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ALUMNI OF PIR 01/18/2013 TG 10 - 11 Divisions (059-068 and 910)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 1/18/2013.

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: 94
Latest Activity: Jul 2, 2014

WELCOME to PIR 01/18/2013! 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 ME forN4M'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 janine9797 (Ship 13 Div 063) on January 13, 2013 at 2:02pm: Hey Everyone, any idea who won the Captain's cup?

Comment by diannep on January 13, 2013 at 9:22am: Good Morning All!

Comment by ellen0502 on January 13, 2013 at 8:30am: Good morningl!! You are so close to the best hug ever.

Comment by diannep on January 12, 2013 at 11:30pm: Well, you are definitely well prepared! After you become a N4Moms veteran when your new sailor graduates, you may want to consider hanging out on some of the DEP groups here to pass on info? We would welcome any of you on the PIR groups too....but the DEP groups, knowing what to take and not to take to bootcamp, understanding that they can keep their wallets so little address/phone number lists in the wallet are good...things like that...would be a real asset to the ladies preparing to ship off their SRs. Think about it, janine.

You sound like an organized person who would be great at it!

Comment by janine9797 (Ship 13 Div 063) on January 12, 2013 at 8:31pm: dianne: I think I read something about writing out a few addresses or numbers for an SR to have in their wallet, but I can't remember where. I joined N4M 2 months before Kris left, so I did A LOT of reading. I think I knew more than he did at the time. :) I'm a bit of a geek, so I used the spreadsheet with names, addresses, and all numbers for who I thought Kris might contact. It came out pretty good. :)

Comment by D'sMomMary on January 12, 2013 at 8:30pm: I just..I... oh here, I'll copy my FB status: What a rollercoaster!!! We were in a memorial service, and missed a call from our son. He left messages on both our phones.. I couldn't stop bawling & had to leave the memorial. Then he calls again on the way home and the phone had somehow muted!!!!! We almost crashed we were so upset!!! But he tried one more time (THANK YOU CALLS FOR RECRUITS!!!) and it went through. Only got a few minutes but it was like gold and sunshine and... my son!!!!!!!!!!!! (div068)

Comment by Haley (Ship13Div067) on January 12, 2013 at 8:18pm: I just got off the phone with my SR and he said that he leaves for Pensacola the day after PIR which would be 1/18 so he leaves 1/19.
When the rest of his division got to call on Tuesday he said he was getting his blood drawn so he just got to make up his phone call along with a few others. :)

Comment by diannep on January 12, 2013 at 7:37pm: One of the moms of a PIR 01/11 Pensacola sailor said that her sailor left for Pensacola this morning and was told he would start school next week. So...not sure what is being told to the 01/18 Pensacola sailors, but seems strange that if they said there is a delay because there was "a storm" that it would be affecting the 01/11 Pensacola sailors also.

Comment by diannep on January 12, 2013 at 7:24pm: Ok, just realized that letters may not get to them before they do BattleStations...ugh...prayers that all cell numbers are imprinted on their brains!

Comment by diannep on January 12, 2013 at 7:22pm: Mary: They can actually repeat BattleStations even the night before PIR. Many do this...and are in the balcony on PIR Day, too tired to march, but sailors in uniform! We have never heard of a SR who didn't become a sailor because he/she failed BattleStations. They are more likely to struggle with the PFA than with BattleStations. So once they pass the final PFA, we know they are good to go! You may want to mail the cell number in your letters this week...in each one...just in case! :-) Maybe on a small piece of paper for his wallet, like janine mentioned!

janine: What a great idea with the cell numbers! I know some of the other N4Moms veterans are on the DEP groups and that would be a great idea to pass along...or maybe you got the idea from there?? FTLW is so creative and thorough that it wouldn't surprise me if she didn't already know about this and had posted info on the DEP sites---well actually, Lala, Betsy and ellen are just as creative and could have also!!

Hang in there, ladies. They are almost there! They are in the "home sprint" now of Bootcamp. Their determination is stronger than ever...won't be long before you are hugging those sharp looking sailors! :-)