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Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!

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ALUMNI OF PIR 01/20/2012 TG 09 — 05 Divisions (043–046 & 909)

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This Group is for those of us who have a Sailor Recruit's Pass in Review January 20, 2012. Please feel free to connect with one another as we will hopefully all be sitting the same room watching not only our own Sailor but all of our Sailors finish their RTC journey and continue on with the rest of their Navy journey. If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask. Someone will be able answer it for you.

Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 51
Latest Activity: Dec 30, 2013

Welcome to PIR 01/20/2012

OPSEC, OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmust importance. Please take the time to read the Opsec and Community Guidelines. A quick note here: Last Names are never allowed on this site. If it is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended. First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but discouraged as their RDC's read this site and can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture.

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Comment by mome2jord on November 27, 2011 at 10:44pm: @Samantha...WOW...that brought tears to my eyes! You could not have described this adventure any better!!! lol!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on November 27, 2011 at 9:33pm: That is so sweet that she left you notes :-) cameowlot.

Comment by futureHMwife on November 27, 2011 at 9:23pm: Wow our group is growing everyday! Welcome all new members! Please be sure to read through the discussions FTLW has posted above ^^^. Some are no longer on the main page so be sure to click 'view all' to be able to read them all!

Comment by Samantha (DDG 51 Arleigh Burke) on November 27, 2011 at 9:01pm

Comment by Samantha (DDG 51 Arleigh Burke) on November 27, 2011 at 1:04pm: @FTLW...Thanks for all the info. I'm sure I speak for most when I say you are a great help to everyone!

Comment by Navy Mom x3 on November 27, 2011 at 11:37am: @Cameowlot... That is nice to hear that it took 2 years to clean your Sailor's room! My youngest wants Sam's room and has been bugging me but I just keep shutting the door. Ty started organizing a little yesterday and found most of the missing tools from the garage. That's about it.

Comment by Navy Mom x3 on November 27, 2011 at 11:33am: @Future... Southwest has an alpha numeric boarding system. A 1-15 are always Business Select. A 16-30 are for people who paid the extra $10 to check in early. I go online 24 hours (exactly) early and check in online. Your boarding pass will have your # and you don't have to print it at home. My printer is always having problems so I reprint my boarding pass at the airport. Just type In your confirmation # at a kiosk and you can print them all.

I have the SW app on my phone that reminds me to check in. I'm usually so busy with whatever trip planning that check-in is the last thing on my mind.

Comment by diannep on November 27, 2011 at 11:16am: cameowlot: Congrats to your SC sailor! How exciting for you all to have them all in your home after that...maybe busy and chaotic at times, but oh...how joyful! I know they will all so much appreciate being in a home atmosphere for the weekend...I know my sailor still misses that after 2 yrs in the Navy.

Have a wonderful time!

Comment by diannep on November 27, 2011 at 8:56am: Good morning, all. Have a wonderful day!

FTLW: I can't keep up with your profile icons! HAAA! But they are all so cute! Thought we had a new member when I first saw this one. Great info that you posted below as a reminder to the ladies!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on November 27, 2011 at 7:52am: I will be posting this occassionally in the beginning weeks of the group. Thank you!

Community Guidelines and OPSEC

Hello Everyone.

Safety for your SR (future Sailor) and you!

Sailors LAST names are NOT allowed anywhere on this site. If your last name is different from your sailors it is still not recommended.

FIRST names ARE allowed but I, and some of the other “veteran” moms, will most often advise you not to use them. This is a public forum and anyone can read the posts-they do not have to be a member (if the group is set to private, the public cannot read but all N4M members can-so all you have to do is join) While they use their last names in BC (in fact they don't usually, if ever, find out each other’s first names until the end of BC), the RDC's know who they are and can then, with the right amount of info, link them up to you. So, let’s say you use your last name in your N4M name, post a picture of your SR...easy to match up...and so on.

Why does that matter? Your SR's are trying to get through BC with as little undue attention as possible. "Fly under the radar", so to speak. There have been reports from moms of their recruits being matched up with them. Some are just identified…some get IT (Intensive Training), I am guessing this depends on WHAT is posted…I know of one mom who said that her son had to do 5 push-ups just for every time she posted!

The MOST important reason for being discreet is OPSEC-Operational Security. This is a way of life for us now. It will be for your Sailors career and for some of them, even more so, depending on their individual security clearance. Some moms have mentioned that even today after years they do not know EXACTLY what their sailor does.

SPECOPS...definitely need to be VERY careful.

Here is a link to the "Community Guidelines" for N4M:

http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/navy-for-moms-n4m-community

Here is the link for "OPSEC is everyone’s responsibility" specifically:

http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=3342

Here is a link to the video on OPSEC on this site:

http://www.navyformoms.com/video/opsec-internet-safety

Please take the time to review this information.

Thank You.