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**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:

In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).

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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 BeachBunny on March 6, 2013 at 6:39pm: Oh...finally...I'm dancing today...one letter, two questionnaires!! Said he'll call in a couple of days..ordered everything I asked for (pictures, shirts) and more plus he'll pay for it (I'll reimburse him)....plus my mom is the best, there needs to be more like her!!! Oh..I think I'll sleep better tonight...happy mama!!!

Comment by ellen0502 on March 6, 2013 at 5:41pm: For those of you with sailors staying in GL for A School.

You will have approx a half an hour to an hour after PIR with your sailor before they have to go back to their ship on the RTC side to pack their things and move across the street to the TSC side for school.

The processes of checking in and stowing their things can take several hours so have your phone available. They will call you when they can leave for liberty, that call generally comes sometime between 2:30 and 5:00. Have your phone with you at all times, That phone call can come from ANY area code not just 847. Other sailors, who are already in school, may let your SAILOR use their cell phone to call you, so answer your phone (as if you don't already). LOL

On Friday they will have liberty until approx 10pm (this can vary between 8-10pm). They have to be back to their ship and checked in by the time liberty is over, THEY CANNOT BE LATE BACK TO THEIR SHIP, so get them back early. It is quite the walk from the gate to their ship. If they are late they may have the rest of their liberty taken away from them.

On Saturday and Sunday their liberty will start sometime after 6am, and they will again call you when they can leave. On Sat and Sunday you will have to check them out and back into their ship for liberty. When they call you in the morning, you will meet them at the gate and then you must return with them to their ship to check them out. At night when they return you must go back to their ship with them to check them back in. The same person checking them out must check them back in.

Keep your gate pass from PIR, the TSC "gatekeeper" ...LOL may allow you to use it to drive them to and from their ship. They must be with you to drive on to base. If you cannot drive on to base you must walk back with them to check them out and in, It is a long walk so be prepared and allow plenty of time.

Now back to Friday. If possible get to the gate early, weather permitting, and wait for your SAILOR to call you, you can mull around the visitor center until it closes. When the "new" sailors are ready to leave their ship for liberty they march from their ship as a group to the front gate. You can hear the cadence from the groups from a long way away as they march to the gate for liberty.

They march down the road just on the other side of the fence from the visitor center, you can't see them yet but you can hear them, and then they make the turn to the gate, where you can see them. The anticipation as to whether you SAILOR is in the group nearing the gate, that you can now see and hear, is almost as good as waiting for the door to open at PIR.

Hang on tight, you are all in for the best hug ever that is coming very soon.

Comment by diannep on March 6, 2013 at 3:55pm: You're very welcome!

Comment by phloughb on March 6, 2013 at 3:47pm: Thanks so much diannep! I appreciate the info. Thanks again.

Comment by diannep on March 6, 2013 at 3:36pm: Also, the dates I am providing you are the ones sent to me by others...they can change. I may not be aware of the changes....hopefully what I have is correct!

Comment by diannep on March 6, 2013 at 3:34pm: "past" not "apst" :-)

Comment by diannep on March 6, 2013 at 3:33pm: Ladies: For those who friend requested me for BattleStations info: I replied to you the same way...with a friend request. PLEASE DO NOT HIT THE "ACCEPT" BUTTON OR THE MESSAGE GOES AWAY! If you need to friend request me for other info, I can accept that. I don't "accept" friend requests for just BS dates...mainly because by doing that in the apst, I have gotten over 1,600 friends now. YIKES! Makes it hard when I need to go through all of those names to forward an email or include others on one. So....anyway....just read the info I sent you and then you can hit IGNORE.

Thanks!

Comment by Boots on March 6, 2013 at 1:34pm: lol I know what you mean BeachBunny and phloughb I work in fast food so I like to be put in the back so I can have my phone out to check N4M updates or if I get a call I can be like uhh...bathroom break? lol

Comment by BeachBunny on March 6, 2013 at 1:22pm: oh...that would be great...

Count down clock is at 8 days!! I know you don't need me to read it to you...but it feels good to say it!!!!

Comment by phloughb on March 6, 2013 at 1:22pm: Nothing is working for me either dangermrs. My boss said the reason he is giving me more work these days is to keep me from thinking of my son. It's not really working though. I keep the forum open and when I hear a beep it means someone has posted. The words and comments shared in here is how I keep my sanity until next weeks PIR! So close now..counting down the days.