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ALUMNI OF PIR 03/30/2012 TG 20 — 14 Divisions (097–108, 809 & 920)

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This group is for the loved ones of the future Sailors of PIR 03/30/2012!

From your Group Creator proudmama:

I know we are all looking forward to graduation, and very excited to finally watch our children and or family members become an Official United States, Navy Sailor. Until then, lets all share our experiences with each other. Our experiences today will help other other new moms and or family members in the future.So lets set a good example, so that our SRs too can be proud of us. I look forward to this journey with each and everyone of you. God bless you and all the SR's

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 146
Latest Activity: Dec 17, 2012

Welcome To PIR: 03/30/2012

OPSEC, OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmost importance. Please take the timeto read the OPSEC and Community Guidelines. A quick note here: Last Names of Recruits/Sailors are not allowed on this site. If it is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended. First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember someone can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture.

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Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on February 21, 2012 at 11:25pm: Ha, Ha, Ha, LaLa! Love it!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on February 21, 2012 at 10:55pm: I know I'm a mom of a Navy Sailor and I will do everything in my power to protect her. That includes learning the rules and knowing what is safe and not safe to post on a public website, say in front of other people or even on the phone. But there were days when she was in boot camp that I was contemplating this and I bet right now there some others who would join me lol

Comment by CaptainFatso on February 21, 2012 at 8:54pm: FIVE MOST DANGEROUS THINGS IN THE US NAVY

A Seaman saying, "I learned this in Boot Camp..."
A Petty Officer saying, "Trust me, sir..."
A Lieutenant JG saying, "Based on my experience..."
A Lieutenant saying, "I was just thinking..."
A Chief chuckling, "Watch this sh!t..."

Comment by CaptainFatso on February 21, 2012 at 6:56pm: OPSEC.... Just to an expand upon a point that FTLW makes.

To us. they're just young men and women honorably serving their country.. Good decent kids that are full of promise. To others, they are the enemy. Evil warriors that deserve to be publicly beheaded. They are targets. Their execution, an act of religious obedience.

In June of 1985, young Petty Officer by the name of Robert Stethem was returning home an assignment in Greece when his flight was hijacked. The hijackers identified him as a member of the US Military. Stethem was beaten, tortured and finally shot. His body was then dumped on the tarmac.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on February 21, 2012 at 6:34pm: We had some new members join the Group over the weekend and I know we will get more...so here is the weekly OPSEC reminder! (A gentle one folks!)

I post this for the first month or so.

WELCOME to you all!

Safety for your SR (future Sailor) and you!

Sailors LAST names are not allowed anywhere on this site. If your last name is different from your sailors it is still not recommended. This site is publicly viewable.

FIRST names are allowed but I, and some of the other “veteran” moms, will most often advise you not to use them. So, let’s say you use your last name in your N4M name, post a picture of your SR...call him/her by their first name...it makes it very easy to match them up with you while in Boot Camp.

SR=Seaman Recruit...this is a good way to refer to your loved one while they are in BC.

Why does that matter? Your SR's are trying to get through BC with as little undue attention as possible. "Fly under the radar", so to speak. So...Less is best!

The MOST important reason for being discreet is OPSEC-OPerational SECurity. This is a way of life for us now. It will be for your Sailors career and for some of them, even more so, depending on their individual security clearance.

Here is a link to the "Community Guidelines" for N4M:

http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/navy-for-moms-n4m-community

Here is the link for "OPSEC is everyone’s responsibility" specifically:

http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=3342

Here is a link to the video on OPSEC on this site:

http://www.navyformoms.com/video/opsec-internet-safety

Please take the time to review this information.

Thank You.

Comment by TorisMom on February 21, 2012 at 5:30pm: Today marks three weeks since our kids (those who left 1/30) have been gone. I'm better since I got those letters from her. Will gladly accept more though!!! I hope we'll be getting phone calls soon. I'm still lurking around here, just reading more than talking, I appreciate all of you other mothers and the support you give. I like knowing there are others out there who get how I feel, the missing the kids, as well as the pride in their great decision. Go Navy!!! Go Young Adults!!!!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on February 21, 2012 at 5:21pm: Glad they are fixing your car...hope your kiddos are doing better!

Well...I use the search engine and I tyoe in whatever I am looking for and add "images" or "pictures" at the end. Like this

SNICKERS images.

Here is aa link to a Page with the EMOTICON post I have. It also talks about adding pics:

http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir03022012/forum/topics/emoticons

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on February 21, 2012 at 5:15pm: Oh my...you just made me LOL!

Comment by all5roc on February 21, 2012 at 5:06pm: Got letter from daughter today!! Doing better, still wants to come home, but said refusing to go to medical..Nothing is wrong with her anyway except a butt rash from crunches.Poor thing. Hopefully a call soon!! Letter was dated 2-14. So a week old. Look for mail ladies!!

Comment by alismz on February 21, 2012 at 3:53pm: ... so great to hear that it looks like they ARE going to fix the frame of our car after all (they don't make pontiacs anymore)... we will be driving to PIR...and WHERE did you find that snickers photo (FTLW)??? made me giggle out loud, AGAIN! (so we have our Snickers and Star Wars)

congrats lala- something soothing about a new dryer taking care of business...

and a BIG congrats to 11/106- martine (pauls mom) will be very excited!