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ALUMNI OF PIR 03/20/2015 TG 19 - 9 Divisions (113-118, 807-808 and 919)

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...AND LOVED ONES!!

This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 03/20/2015. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.

Your current Group "veteran members" are:

diannep

♥FireTeamLeaderWife♥ aka FTLW

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ellen0502

Craig

CatMom509

Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 52
Latest Activity: Nov 3, 2015

WELCOME to PIR 03/20/2015! 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.

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N4M'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 February 9, 2015 at 12:28am: Texasmom: Yes, book in your SR's name at Navy Lodge. But remember, lately some of the GL A School sailors have not been allowed to visit families at Navy Lodge or Navy Gateway PIR weekend, denied the chits they need to visit there. Not all of them, just some of them. The sailors flying out for A School have no problem visiting families at Navy Lodge, but there have been issues with the GL sailors. Some may want to go ahead and stay there, take a chance, and move if you have to....others may not want to chance it. Navy Lodge is a great place to stay....we are sorry this is happening.

Comment by TexasmomShip13 on February 8, 2015 at 10:17pm: Can non military families stay at The Navy Lodge?

Thanks

Comment by CatMom509 on February 8, 2015 at 8:49pm: Blessed Sunday!

     "But I will hope continually, and

      praise You yet more and more."

                                   Psalm 71:14

Comment by diannep on February 8, 2015 at 7:34pm: That is so great, DynosMom! How great that all are coming together to celebrate your SR! I know that will put a smile on his face.....

Comment by diannep on February 8, 2015 at 9:02am: Good Morning!

I have added the BattleStations discussion above too.

As FTLW said, please stay on this main page also in addition to your discussion groups. Bring all questions you here to this main page so we can get answers for you....being on anywhere from 6-8 PIR groups at a time, we N4moms veterans don't have time to get on all of the discussion groups daily and may miss your questions! So please post your questions here on the main page, and then you can share the answers in your discussion groups!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on February 8, 2015 at 6:12am: Your Division Discussions have been posted up above. Please use them to get to know each other even better on a "Divisional" basis...BUT remember that you all have the same PIR date and many of you will be attending the same Meet and Greets...so please continue to post on the Main Wall here.

Also, please continue to post your questions for us "veteran moms" on the Main Wall here. We can have 7-8 active PIR groups going at one time..that's 70-90 Divisions! We try to get to the Division Discussions but with that many it is difficult! We don't want to miss any questions as ALL are important...no dumb ones...for many of you this is your first servicemember and we want to be there to help and lend support.

Division discussions now open for business!!

POST AWAY!!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on February 8, 2015 at 6:12am: N4M's Community Guidelines and OPSEC apply to the Discussion Forum area as well. The Division Discussions are viewable to all...just like the Main Wall here.

Please do not start new division discussions!!!!

The Discussion Forum area is set to show titles only and is set at ten titles at a time for now. (This can be adjusted by the group creator or an administrator)

It is also set to show the "latest activity" (there are other settings). So whatever has just had a reply added to it will "bump" that Discussion to the top. The discussion will stay up there at the top because it has had "activity"…until the next Discussion has activity. If there are over ten discussions, whatever is at the bottom will disappear from view…but not from the Discussion Forum. So, if you want to see more, click "view all" at the bottom right hand corner of the discussion forum area. It is right up there above the Blue Comment Wall bar.

When you view a discussion forum by clicking on the title, the first post ever made will be the first one on the first page. To get to the most current reply, click “Last Reply” directly underneath that particular Discussion.

~You will also notice that in the top right corner in any post that you do you will see an "x". This is so you may delete your post if you need too. You will also see the “x” on any post you make anywhere else on the site.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on February 8, 2015 at 6:12am: Please let me know if I have made an error in the ship number of your SRs division.

Comment by CatMom509 on February 8, 2015 at 1:35am: DynosMom,

They only get a certain amount of time to call depending on how well their division is doing. Sometimes if there is enough time to make 2 calls they will. Or if one person doesn't answer, they will try another person. It's really unpredictable. When my Sailor daughter called, we would put her on speakerphone, so we can all hear her~~

Some will take turns calling various family members/significant others from week to week for the first few weeks, then they will stop calling when they go into intense training, but continue writing~~

Comment by diannep on February 8, 2015 at 12:44am: DynosMom: They usually have a specific amount of time to make calls....usually this early, not very long, but it is possible that if they make a short call or if the person doesn't answer, they will have time to call the next person.