’t Jeopardize the Safety of Our Sailors: Remember OPSEC (Operational Security) (Don’t Sink Ships With Loose Lips) This site and all content posted on it are viewable to everyone on the Internet. This doesn’t mean you can’t share things about your Sailor – but too many details can put Sailors in harm’s way. The following are examples of red flags and should not be shared within this community either by posting or sending via a Group message:

• Sailors’ last names. This includes your username if you share the same last name as your son or daughter.

Some Suggestions:

~If your last name is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended for you to use in your username for your own personal security. This is your option. It is also not a good idea to use an email address as your username for personal security reasons.

~First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember, everyone can see it and someone can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture to not include your Recruit at least for the duration of BC. Again, your option

~It is also a good idea to make your settings for your Profile Page "viewable only to your friends".

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You need to be a member of ALUMNI OF PIR 01/11/2013 TG 9 - 7 Divisions (053-058 and 909) to add comments!

Comment by LI mom on November 21, 2012 at 9:35pm: SailorVswife when is your pir ship and div

Comment by LI mom on November 21, 2012 at 9:30pm: Sound good Debbie and Im happy too it's nice to get to know other moms. When you write tell him my son is bob my name is tammy.

Comment by DebbieF (Ship 14 Div 055) on November 21, 2012 at 7:52pm: Isabellamom so happy to hear your son is in the same as mine. We have to stay in touch and meet up in Illinois at PIR!

Comment by SailorV'sWife on November 21, 2012 at 3:07pm: I got my letter! I'm so excited! I wish there had been a little note at the bottom but oh well. Just knowing I'm a week closer to seeing him and his handwriting made me feel better. :D

Comment by diannep on November 21, 2012 at 12:29pm: Welcome, lhawkins!

Comment by lhawkins on November 21, 2012 at 11:46am: I am so happy to be a member of this group, this is when my son graduates. I have learned alot from the posts here.....now if I can just remember how to get back here...lol

Comment by diannep on November 21, 2012 at 9:39am: Debbie: Well, it probably would be better for him to make that change, just in case. Just write him and ask him to do this when he updates the list shortly before PIR.

Good Morning All!

Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on November 21, 2012 at 8:55am: Hi ladies. I'm Betsy and another "veteran" on here helping out out. My youngest son has been in the Navy for two years and is currently deployed.
As diannep has said, the form letter can sometimes take a litttle while to get to you. It did take about 10 days before we received ours. SR's S
As some have also found, when you do receive your box, check all the pockets and shoes or socks. Some SR's will sneak little notes to you in them.

Comment by DebbieF (Ship 14 Div 055) on November 21, 2012 at 1:40am: Thanks Diannep, my son put my name down as Debbie but my ID says Deborah so I have to ask him to change that?

Comment by diannep on November 21, 2012 at 12:30am: Debbie: Pants were rolled up because they do a computer measurement for their boots....and, yes, they are getting shouted at so much that most don't take the time to roll their pants legs back down!

Don't be too concerned with how they sound right now. The first few weeks of bootcamp are very difficult emotionally and mentally for them. But it does get better. Training Week 4 is a turnaround week for them (this is about 3 weeks before they graduate). Things get much more positive then! So try not to worry.

As far as names on the PIR list, they get a chance to update their lists shortly before PIR, so no worries. Just make sure you write to your SRs and put the names exactly as your ID reads.

They have to write in NAVY STYLE HANDWRITING...which means...NEAT! So many are shocked when they see this, me included. Sadly, my son's handwriting went back to his messy style after bootcamp!

Form letters can take a while to arrive. They can only send out one. The PAO can't help you with this. If you don't get it, write your SR and ask if they sent it to someone else? You will need the password from the letter...your SR knows that. This will allow you to download your gate pass shortly before PIR.

Mail is held from them for the first two weeks until the Recruit Mail Petty Officer is trained. So it may seem that they are not getting your letters, when in fact they may get them all at once. Once that first delivery is started, they get mail M-F. But they usually can only write to you once a week (mailed out on Mondays usually).