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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 21, 2012 at 9:41am: MM = Machinist's Mate

Welcome to the group, tara! Glad you found it! I hope that her sister will still go to Great Lakes to hang out with her after PIR! Sorry about the guest reductions for PIR. That was a change as of Jan 1 2013. Before that, 4 were allowed, and 12 and under didn't need to be on the list, so more than 4 could come. And most times, other "extras" got in. But they have tightened up on that now---no extras, only 2 yrs and under get in without being on list. Probably fire restrictions in the PIR Hall? Not sure, but that hall was sometimes very overflowing! Since it is an indoor ceremony, restrictions have to apply.

Good Morning All !

Comment by tara on December 21, 2012 at 9:02am: Hi.. I'm new! Just got a letter from my daugher - well, the form letter they send out. Her PIR is 2/8 and she is Ship 14 Div 094. She is only able to have 3 guests at PIR - Her sister (only sister, 14) wasn't on it - - boyfriend trumped her. I'm so glad I found this site!

Comment by ellen0502 on December 21, 2012 at 5:11am: emilysmom, MM would probably mean Machinist Mate (job) and the E-3 would be their pay grade, and it can be in the nuclear field.

Comment by Regi on December 21, 2012 at 2:46am: to emilysmomSHIP12DIV090, I'm quite sure that MM is a code for the Nuke program. I'm assuming that she's headed to South Carolina after graduation.

Comment by Regi on December 21, 2012 at 2:42am: Nana, my son in Div 092, will also be going to Nuke after February 8th.

Comment by diannep on December 21, 2012 at 12:03am: VIP nana: The 900 divisions are usually made up of SRs with pretty high ASVAB scores since they have to be able to do all of their Navy work+ practice for performances, and stay up with it all. The 800 divisions have extra training too.

LadyHawk: My son PIRed back in 2010. I just stay on the PIR groups to help out!

Comment by diannep on December 21, 2012 at 12:00am: Lala: What I heard on the news about Southwest a couple of days ago is that they will charge for "no shows". Still no change fee...but if you just don't show up or are late, there will be a penalty. The also still don't charge for the 2 checked bags, but will charge for the 3rd.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on December 20, 2012 at 11:47pm: Southwest has been the only airline for a while that doesn't charge a fee for changing you tickets if you should need to and they are the only one who doesn't charge for a check bag. But, I did see on the news yesterday that they are making some changes and may now be charging a change fee. I don't think it takes affect until sometime after the new year. If I get chance I will look it up and see what their charges are going to be and when they start.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on December 20, 2012 at 10:22pm: I will be adding Division Discussions within this PIR GROUP in a day or two.

Please do not go and form individual GROUPS on here for your Divisions.

We make one PIR GROUP for the date and then we open up the Discussion FORUM area on the Group and form them there.

That wat you all can pretty much have one place for the 8 weeks to gather information and get support, connect with each other as a Group and then even more so on a Divisional basis...specifically for BC, (that of course doesn't mean that you can't join other groups for support as well!:-)...it's just as far Training Group purposes).

It would also be to many GROUPS on here. After PIR tomorrow there will be 7 TG's at RTC, totalling 63 Divisions...at least 5000+ Recruits. We get a fraction of that on here memberwise.

Keep connecting on here ask, ask, ask questions...there are no dumb ones! We're here to help!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on December 20, 2012 at 10:12pm: You are now officially:

TG 13 - 14 Divisions (089-100, 806 and 913) Graduate Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. Each recruit will be permitted 3 guests.

...as per the RTC Website.