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ALUMNI OF PIR 03/02/2012 TG 16 — 09 Divisions (075–080 & 914–916)

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For families and friends of recruits with a PIR date of 03/02/2012

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 100
Latest Activity: Jul 10, 2013

Welcome to PIR 0302/2012

OPSEC, OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmust importance. Please take the timeto read the Opsec and Community Guidelines. A quick note here: Last Names are not allowed on this site. If it is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended. First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember someone can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture.CLICK ME

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Comment by jackiequeen/ship09div076 on January 14, 2012 at 8:09pm: Barb...sometimes it almost seems like pain is more intense when you don't have that special someone to put their arm around you and tell you that you will be ok.

Comment by RuthL on January 14, 2012 at 8:05pm: When I was talking to my daughter today, I asked her what she liked getting the most while in boot camp. Here are her top three picks. 1. Random pictures. (I enclosed them in every letter. Recent photos, ones from when they were growing up, and just random shots) She said she looked forward to seeing what I would send. 2. Letters. She said there is nothing worse than mail call and not getting mail. 3. News articles. I would print everything from celebrity new to college football recaps. They get no TV, so she liked finding out what was going on and would share them with her ship mates. She also got a kick out of the weekly cat newsletter I would send her. (Weekly newsletter from her cats)

Bottom line, anything from home is a huge help. It helps them feel like they are still part of what is going on.

Comment by barbsz (ship 07 div 079) on January 14, 2012 at 7:56pm: wow Lala, I love that box! Sorry everyone I haven't been on here as much as I would like to be, I am literally falling apart the last week. I have pharyngitis which im getting over but that heightened the nerves in my mouth setting off the pain from my wisdom teeth to an 11 out of 10 to the point that the dentist gave me vicodin as a pain reliever.

It's horrible not having my boyfriend here right now, He's been gone 9 days and I can't believe what a mess I am right now! =(

Comment by RuthL on January 14, 2012 at 7:48pm: LaLa, you are so creative!

Comment by shadesofpurpleNukemom on January 14, 2012 at 7:40pm: Anyone have a SR in SHIP02DIV914?

Comment by jackiequeen/ship09div076 on January 14, 2012 at 7:39pm: lala....your box is sooo very cool!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on January 14, 2012 at 7:35pm: I love scrapbooking ;-) We are having a FREE all weekend crop here next weekend. We do them once a month and they are so much fun. There is scrapbook group on this site for anyone who would like to check it out. We all post pics and ideas there as well. I actually made a scrapbook for my Sailor of her wedding for a Christmas present and completed it in less than 2 days. It was a record for me and turned out so nice I didn't want her to take it home with lol. I wanted to show it to everyone. I meant to take pics of each page but forgot to do it. Here is a pic of one I made for her bootcamp experience. It is a scrapbook in a box :-)

Comment by RuthL on January 14, 2012 at 7:12pm: jackiequeen@ That is a great idea. I would send cards and letters from my sailors cats. She got a kick out of them. they love anything from home.