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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 Leisure-Ley on December 16, 2012 at 10:22am: @conjonsmom- The coin is called a challenge coin, the sailors can collect then throughout their Navy careers from there ships/bases during deployments. They are collectibles. Its a nice gift to get them started-it represents the Navy recruit training center and you can order the Ship they are affiliated with. It can be purchsed on ebay and shipping is very fast.

Comment by diannep on December 16, 2012 at 9:24am: As the stories and pictures are now coming out about the precious children and heroic adults killed, may the Lord provide the comfort that only He can do during such a horrendous time. Special blessings on the little girl who "played dead" amongst her dead friends until she could run out, covered in her friends' blood, but announcing to her mom that "I'm ok but all of my friends are dead." May the Lord heal that precious little girl's heart and may she take the horror that she saw and one day, be able to turn it into something good for others---a great way of healing for her.

Good Morning All.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on December 15, 2012 at 6:31pm: Delete Comment

Sorry I have not been on...and I am going to interrupt the "flow"...my apologies.

Really, had so much to say and at the same time...at a loss. Yesterday was terrible in the midst of all the "normality" of life.

Ordering last minute Christmas gifts, the TV got dropped on its move for a Christmas tree we will get later today, making food, taking our youngest to the movies at 10 PM and picking him up at 1...getting home at 2 and sitting up for a few hours coming down from the coffee I drank to stay awake.

All normal stuff...while a different scenario played itself out across the country from me and it was all I could think about while doing those things.

Earlier my 19 year old kissed his sobbing mother on the head and hugged me after I had read what happened in Connecticut. Words cannot express...evil cannot be made sense of...

You almost want to push it away because even for us that it didn't happen too...it is horrific...I cannot imagine for the families involved.

I have to tell myself that I cannot let it steal my Joy (it's capitalized for a reason)...I feel a bit guilty for saying it and yet I cling to that Hope...or there would be nothing left but despair.

I pray deeply for the families left behind in grief. "Mourn with those that mourn..." I pray for strength and courage as those teams carry on at the scene over the weekend.

This may make you a little sad but I keep thinking about it...probably because it was one of (and still is) my favorite childhood Christmas shows...it makes me sad and gives me Hope at the same time. I leave you with it and will be back later on to lend support for your BC days!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on December 15, 2012 at 5:16pm: DrewsMomMary - You nut...love it!

Comment by conjonsmom on December 15, 2012 at 5:10pm: @ Krissy Leslie - My son is in DIV 910 and we got the call about 6:15 last night and were able to talk for 40 minutes. Wonderful! The caller id showed 'unknown' so answer all those calls!
@Craig - Like Krissy, I saw the coin and it looks great, but could you (or someone) explain what it's all about?

Comment by crismom3 (ship 03, Div 059) on December 15, 2012 at 4:18pm: Craig:

I would like to order one of these coins for my son. Can you please let me know how.

Thanks

Christy

Comment by crismom3 (ship 03, Div 059) on December 15, 2012 at 4:13pm: Can someone direct me where I can purchase the USS Hopper Coin that was shown here the other day?

Thank you

Christy

Comment by D'sMomMary on December 15, 2012 at 3:13pm: and on a completely irrelevant note, I just stole a friends fb status, hopefully Somebody besides me will get a good laugh, a very therapeutic thing in times like this:

"On the morning of 12/22/12, run outside and scream 'The Doctor did it! He saved us!' "

Yep, I am a dork that way :)