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ALUMNI OF PIR 03/15/2013 TG 18 - 9 Divisions (113-120 and 918)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 03/15/2013. 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

Location: Great Lakes,Illnois
Members: 67
Latest Activity: May 14, 2013

WELCOME to PIR 03/15/2013! 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 MEforN4M'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 24, 2013 at 9:21am: Welcome to all of the newbies to this site! Glad you found us!

Red Rover: That is what we N4Moms are here for....to answer any questions you have...so ask away! :-)

FTLW has posted the Community Guidelines under the MEMBERS photo box, to the right and above, in the PAGES section. All please read through them when you can.

A suggestion: If you see someone post on here with your same division number, feel free to friend request that person (click on their photo or screen name to go to their page, and select "Add as Friend" which is on the left of their page). You can then talk privately---and share more personally--- about what your SRs are experiencing! Eventually we will have discussion groups on here for the brother divisions.

Remember, if your division number is "even", the "odd" number before it is the brother division....so---each set of brother divisions starts with the "odd" number. They will know each other well...they will train together. So you may want to friend request the ladies in the brother division as well!

Good Morning!

Comment by Trey's Mom 45 on January 24, 2013 at 9:16am: My son is also in ship 13 div 115!! I have not received anything but the "I'm here" call. I have my phone with me 24/7, maybe Sunday! His PIR is 03/15/13!

Comment by daphelps on January 23, 2013 at 11:49pm: Hi Alek'sMom, my son is also ship 13 div 115! No other call than just the very "short call" last Wednesday yet!

Comment by proudmom13 on January 23, 2013 at 10:50pm: I got my letter today. I was so excited I looked like a crazy women running throw the house. LOL My son is on Ship 11 Div 113. Looking forward to meeting everyone.. Thanks for starting this site :)

Comment by daphelps on January 23, 2013 at 10:45pm: Thanks so much for this site! My son is ship 13 div 115 PIR 03/15/13! I enjoy reading the comments & taking in all the great information because this is all new to us!!

Comment by Red Rover on January 23, 2013 at 10:30pm: diannep-Thanks that is exactly what I wanted to know and needed to hear. I am sure I will be asking more questions as we go along.

Comment by diannep on January 23, 2013 at 10:01pm: OK, FTLW: Love your popeye pik!

Comment by diannep on January 23, 2013 at 9:56pm: ...should add to my post below that they not only lose some SRs, but they will gain some back from earlier PIR groups....ones who were delayed in training and are now ready to resume. But they never get back up to the 88....they may graduate with between 65 - 75.

Comment by diannep on January 23, 2013 at 9:55pm: Red Rover: The ships are their barracks (where they live) and there are several divisions in each ship. Each division has a brother division (sometimes the 800 or 900 divisions don't)....and they train together---each division starts off with an average of 88 SRs (recruits)---but will lose some to being discharged or asmoed (setback in training, joining later PIR group when ready to resume training). We live in S. Florida so when my son went up, he too had the cold weather (same time of year as now). But they have great warm trenchcoats (warm lining that zips out), boots, face masks, warm gloves, etc. My son never got cold. He said they had to shovel snow some, but if it was really really cold outside, they didn't have to march in it.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on January 23, 2013 at 9:25pm: I know, it looks like something out of a scary movie. Glad I don't have to be there this weekend for PIR.