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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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Comment by NavyMomTina (Ship 11 Div 058) on December 31, 2012 at 11:22am: Hi Jessica,

We are also going to Sarge's meet and greet. Looking forward to meeting you :-)

Comment by Jessica1028(Ship 11 DIV 58) on December 31, 2012 at 11:19am: Veternan Moms I have a question for ya! I know Graduation is inside but is the Ceremonial Hall heated? I have seen pictures and saw the big doors that open up outside. But I just need to know if it is going to be really cold inside like it will be outside? Trying to figure out my outfit to wear!

Comment by Jessica1028(Ship 11 DIV 58) on December 31, 2012 at 11:11am: Bella7177- Thinkining about it now I wish I had booked our flight to Leave on Sunday th 13th too just in case my Husband stays through Sunday. Flights seemed more expensive that day though, and I will be traveling with his Aunt and our Gma, and they didnt seem to keen on staying all that long. :/ But I guess I'll just hope for the best! But I'm glad they gave you Thursday and Friday off! I work for a Law firm and was happy they gave me three days off! I talk their ears off about my Husband and Bootcamp, so I'm sure it will be a good rest for their ears!! But yes I will definitly be at Sarge's Meet and greet! Will you make it in time for that?

Comment by NukeMom (Class 1318A - GC) on December 31, 2012 at 9:51am: Morning Ladies,

I have a bit of a dilemma that I could really use some help with.

I received a letter from my SR - dated Christmas Day - it read...

"Mom, as you can tell by the date, it Christmas and the only thing that I have to give you is my heart (origami) and this letter - so I am writing to you now. It's funny how things change, if I were not here in bootcamp, there would be tons of gifts, food and celebration. But hey, a buddy of mine bought me a new boot polish rag for Christmas. I would have never thought that a rag would mean so much, but when people go back to being caring individuals and seem to want to make others feel better for no personal gain, a shoe rag is much more then that."

Well, as you can imagine, there wasn't a dry eye in the house as I read this letter from my son.

Here is the catch. I would love to do something special for this SR that made Christmas bearable for my son, as well as, share with his family what a difference he made in ours. I do not under any means want to violate OPSEC, but I would like so much to find a SRs mother that may be here on N4Ms.

How could I do that? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Comment by DebbieF (Ship 14 Div 055) on December 31, 2012 at 9:42am: Happy New Years Eve to my new Navy family! May you all have a safe, healthy, & prosperous New Year surrounded by Gods joy! May our SRs graduate (on time) and always be proud of being a US SAILOR.....may god protect them in all they do! God bless you all!!

Comment by diannep on December 31, 2012 at 9:18am: Good Morning All! Happy New Years Eve!

Comment by KathyShip11/Div058 on December 30, 2012 at 12:06pm: Dianne, thanks so much. I will give them a call.

Comment by NukeMom (Class 1318A - GC) on December 30, 2012 at 3:03am: Check out this post for photo info http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pirreferenceinformation/forum/topi...

Comment by diannep on December 29, 2012 at 11:47pm: Kathy, I'm not sure if they can tell you that, but you may want to call the Photo Lab next week and ask them. Maybe they can look up the order and see. 847 578 6205