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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 diannep on January 14, 2013 at 9:05am: bpickship: They don't have a shuttle from Navy Lodge (they don't use the taxi service), but can call you a \regular taxi...or...you can book SARGE to take you to PIR. I would check with SARGE before calling a regular taxi. He probably will be cheaper. 847 212 0246 You can text him and ask how much he would charge you from Navy Lodge, which is close to RTC.

Comment by bpickship14div074 on January 14, 2013 at 8:46am: that's kind of what I thought. We were staying at the Navy Lodge, and maybe planning on using a shuttle to get in. Figured we would not have to walk and freeze so much if we did not have to park there. I only live a few hours south of there and if the weather is anything like it is now, (wind chill is 5 today!) then I will want to be as close as possible

Comment by diannep on January 14, 2013 at 8:43am: You need to ask your sailor during the I'm a Sailor call for the password. PAO will not give it to you.

Remember, if taking a hotel shuttle....OR....parking at the train station (paid parking) which is about 75 yds from RTC, you will not need this pass. If you need to return your sailor to RTC that night after liberty, you would drop off at the gate rather than driving onto base w/the pass.

So don't worry...you won't miss PIR if you don't have the pass, but if you can get it, it is nice to have!

Comment by bpickship14div074 on January 14, 2013 at 8:26am: what if you never received the letter that has the password in it?

Comment by diannep on January 14, 2013 at 7:51am: Good Morning, All.

Your gate passes should be available to download and print today. Remember to get the password from your form letter and type in ALL CAPS. You write in the info. Keep checking the site today to see when the prompt "get gate pass" is posted by your grad date:

http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/upcoming_grads.asp

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on January 14, 2013 at 5:22am: shannon - I can only support hat the other vet moms have sad about staying until Sunday just in case those Sailors that are flying out for A school don't leave until then.

This did happen to me. (See this Page After PIR – Liberty; Sailors Departures from RTC , my personal story is at the bottom.)

I only got one letter from my son while he was in BC and my questionnaire back, both at the same time near the end of BC.

I did get some extra phone calls...but at the time that I got the "I'm a Sailor" call...the understanding was that he would leave tha day after PIR.

Two days before PIR, while I was flying over, he aclled and left a message that he was not leaving until Sunday.

Luckily, I had booked through until late Sunday afternoon. I had listened to the Veteran Moms, (diannep, LaLa, Betsy were MY vet moms as well!) weighed the cost (had the time as I don't work outside the home) and decided that I would just sight see if it all stayed as planned.

Let me just say that while not listed in the "fun" category...this can happen (possibly many times) over the duration of your Sailors career.

I don't know how many stories I have read on here from long time members of "plans well made"...and it all going down the tubes! Delays happen, needs of the Navy come first. Then there is the flip side where good stuff happens too.

The hardest part is getting used to it :-)

Comment by diannep on January 13, 2013 at 11:05pm: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir01252013/page/flags-and-pennant...

Click on link above to see what flags they can earn during bootcamp!

Congrats on the calls today!

Comment by Michele_ Ship 12 Div 072 on January 13, 2013 at 10:34pm: If you have Facebook just go to search type in U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command and Like the page it will send you updates to your facebook page

Comment by 3athlete on January 13, 2013 at 10:29pm: Oh - and the other thing that he said was that he probably would not be writing any more letters. So we are expecting the I'm a Sailor call sometime this week and that's it. That said, I am going to keep writing him a daily letter for awhile. When should we stop writing as I don't want to send letters after a point where he will no longer get them there (at GL that is) and has moved on. K

Comment by 3athlete on January 13, 2013 at 10:23pm: Wow - I count 3 people with phone calls from SR's in Ship 12, Div 72 today - Our SR also in the same Div called and talked with us for about 1/2 hr. It was great to hear from him. He is doing well, Says Hell Week is behind them (as I see others have noted). He said Gas on Wed and BS next week and he is optimistic they will do well. He said that their Div did really well in something and possible Hall of Fame on the Facebook page (not sure where to find that). He is counting down the days with excitement as we are too. Can't wait to see him...Yeah!!!