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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 December 31, 2012 at 9:50pm: Yes, KerriH: Some are in the 4th week of training now. Called Hell Week. Very busy week, lots of inspections, but they get through it!

Comment by KerriH on December 31, 2012 at 9:43pm: PIR Jan 25th. Would that make this week 4 of training? I understand week 4 is one of the worst weeks in training.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on December 31, 2012 at 7:47pm: PIR is treated the same as returning from deployment, you can hug them and kiss them. Once they are out of the PIR hall and are out in public they cant hold hands but you can take their left arm. The right hand must remain free to salute. They are also not allowed to walk and talk on a cell phone, not allowed to drive a car etc. They will know all the rules for sure :) I will look for that link and add it when I find it :)

Comment by Irene(ship03 div 076) on December 31, 2012 at 6:46pm: Lemonelephant...I have seen on here somewhere that our new sailors will only be able to gently hug their loved ones. Can you put a link as to what is allowed. I seen where they can't hold hands with their wives or girlfriends while walking in uniform. I'm sure all our recruits will know this information but to prevent the significant others from having hurt feelings can you post a link to this info. Thanks

Comment by knappi on December 31, 2012 at 4:40pm: THank you so much for the heads up on the phone call today!!! I know we just spoke to him last week, but what a relief again to hear his voice again :) Just in those few days he has gotten sick, but still sounded up beat.. Hope everyone else got their calls today. Happy New Years Eve everyone :)

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on December 31, 2012 at 11:13am: Good morning everyone. When my daughter was at boot camp I made a questionnaire to send to her. I added in all the questions that I had been asking her in my letters but had not received answers to. I made it a little funny to make her smile and I added a paragraph of encouragement to help her get through battle stations. I added it to the discussions above so you can share it with your recruit as well. You can copy and paste it and print it out to send with your next letter. You may have to tweak it a little bit since my Sailor is a girl :-) Feel free to make it your own. I hope it will brighten your Soon to be Sailors day as much as it did mine. Be sure to include a self-addressed envelope so they are more likely to send it back.

Comment by Ducky on December 31, 2012 at 11:09am: I am not holding my breath for any phone calls today...

Comment by knappi on December 31, 2012 at 11:07am: Good morning everyone! Thank you for the information about the phone calls today :) I have alerted the masses haha!! i just went on pirgifts and wasn't sure which one to get as my SR started on ship 14 and is now on 03. I will probably get both, however do we know if there is a chance they could move again?