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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 Leisure-Ley on December 8, 2012 at 10:39am

Comment by diannep on December 8, 2012 at 10:11am: So great that you have such a great recruiter, FTLW. My son's was a good one too. I never met him (he joined in another city)....but he was very accessible to my son and gave him good info. Many don't have the same experience with their recruiters, so you and I are the fortunate ones!

Good Morning All! Have a wonderful weekend!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on December 8, 2012 at 12:22am: Ha, I got you beat LaLa! (Though I don't know WHY I would want too :-D)
We didn't even have a DEP!
He enlisted on March 7th of 2011 and left March 28th!!
We had three weeks to get everything in order. The head recruiter felt so bad...he wanted more time to prep him as well!
This man is a really nice recruiter...has a big heart. He even remembered my name three months later when I went to visit!
Oh and get this. When I went to the AP to see my son off to A school, a Sailor from his TG came up to me and said, "Remember me? I took your picture at the recruiters office." :-) He left within the week of my son and he ended up with the same TG!

Comment by diannep on December 8, 2012 at 12:15am: Lola: My good friend is on her 3rd Great Dane. Just loves those dogs. So wonderful that you have all rescues too!

Comment by diannep on December 8, 2012 at 12:14am: My son was in DEP for 10 mos. I don't know what determines the length of time they are in DEP either...unless it is job-needed-based. Maybe if a job is overmanned, those coming into that particular job will be in DEP longer until more spaces open up in that job choice. Who knows?

Comment by D'sMomMary on December 7, 2012 at 10:29pm: wow, Lala! Your head must have been spinning! I wonder why they take some so fast? My future DIL isn't going in until spring, and she's in the same program as my son. O well, the military have reasons us mere civilians will never understand I guess :P

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on December 7, 2012 at 9:42pm: DrewsMomMary, I had pretty much that same look when my daughter joined. It was so sudden. She first mentioned it on my birthday April 7. and May 25th she left for boot camp. One of the fastest Deppers I have seen.

Comment by D'sMomMary on December 7, 2012 at 9:15pm: I have a siamese-cross that a friend rescued as a still-blind kitten from a tree trunk. Apparently a feral dam had a tryst with a neighbor's purebred ragdoll siamese tom :)

Comment by diannep on December 7, 2012 at 8:37pm: DrewsMomMary: Your little guy must just love you all like no other....I truly feel that rescue dogs know they have been "rescued" and are so very grateful! So many are abandoning their dogs because they can't care for them anymore--maybe are moving to somewhere that doesn't allow pets...maybe many feel that if they turn them into a shelter, they will be put down (and many are). So they probably feel they are better off being turned loose and hoping that someone finds them and gives them a home. But an awful thing to do ....so confusing for the dog, I'm sure. Our newest little rescue (courtesy of former sailor son) is so cute. My mom wondered why someone would give her up? I reminded her that people are having to give up pets whom they love dearly in these hard times....breaks my heart.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on December 7, 2012 at 8:37pm: Stitch is a cutie! Make him write a letter to his "boy" (if it won't make him sad), and have him "sign it" with a paw print.

When my son went to BC you know what endearment he wrote on his Form Letter to his Mother?

"SAY HI TO THE DOGS FOR ME!" (In Navy Block writing of course)

The stinker...LOL