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ALUMNI OF PIR 02/01/2013 TG 12 - 15 Divisions (077-088, 804, 805 and 912)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 02/01/2013.

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

sjtina

Cor

Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 131
Latest Activity: Dec 3, 2016

WELCOME to PIR 02/01/2013! 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 ME forN4M'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 29, 2013 at 2:11pm: imomxfour: The changes you will in your new sailor will be amazing....you will still have "your boy" but the maturity will blow you away! Gives you such a sense of pride!

Comment by imomxfour x 3 Sailors on January 29, 2013 at 1:53pm: I love reading about all of these experiences with your new sailors from the past, it's helpful to know what to expect - so thank you for sharing!!! And my phone had better be ringing this afternoon!!!! I don't know if I can go through another night of this anxiousness again!! LOL!!

I just have to say, it's funny because I feel like our son will still be more like himself than maybe some others - I actually hope to see some of these differences and experience what you all are sharing, but this whole thing reminds me of when he was 9 months old getting tubes in his ears, and the nurse said to expect to wake up out of anesthesia being disoriented and he will cry a lot and probably for a long time, and without even thinking, I said I doubt it, he is such a happy boy and he never cries - and she got gruff with us and said well he's never been through this experience before. Swear to goodness sake, my 9 mth old happy boy woke up and just reached for me and I held him and he lay there quietly in my arms not making a sound, and even smiled at his daddy when he was talking to him. The nurse was pissed, and that was funny!!!

Don't get me wrong, I am fully prepared for a nervous young man, like what you're all describing, I just can't help but to think back to that situation, and it makes me wonder....LOL!!!

Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on January 29, 2013 at 1:23pm: I agree with our other "veterans" on here that you should be prepared for some differences with your sailors. Our sailor actually had a little bit of a hard time walking around the mall in Gurnee, because as he said "people are walking all over the place and in no particular order" He also couldn't wait to get out of the Walmart, even though it was his idea to go there, lol. They are in such a strict environment for 8 weeks, that's is a little hard for them to relax at first.

herbgarden, awesome weather for IL in January. :)

Comment by herbgarden(Ship12Div085) on January 29, 2013 at 11:21am: Weather, temp-wise, is not showing above so... 58 degrees, very unseasonably warm here in Chicagoland. Cloudy, wet and humid, a lot like Spring.

Comment by diannep on January 29, 2013 at 8:55am: Amen, ellen/FTLW! Mine, normally a chatterbox, was so quiet as we took the shuttle off the base. He was just looking out the window. I asked what he was thinking about....normally a question he would think was stupid ( :-) ) and he said, he was just seeing what all is out there since this is the first time he had been off-base in over 10 weeks (there for Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Years/MLK holidays, and then asmoed for a week). He continued like that during the day. Panicked when he forgot it they were to have their "covers" (hats) on in the car or not...as we were leaving Cracker Barrel and he saw RTCs he recognized....wanted to make sure he didn't break one rule (this from a former rebel!) because they were threatened with being retained at RTC (he was flying out the next day)...and he said no way was he taking a chance on that! He even wanted to pass up dinner that night when my older son's GPS took us to a closed restaurant...he got quite demanding that he COULD not be late (it was 2.5 hours before he needed to be back) and he would just skip dinner. Thankfully, we found a quick place to eat that had some A School sailors there, so he had a nice chat with them. Got him back to base 45 minutes before curfew.

It is both delightful...and kind of funny...to watch them. They eventually "temper" and become more like themselves---but still changed in many ways.

I also saw him gently and precisely folding his tshirt after he took a shower and was back in uniform in the hotel room. He didn't know I could see him. I have never seen him take that long to fold a shirt! Of course, I knew he was still "my son" when I snapped a couple of piks of him in his uniform in the hotel room, and realized later that his collar was turned under...which he had no clue about....yep, that's my son!

Good Morning All! Ok, so....I'm going to "go out on a limb" here...and say...maybe I'm a Sailor calls today from 081-084? Phones handy for all who have not received "the call" since we are flying by the seat of our pants with schedules at this point! :-)

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on January 29, 2013 at 3:27am: Righty-O ellen!

I mean on base saluting etc. is easier...then they go to the Mall and there are all these....PEOPLE...and some in uniforms interspersed through. They are trying to look at the Uniforms to see if they should salute or not!

They'll have to put on all their outerwear after they get out of the car and take it off again, check their gig lines."Is my cover all right? Uniform straight? Collar" ((VBG))

I also should have bought stock in the lint roller thingies!

(sigh) It's funny, when my hubby is in uniform (and now son) and I am with them I have to get used to stopping and waiting then running to keep up as I have short legs and they have long ones! Normally, I am just running!!!

Comment by ellen0502 on January 29, 2013 at 1:56am: Don't be surprised of your SAILOR seems a little out of sorts to begin with on Friday. They may seem a little paranoid, sheepish of base, quiet, and wide eyed. LOL

Don't worry they are OK, remember they have been watched 24/7 for the last several weeks, did nothing on their own, and were yelled at for any little mistake.

Gentle reminders (if needed) to remove their cover (hat) indoors and put it back on when outdoors can help. They are told they will be watched when off base making sure they follow rules, and they can be. My son even looked at "older" couples thinking it could be his RDCs grandparents, and they may report back..HAHA!

They are in there, you may just have to give them a couple hours to adjust to the freedom they have suddenly been given .