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ALUMNI OF PIR 01/25/2013 TG 11 - 9 Divisions (069-076 and 911)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 01/25/2013.

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: 74
Latest Activity: Feb 23, 2013

WELCOME to PIR 01/25/2013! 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 MEforN4M'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 Irene(ship03 div 076) on January 18, 2013 at 2:02pm: thank you for the pictures of the ceremony hall.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on January 18, 2013 at 1:42pm: From what we have seen in the past BST-21 starts around 8PM and runs for approx 12 hours.

Comment by BeeBee (Son at GL A School) on January 18, 2013 at 1:36pm: Shannon yes they are Central - I'm eastern they are an hour behind me.

Comment by BeeBee (Son at GL A School) on January 18, 2013 at 1:34pm: Thanks Ellen

I'll have my phone all day but I'll be extra dilligent starting then. So if they aren't calling until 2 what time does BS start? It's a 12hr event right?

Comment by ellen0502 on January 18, 2013 at 1:20pm: BeeBee, They usually start sometime after approx 2pm Chicago time (some have come a little earlier).

Comment by BeeBee (Son at GL A School) on January 18, 2013 at 12:53pm: what time do the I'm a sailor calls usually come?

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on January 18, 2013 at 10:13am: Good Morning everyone :)

Comment by diannep on January 18, 2013 at 8:52am: Good Morning All!

Expect some I'm a Sailor calls this afternoon....069/070. Not sure if anyone else went with them.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on January 18, 2013 at 4:33am: Here are the pics on seating that I promised:

Okay...the pic above… See the yellow lines? Those start off to the left at the big garage door that opens to let your Sailors in. They'll come in in order of their Divisions and march all the way to the other end and make a U-ee, march back and then line up in formation by division. See the closest set of stacked chairs? That is where the first Division will stand…then it goes on down the line. The 900 Div is in the middle I believe (they come in after...a space is left for them) I believe the 800 Divisions march in last…but don’t quote me on that!

When you come into the Hall you will see Sailors on the floor standing next to Division markers. This is where your Division will be standing for PIR. You should sit in the stands in front of the marker. The markers are positioned so that when you sit in the stands your Division is a little bit to the right of you. There is also seating upstairs in the balcony.

Here is another pic of a Division Marker:

...you can see the Garage Door Entrance open on the left side of the pic...this was before the ceremony. The Divison markers are removed before the ceremony.