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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:

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♥FireTeamLeaderWife♥ aka FTLW

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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.

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~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 Mommahead on January 14, 2013 at 8:51pm: division 900 alsoa group page on FB. Those SRs perform in several PIRs prior to their own...so that group is good at getting requests of performances.

Comment by Mommahead on January 14, 2013 at 8:47pm: jdrs1606...there is division 900 page...so you must request to be added to the group. Also...there is a U.S Navy Recruit Training Command page that has official pics. I think it takes several days for pics of PIR to be posted there.

Comment by ProudNavyMom (Ship02 Div911) on January 14, 2013 at 8:16pm: And to get through security we just need My Sailors name, ship & div, and ID. Anything else for that?

Comment by ProudNavyMom (Ship02 Div911) on January 14, 2013 at 8:15pm: I just want to be prepared as we get to the gate with all the correct documentation. I would hate to hold up traffic while I search for the info they need. So I will need the printedgate pass, car rental info, and Drivers ID. Anything else that I will need?

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on January 14, 2013 at 7:57pm: *Off-topic* but I am on a roll...LOL

Whenever I see "Quarterdeck" or "Quartermaster" now I think of Q from 007!

From Skyfall:

Q:   It always makes me feel a bit melancholy. Grand old war ship. being ignominiously haunted away to scrap... The inevitability of time, don't you think? What do you see?
James Bond:   A bloody big ship. Excuse me.
Q:   007. I'm your new Quartermaster.
James Bond:   You must be joking.
Q:   Why, because I'm not wearing a lab coat?
James Bond:   Because you still have spots.
Q:   My complexion is hardly relevant.
James Bond:   Your competence is.
Q:   Age is no guarantee of efficiency.
James Bond:   And youth is no guarantee of innovation.
Q:   Well, I'll hazard I can do more damage on my laptop sitting in my pajamas before my first cup of Earl Grey than you can do in a year in the field.
James Bond:   Oh, so why do you need me?
Q:   Every now and then a trigger has to be pulled.
James Bond:   Or not pulled. It's hard to know which in your pajamas. Q.
Q:   007.

The Quartermaster job in the Navy is different from land armies. On land they are in charge of distributing supplies and provisions.

In tyhe Navy they are in charge of all areas that pertain to of navigaton of the ship.

See this wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartermaster (At the bottom see the Pirates explanation!)

Here is the wiki for Quarterdeck. Each of the "Ships" at RTC that your Recruits are on has a Quarterdeck...so I am assuming that all the "Ships" do.

I know, I'm nuts...it's Monday.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on January 14, 2013 at 7:37pm: ProudnavyMom - Yes for the driver (or maybe the owner of the car if they are not driving or bith - bettersafe than sorry) as far as entry...along with insurance. If it is a rental then the rental agreement suffices.

But y'all will have ID anyways :-)

Oh, and I forgot to say that while the VGP is for the entry of the car...it would probably be a good idea for you to have extra VGP's. Again, better safe than sorry!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on January 14, 2013 at 7:33pm: PHOTO OPS:

Photography is only allowed within the Visitors Center and Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall. They will usually announce it when you walk into the VC.

NO outside photography. They are very serious about this. If security sees it they have the right to confiscate your camera and delete pics...not to mention that your Sailor could get in trouble.

(While on RTC (or any base for that matter) your service member is "responsible" for you. You are there as their guest and your actions are their actions.)

Along the path to the Security check point are photo ops. There are some "museum-like" setups that show the various stages of BC and other Navy scenarios. I did not know this and would've loved to take pics! :-( So, I can't remember it all.

I was too excited at the time to process it when they announced on the Quarterdeck (think "lobby" -though the Q is much more), but remember it.

Comment by ProudNavyMom (Ship02 Div911) on January 14, 2013 at 7:28pm: Thank you all for the info on the gate pass. The gate pass says you need ID, Is that just for the driver of the vehicle.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on January 14, 2013 at 7:24pm: ProudNavyMom - The Veicle Gate pass is to allow your vehicle entry to RTC.

RTC is a restricted base and all vehicle must have the VGP to gain entry.

Even if you have a DoD sticker on your car for another base you will still need the VGP.

You do not need to give your Sailors name at the Gate shack.

After you have parked you will proceded through the Visitors Center and then on through to the Security check point at the end before Midway hall. There is where you will give your Sailors name and your ID.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on January 14, 2013 at 7:18pm: Oh, I wouldn't think it is a problem for the Shuttle. Most cars nowadays have built in car seats too.

I always forget that our van does. We don't NEED them now as our "boys" are grown! We sure could've used it in our first van! We only had one slding door in that one as well...had to climb in and out gettin' babies! But I was very grateful for that van.