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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.

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~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 6, 2013 at 4:03pm: *bought them off of them sorry about that!

*also....wear not where! I do know how to spell....sometimes! Obviously not today! :-)

Comment by diannep on February 6, 2013 at 4:01pm: That is very interesting that neither of your sons' size 16 shoes came back in the box! You gotta wonder if "someone at RTC" bought they off of them??? HA! Or maybe they were told that there are lots of people out there who where that size shoe who are in unfortunate situations right now...and could use those shoes. In that case, they would have donated. I like to think that is what they did!

Not true, Kelly'sMom. Your sailor can ride back with you. Maybe what you heard was that if they are going to A School in GL, they will not be riding back with you ... because....they will have a short time with you after PIR on RTC and then will be bussed over to the A School base to process in...takes a few hours. Then they call you to pick them up there. But for the sailors flying out for A School the next day, they can return to the hotel on the shuttle with you.

Comment by Kelly's Mom on February 6, 2013 at 2:44pm: I read somewhere that if you take the hotel shuttle to PIR that your sailor isn't allowed to ride on that to go to the hotel with you. Does anyone know if this is true? If so how can they get off base to the hotel ??

Comment by B'sMom on February 6, 2013 at 2:09pm: lol...My son also wears a sive 16 shoe, and his shoes didn't come in the box either!

Comment by Carolyn on February 6, 2013 at 1:35pm: diannep: I was wondering why his pants legs were rolled up!! Yes, he wears a size 16 so we had joked about them making him cut his toes off to fit in a boot! It actually made me laugh imagining them look at that foot and shaking their head, so it made it a little easier to handle "the box". Thanks for all the info that I get on here!

Comment by diannep on February 6, 2013 at 1:23pm: Carolyn: They actually are given a choice of sending clothes/shoes back in the box....or....donating them (I have a feeling he did this)...or...throwing them away. He wouldn't be allowed to wear his own shoes...they get measured for their boots. Was his pants leg rolled up? Many are...which is what they do when they get on the computer to measure. Some may roll them back down but many don't! There are alot of perplexed families when those pants come home...rolled up like that! :-) I'm assuming your son has a very LARGE foot...but they will provide whatever size he needs!

Comment by Carolyn on February 6, 2013 at 10:38am: My son is ship 12 div 130. I got his box yesterday, minus my shoes (which made me laugh through tears) because I told him they wouldn't have his size! It was either that or they wouldn't fit in the box! I am still waiting on the letter, but have been writing him every day since his recruiter called and gave me his address. His recruiter said his PIR date is 3/22.

Comment by diannep on February 6, 2013 at 8:52am: Ladies, congrats on the phone calls yesterday! And don't worry...well, I know you will because you love these SRs....but it is very normal for them to be homesick, maybe physically sick too (its no wonder with all of the vaccinations their bodies are overwhelmed with when they arrive...temporarily compromises their immune systems and those numerous germs from so many SRs have lots of opportunities to make them sick). They are told everything to do, and if they aren't told to do something or it wasn't "issued to them," they don't do it/need it. For those who didn't grow up in military families, it is a shock to the system! But...by training week #4 (which is about bootcamp week #5), things get better for them and you will see more positive attitudes in letters and calls. So...hang in there!

Nice post, Craig!

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