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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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You need to be a member of ALUMNI OF PIR 02/01/2013 TG 12 - 15 Divisions (077-088, 804, 805 and 912) to add comments!

Comment by Not so Blue on February 5, 2013 at 4:09pm: Rose! This feels like a breakup. Im sad.

Comment by Rose HM A School on February 5, 2013 at 3:13pm: Just wanted to come back here one last time to say a special thank you to all of the veteran moms and people that helped me these past 8 weeks. I completely agree that this was really more about the emotional support and friendship that helped make these boot camp weeks more bareable. You are all such wonderful, caring and kind people and I can't thank you enough for your support and valuable information. THANK YOU and God Bless you!

Comment by diannep on February 5, 2013 at 12:19pm: my3boys: You may find that there is nothing quite like being on this site during bootcamp...maybe because we are all so naive and uninformed! But I think it is more because of all of the emotional support from each other as the SRs are becoming sailors together. The A School groups on this site should be helpful to you...and then when your sailor is assigned to his/her duty station, be sure to join that group since there is comraderie there too!

Congrats to all of the new sailors...who are now on their way to their next chapter of Navy life!

Comment by my3boys on February 5, 2013 at 10:00am: Missing updates and posts leading up to graduation....

Still hard to comprehend that they are graduated and on to A schools...what a beautiful ceremony and amazing weekend we had with our sailor. Thank you to all the wonderful moms on here that supported and encouraged all of us newbies along the way :) Excited to continue meeting wonderful moms and families in the Navy Family

Comment by diannep on February 4, 2013 at 8:30am: I assume that JC Penney still has their photo studios???...that was a place that many mentioned going to do their own pictures.

Comment by photomom CTN/AO on February 4, 2013 at 12:22am: Great idea! That's what I will do!

Comment by diannep on February 4, 2013 at 12:04am: One more suggestion: Some of the sailors don't like their RTC photos, or don't want to spend that kind of money. They made appts somewhere to get their own photos taken for cheaper. They can even do this when in A School, or when on Leave after A School.

Comment by diannep on February 4, 2013 at 12:01am: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir02012013/page/photo-keel-dvd-or...

photomom: The link above has the photo pkg info. You can ask the person in the photo lab about it tomorrow when you ask about the DVD. I do believe you have to order the photos in pkgs first, and then maybe you can get extra copies. But not positive on that. I'm sure they can help you.

Comment by photomom CTN/AO on February 3, 2013 at 11:56pm: She didn't irder them!!!!! I would have just liked to have seen what they looked liked, because I know when I saw her at PIR, all I can say is 'WOW'! She didnt even look like my child! She said she disnt want to order the whole package and they wouldnt let her order individual prints.

Comment by diannep on February 3, 2013 at 11:37pm: photomom: Do you have the pictures of your SR? Did you check in that packet to make sure there wasn't an order form? If not, give the Photo Lab a call tomorrow and ask about it:

847 578 6205