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ALUMNI OF PIR 03/22/2013 TG 19 - 11 Divisions (121-130 and 919)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 03/22/2013. A place to keep up with each other as your SAILORS journey continues.

Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 92
Latest Activity: Mar 23, 2017

WELCOME to PIR 03/22/2013! 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 ME forN4M'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 ChambosMom on March 12, 2013 at 2:32pm: Shouldn't we be able to print out our gate passes today? It is not showing on the RTC site yet.

Comment by Jersey Sam on March 12, 2013 at 10:41am: I did not received any letter from RTC.. A little upset for missing her presentation but its already over. But thanks for the advice.

Comment by diannep on March 12, 2013 at 10:38am: JerseySam: If your daughter is an Honor Recruit, you should receive a letter from RTC like ChambosMom did. If you don't receive it, call Public Affairs and ask about it: 847 688 2405 and...congrats!

Comment by ChambosMom on March 12, 2013 at 10:08am: We did not get the letter from our SR. We got the letter RTC about our son being an honor recruit.

Comment by Jersey Sam on March 12, 2013 at 10:03am: oh.... how nice... I didn't get any letter from my sailor.. I only received the 1st letter and that's all. She told me she didn't realized that she was an honor until very last few days.

Comment by ChambosMom on March 12, 2013 at 9:30am: Thanks Jersey Sam. The letter we received told us where to go and what would be happening that morning. It tells us to ck in with Publc Affairs to receive a brief of what to expect. 8:00 am we get to see our recruits and they get their awards at that time along with a short photo session. Then recruits and their families are escorted to the drill hall.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on March 12, 2013 at 8:45am: Good Morning everyone :)

Comment by diannep on March 12, 2013 at 8:41am: Good info, Jersey Sam!

Good Morning All!

Comment by Jersey Sam on March 12, 2013 at 12:24am: Comment by Jersey Sam 21 minutes agoDelete Comment

Just a reminder for Honor Recruit family members. Do not go into the ceremony hall first thing in the morning. The presentation of cert. & challenge coin were given in another room with all the honor recruits & family before the ceremony start. Stay at the room where your hand get stamp. There is a room on the right where all honor recruits & families gather for the presentation. The recruits will leave first. Then a lieutenant will escort the families to the reserved seats for honor family members. I missed the presentation because I went into the ceremony hall early in the morning. Later my daughter called us to go out & into the room. She didn't know we have to wait outside for her.

Comment by CatMom509 on March 11, 2013 at 7:05pm: Hello Ladies & Gentlemen,

It seemed that the people who were underdressed for the snow-all-over-the-ground, 35 degrees weather were girlfriends/fiancees (lowcut dresses & bare legs), younger siblings (feet in only sandals!), and probably those who are not on Navy for Moms or have access to a computer to check the weather for Great Lakes. Make sure you let the rest of your family know about what to wear over there. Sometimes I forgot that since I knew something--like calls coming with an 847 area code--that maybe I did or did not clearly tell my other daughter/husband about it too, so they did not pick up or almost didn't pick up our now Sailor daughter's calls. My Sailor daughter sending me the link to Navy for Moms was a huge blessing!! You could tell when a mom wasn't on it because they knew absolutely nothing about what was going to happen at PIR or afterward sitting there in the bleachers! Traveling mercies to all of you to Great Lakes!! You are all in for the Biggest Hugs from Your New Sailor!! God Bless You~~