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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

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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 SouthCarolinaProud on December 18, 2012 at 4:05pm: @Krissy. What is the difference of Hell Week and Battlestations?? And when does Hell Week begin for them????and for some reason they don't pass something which I hope all our SRs do but if not an they get pushed back do they call and tell us that?????

Comment by D'sMomMary on December 18, 2012 at 3:56pm: oh goodness, I guess it's nice that they have a little break Christmas morning to maybe give them an extra boost! Well, just something more for this mom to spend some serious prayer time about!

Comment by D'sMomMary on December 18, 2012 at 3:18pm: I'd wondered about that "hell week" too so I googled up '"hell week" navy boot camp' . A bunch of you tube videos popped up, but I chickened out of actually watching any of them. Might be a good way to check it out though.

Comment by conjonsmom on December 18, 2012 at 2:35pm: Hi ladies! Help with 2 questions please....
During the wonderful 39 min call we received on Friday night, my son said next week is 'hell week' for 910 (maybe all DIVs?). What does that involve?
Also, I like the suggestions for a watch as a PIR gift, but are there any specifications on what they are allowed to wear. The navy seal luminox watches look pretty cool but they are illuminated, so would that be an issue?
Thanks and hope everyone is getting their calls!

Comment by D'sMomMary on December 18, 2012 at 2:09pm: Here's hoping for phone calls and letters!

Comment by Monica13063 on December 18, 2012 at 11:00am: Thanks for the update diannep. I was thinking that they were in week 4. Tomorrow is Wednesday, and if it's like the last two weeks, we should get some mail.

Comment by diannep on December 18, 2012 at 9:38am: Good Morning Everyone!

This whole PIR group should be in training week 3 this week. The lowest numbered divisions will be a couple of days ahead of the highest numbered divisions. They will "lose" a day for Christmas and one for New Years Day...those are "hold" days. So whatever their training "day" count is now....it will move back two days before PIR. But no worries....they will keep that PIR "date!" Nothing will keep them from that!

Good Morning All!

Comment by diannep on December 18, 2012 at 9:34am: TxNavyDad: So sorry for what he has been through....what a mess. Every time I read a post such as yours (about recruiter's errors), it really saddens me. I am so thankful that my son had a very hands-on recruiter who dotted every "i" and crossed every "t" before he left. I was not involved in the process at all with my son (he is older and also enlisted in another city) and he was a newbie and very trusting that the recruiter would do the right thing...of course, as most would be! Thankfully for him, he had a good recruiter.

Prayers that when your son re enlists, he gets a recruiter who does a more thorough job! Blessings to your family being together for Christmas and for your son's future in the Navy!

Comment by D'sMomMary on December 18, 2012 at 1:31am: oh Tx, what a mess. And he would have been with my son, too :( Well, I'm glad you get him home for Christmas, and in 6 months the weather over there should be pretty nice!

Comment by TxNavyDad on December 18, 2012 at 1:19am: UPDATE everyone...

We got the phone call Monday night (Dec.17) from our son and he is finally leaving GL tomorrow flying home. I have been spending most of my webtime over on the Ship 5 page with the others being separated and offering support there. I know some of you have been very supportive with your prayers and words of wisdom and for that we thank you deeply. We all are truly a Navy family who supports one another. My son is talking very positively about reenlisting and still going after his linguist job. He really likes that sort of thing. So after 6 months, we will be back in here I'm sure.

He WAS on Ship 13/Div Ø68 with PIR Ø1/18/2Ø13 before he was separated.

To be exact, his college transcripts were the UN-official ones, NOT the OFFICIAL ones with the college seal and Presidents signature. For that reason he was separated. After checking further, since CTI does NOT require college, CTI does require that ALL paperwork be correct when being submitted from the beginning due to the high levels of security clearance required. A faxed or mailed copy will not work. This information your recruiter is supposed to know and double check before submitting.

Since my son had to go thru all this separation mess, it was all for an admin paperwork snafu, created by his recruiter of all people.

So.. that being said, I hope NONE of you end up with separation due to an admin paperwork issue or any reason.

Again, Thanks to everyone for all your support and prayers. they have worked.

As much as this has been a very traumatic roller coaster ride of emotion, we are glad to have our SR home for a few months anyway.

Now don't get the impression that this is adios, OH NO!! I will be back to give support to those with the knowledge I have attained before my son was separated.

Thanks again family and God Bless!!