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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 CatMom509 on March 18, 2013 at 6:21am: CONGRATULATIONS to all the new Sailors and their Families!! This is for future reference when your Sailor changes from A School to their new duty station/base and from base/ship to base/ship. Each base will have their own Personal Property office for you or your Sailor to check with. Please re-post this information to all groups! We need to help our Sailors save money!!

Comment by Dad of Sailor, IT Corry Station 13 hours ago

Personal Property Information for those in Pensacola/Corry Station.

I wanted to give you all a heads up that your Sailors are authorized personal property shipments when they leave A School headed to their first duty station. My son said no one knew about it and for some reason the schools do not tell the students about this and my son said his friends were all paying out of pocket to ship stuff home.

Once they have hard copy orders they need to visit the personal property office and they will be given instructions on how to ship their goods at the Navy's expense. Sailors should not be paying to move themselves. I got the information for my son and he went and did it and found it an easy process.

Personal Property Office - Corry Station

(850) 452-6105 (850) 452-6086

Personal Property - NAS Pensacola

(850) 452-4730 (850) 452-4727

Comment by Dani's#1Fan on March 17, 2013 at 10:56pm: Never a prouder moment than witnessing my daughter graduate last Friday, March 15, 2013 in Great Lakes, IL. Beautiful ceremony, 780+ recruits, family, friends... My heart is STILL swelled up with pride!! ❤
Congratulations to all of the Sailors and their families! :)

Comment by Christi/Zach's mom on March 17, 2013 at 8:11pm: Just found my son's new roommate's mom on N4Ms. It will be great to have another connection to him!

Comment by Jazzy's Mom on March 17, 2013 at 5:18pm: Sitting at the airport waiting to go home. Fabulous weekend and so proud of everyone! Will post more when I get on my computer. Congratulations to our new sailors and their families!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on March 17, 2013 at 10:43am: Happy St Patrick's Day Everyone :) Don't forget to wear green :)

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on March 17, 2013 at 10:43am: That is great info Lori24, thanks so much for letting us know :)

Comment by diannep on March 17, 2013 at 8:07am: Thanks, Lori! Appreciate the info! We knew that families were allowed out there--thanks for the clarification on the number of gate passes issued...in a previous PIR group, when we first were hearing that the SRs/sailors were told that they could not have families meet them at the airports, we checked it out. Airport personnel seemed surprised that the sailors were being told that they couldn't have their families there. One mom had already posted that no one was going to stop HER! She was going to the airport to be with her sailor...regardless! HOOYAH! :-) I would imagine, though, in times of increased terrorist alert, they could change their policy somewhat, but can't imagine they would totally deny family member(s) time with their sailors before departure.

Thanks so much for sharing your personal experience! Did your sailor and shipmates get a standing ovation when they were announced to board? We have heard that happens alot in Chicago!

Comment by Lori24 on March 17, 2013 at 6:14am: Lala and diannep I have some information that I think would be very helpful to your next PIR group. If their Sailor flies to A school from Chicago midway it is a TSA rule that the airlines have to allow family members a gate pass, the number allowed depends on the airline. My Sailor flew out of Delta and all we had to do was go with him to the airline counter and they gave every adult with a valid ID a gate pass no questions asked. We had six people and their was no problem. Also it is good to know that you get to go through your own personal security line and do not have to wait in the long regular line which was a huge time saver. We had a great experience through Midway!!!

Comment by kellismom on March 17, 2013 at 5:55am: Hey Georgia!! It was great Meeting you Vanessa and Aunt Connie! Congratulations to Jake, I hope things go well for him. Have a safe trip home. I gave you my number but didn't get yours...so hope you get this. Y'all take care!!

Comment by BeachBunny on March 15, 2013 at 10:17pm: Yes, we r an Alumni group now..it's feels good...got the tightest biggest hug since he was really little...it made me cry...:)..now the next chapter in this great Navy adventure, A school....meet many wonderful families at the meet and greet...thank you for everyones support thru BC...:))))