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ALUMNI OF PIR 02/08/2013 TG 13 - 14 Divisions (089-100, 806 and 913)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 02/28/2013.

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: 142
Latest Activity: Oct 31, 2014

WELCOME to PIR 02/08/2013! 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 December 24, 2012 at 12:37pm: kathyb: Your sailor will have to be back at RTC probably at 8 or 9 pm on Friday night. Then, he will be bussed with the others early (wee hours) in the morning to the airport to wait for his flight. You can meet him out there and wait until the plane leaves. Bring ID to get a gate pass.

As far as going home for the day, as long as he stays in the 50 mile radius of RTC, he can do that on Friday!

Comment by kathybship02div913 on December 24, 2012 at 10:08am: Merry Christmas to all!

Comment by kathybship02div913 on December 24, 2012 at 10:06am: I am in the Chicago area and am unsure what kind of time we are looking at- should I get a hotel fri nite-are they able to spend time or even go home for the day? He is going to TX for A school

Comment by diannep on December 24, 2012 at 9:47am: Happy Christmas Eve to all!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on December 24, 2012 at 9:04am: Good Morning everyone, Happy Christmas Eve. I know it's hard with your recruits away at boot camp but I hope you are enjoying the holidays and spending some time with other family members. One thing I am sure of, your recruits would want you to be happy and celebrate this time with your family. Take lots of pics so you can share them with your recruit. Maybe even make a "Flat Stanley" of your recruit and have him in some Christmas pictures. Then send one to your soon to be Sailors. I bet they would love it :) In case you don't know what a flat Stanley is here is a description :) Enjoy, have fun, and God Bless you all <3

Flat Stanley can be a boy or you could make it a girl. You draw it and decorate it however you like. Then he/she goes on an adventure. You could take him shopping, to the park, to dinner, to visit all your family and friends for Christmas, even have him/her at the Christmas dinner or wrapping or opening a present. Take pics and then send a couple of the best ones to your recruit. My niece was doing this as a school project when my daughter was joining the Navy. She mailed Flat Stanley to us and we took him to the going away party and to MEPS and he joined the Navy as well lol. Then we made him a Sailor outfit and mailed him back to the school. It was a lot of fun taking all the pics and writing about his adventure in boot camp :) There have been several moms on this site who did this and then took flat Stanley to the Meet and Greet and PIR. It was a lot of fun to see all the pics and their Sailors really got a kick out of it. Anything to make them laugh or put a smile on their face and to put a smile on your face as well. {{{{{HUGS}}}}} Merry Christmas

Comment by Sam Ship 02 Div 913 on December 24, 2012 at 1:21am: Thanks LadyHawk changed my pic to his favorite cartoon, he may be 20 but he still watched cartoons. Oh how I miss my boy :-(

Comment by diannep on December 23, 2012 at 11:11pm: Not usually. They are flown there pretty much right away and go into INDOC (what they do each time they arrive at a new base) for a few days to learn about the base....then will either be on "hold" for classes or start right away. Just depends. My son started his classes about 10 days after he arrived at his A School base. They get no Leave time to come home, if that is what you mean. They get Leave after they complete A School.

Comment by arebebship13division099 on December 23, 2012 at 9:40pm: thank you diannep, i hope we will have saturday to spend with him. I am anxious waiting for all this information to come, dont want to miss or mix anything up. do you know if they get anytime off inbetween graduation and their next destination?

Comment by diannep on December 23, 2012 at 8:20pm: arebeb: The form letter can take anywhere from a few days to 2 weeks or so to arrive. They can only send out one. So if it doesn't arrive, could your SR have sent it to someone else? You will need the password in it for the gate pass for PIR if you will be driving on base. Shuttles from hotels do not require it.

They won't find out their A School departure schedule until closer to the end of bootcamp. Most who are flying to A School destinations fly out the day after PIR. If flights are hard to get, then they possibly would fly out on Sunday, but it is usually Saturday.

However we recommend that you book your return flight on Sunday just in case your new sailor doesn't leave until Sunday.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on December 23, 2012 at 7:31pm: DrJudi - Addicted to Chicago dogs now after getting one at a cart outside the History Museum. Course...its not the same, but always makes me think of my PIR adventure!
We ate at Giordanos and the Silo different but both good. Funny thing is our super Target gets Uno Chicago pizza in the deli section. So I get one once in a while...