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Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)

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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 BTsmom on December 10, 2012 at 6:36pm: @Lala No doubt right? I keep waiting for him to push me away. It doesn't even bother him in front of his friends!

I think we're gonna pass on the M&G. I don't see anyone on here that has the same ship & div. and we're not drinkers and really don't want our little ones to be in a bar.

Comment by Annabellswish on December 10, 2012 at 6:30pm: Here's the link to the facebook page for PIR 1-18-2013 :)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/282625668506860/

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on December 10, 2012 at 6:03pm: Brinsmom, she is just in the first trimester. About 6 weeks :) Her ship camp home and she had only one week with her hubby before she left for another training work-up. I'd bet a lot of Sailor wives get pregnant when ships come home from training and deployments and I bet some of those wives are also Sailors themselves :) Now you keep getting all those hugs and kisses while you still can lol <3

Comment by Leisure-Ley on December 10, 2012 at 6:00pm: @Brinsmom-Soooo happy for you ! Thats perfect. :) Now if we can just get that first letter-or call !! That will really make us smile!

Comment by Glowbug3535 on December 10, 2012 at 5:42pm: @Tereza where are you guys from? We are from Beaumont Texas. It is on the Louisiania Texas border.

Comment by JLMom on December 10, 2012 at 5:40pm: @Brinsmom - what a great present!

I had a dream last night that I missed my girl's call and there was a voicemail from the recruiter to try and call her back...but no answer. Fast forward to 1:00 p.m. today, saw a missed call and voicemail on my phone and started bawling because I thought FOR SURE I had missed "the call." It wasn't - my order at Sears is ready. LOL. I'm glad to see there are others who are feeling quite emotional at this time!

Comment by BTsmom on December 10, 2012 at 5:08pm: My hubby came home this morning with my Christmas present. He said I had to have it now. It was a brand new camera that takes videos. Everything we owned was stolen including my video camera and all the videos. I cried. I was just thinking last night that it would sure be nice if I had my video camera to take with me to PIR. I miss my kid. Lots!!! She's been longer than this but I was always able to talk or text. This is so hard especially this time of year. First Christmas without her.

We will all have to try extra hard to be cheerful for our other kids and family. They are missing them too. When I am really missing her I usually give hugs and kisses to my son(the middle). Makes me feel better anyway; and he still allows it at almost 14.

Comment by diannep on December 10, 2012 at 3:58pm: Hope you are doing well now, Glowbug! Putting makeup on is a step in the right direction to getting back to yourself, for sure! So glad that you liked Sarge...he is a true gift to the Navy families.

Comment by Glowbug3535 on December 10, 2012 at 3:37pm: I haven't posted on here in a while. I had surgery the week after my son left so I have been dealing with that. The last 2 weeks have been really emotional for me. Today was the first day I put makeup on since my surgery and not even an hour after I did that I started crying over the pamphlet they sent with the form letter. Crazy I know. My son is on ship 13 div 68. Can't wait to see him. We still haven't recieved a letter from him . My teenage daughter has really been having a hard time with him being gone. They got really close before he left. I am so glad for all the posts on here every day! I read them through email. I thought I was the only mom who cried all the time. Makes me feel better that I am not. Although sometimes I think the rest of the world looks at me like I am a crazy mom. I am praying for all of our family member who are at boot camp right now. I did call the guy Sarge and he is extremely helpful and very kind!

Comment by BTsmom on December 10, 2012 at 2:17pm: We woke up to a very cold 12 degrees, Friday it was in the high 50's. Weird weather everywhere. But still praying that weather everywhere we are traveling will be dry.

TxNavyDad-You are showing all of our ages! I remember all of the songs you've mentioned. I wasn't that old but still. Please let us know what the dealio is when you find out. I never lived in TX but my Gramma was from OK and I lived with her and I lived in the Upstate of SC for 9 years. I definitely got the SOUTHern talk down.

LaLa-happy to hear she is doing better. Did I miss what trimester she's in? It's gotta be rough.