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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 ellen0502 on February 3, 2013 at 5:16am: 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.

Discussion Forum Area

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.

To "bump" up a discussion to the first spot of the DF area when you don't really want to add a reply...in other words someone is looking for it...just type whatever you want in the reply box and click "add reply". I just type one letter or even a period and add the reply.

When you view a DF 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.

Comment by ellen0502 on February 3, 2013 at 5:05am: Good Morning!

We have posted your Division Discussions 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...you all have developed such a nice group!

Also, please continue to post your questions for us "veteran moms" on the Main Wall here. We have 7-8 active PIR groups going at one time..that's 70-80 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.

Comment by Robin (ship 03 Div 123/124) on February 3, 2013 at 2:09am: Welcome jsnipes1991, my son is also ship 03 div 123/124.

Comment by jsnipes1991 on February 3, 2013 at 1:47am: My finance is ship 3 DIV 123/124 anyone else?

Comment by Logan7817 on February 3, 2013 at 1:36am: I missed her call today, I was at work and cant have my cell on, she left a brief msg, said she missed us and loves us and a sad bye at the end. My heart just crumbled knowing she didn't talk to anyone. I hope we can get another call from her soon. ship 11 div 125

Comment by Liskamama on February 2, 2013 at 9:55pm: I got my call this morning from my son yeah!!! He left January 23rd I was so suprised that I got a call so soon, was so nice to hear his voice it put me at ease just to hear him. He is actually enjoying BC, says the food is good, and that he is learning alot. The only thing he said is that he misses his family and that it is hard to adjust to not being able to call or see us everyday, other then that he seems to be doing wonderful. I hope everyone got calls today. It made me at ease knowing he is well and safe Thank You Lord. He is Ship 03 Div 123.

Comment by lenny0861 on February 2, 2013 at 7:25pm: My sons GF got a 1 minute call all is well so far div 128

Comment by proudmami on February 2, 2013 at 6:37pm: @MaineNavyMom ..... i Received my letter as well and My son is in Ship2/Division 919. :)

Comment by MaineNavyMom on February 2, 2013 at 6:05pm: Received my letter yesterday. My son is in Ship 2/Division 919. Was so glad to receive it and know when his PIR will be. Let the planning begin!!!

Comment by ellen0502 on February 2, 2013 at 5:45pm: Here is a quick guide on how to use this web site, and it will simplify everything for you.

First thing to do is bookmark Navy For Moms or this page. At the top of the pages you will see tabs, "Main", "Invite", "Mt Page", etc. Those are the easiest and quickest way to navigate this site. They will show up on just about every page you are reading.

If you click the "My Page" tab it will take you to the page that shows everything "about you". You can change setting, see all the groups you have joined, read comments to you etc. The links in there are all clickable.

If you click on the "Groups" tab it will take you to a "home page" that shows all the groups on this site. Just under the tabs on the left side there are two more clickable links "All Groups" and "My Groups". Clicking on the my groups link will take you to another page that lists all the groups you have join and all of those are also clickable. Clicking on any one of those links will take you direcrtly to that groups page.

It becomes easy peasy once you have used them a couple of times, and you will be navigating this huge site like a pro in no time at all.

Happy hunting and clicking. :)