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ALUMNI of PIR 04/05/2013 TG 21 - 10 Divisions (135-142, 808 and 921)

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This PIR Group is for those members that have loved ones who will be graduating Boot Camp on 04/05/2013. A place to gather information, share concerns and get support as your Recruits start their Navy careers as future Sailors.

Your current Group "veteran members" are:

diannep

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ellen0502

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Craig

Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 78
Latest Activity: Feb 14, 2014

WELCOME to PIR 04/05/2013! 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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You need to be a member of ALUMNI of PIR 04/05/2013 TG 21 - 10 Divisions (135-142, 808 and 921) to add comments!

Comment by diannep on March 30, 2013 at 10:26pm: Yes, Citrine: Many families will head to the airports to be with their sailors until their planes leave. Take ID in order to get an airlines gate pass to wait until the plane departs at the gate. Your sailor will have flight info by PIR Day. Some leave as early as 6 a.m.....others maybe not until later in the morning or in the afternoon or even early evening. They are all bussed to the airports in the wee hours of the morning from RTC to wait in the USO.

NashvilleNavyWife: Be sure to go to Sarge's MeetandGreet the night before PIR. He will have lots of info for places to eat in the area!

gksailormom: So glad that pink eye is gone and he is training again!

Comment by ellen0502 on March 30, 2013 at 9:27pm: Citrine, It shouldn't be too difficult to find your SR after graduation, they probably found you while standing there during PIR. If you stay in the bleachers, tell him to walk to them, it shouldn't be a problem from there where you will be sitting would be in front of his division.

You can go to the airport on Sat and wait with them at the gate. You can get a gate pass when you get there (your sailor has to be with you).

Comment by Citrine-Ship13Div140 on March 30, 2013 at 9:19pm: PIR this Friday! Four from Colorado arriving Thursday afternoon. Does anyone know how our SRs find us after ceremony Friday? Do family/friends sit in posted Divisions? My son wrote he gets one more phone call, and I have all these questions that need answered. Is it customary to go to the airport on Saturday morning to wave our goodbyes? Will we be able to be with our SR waiting to board, or are we separated from them? How long might we wait for the Pensacola flight?

Comment by SailorMomSteph(ship13/div139) on March 30, 2013 at 8:40pm: Great news gksailormom!! What a relief!

Comment by marineromom on March 30, 2013 at 7:43pm: gksailormom so happy to know your son got over the pink eye!!! got a call today from my SR in same DIV!!! Captains Cap went well!!! Happy Easter to everyone!!!

Comment by BlakesMom on March 30, 2013 at 7:03pm: diannep, thanks for the money answer. It is just so hard to believe it is time!

Comment by DixieWife on March 30, 2013 at 6:56pm: At recommendations for places to eat NOT in downtown Chicago ( i.e. closer to the base) for dinner the night of graduation with our sailors?

Comment by DixieWife on March 30, 2013 at 6:46pm: Just got off the phone with my SR! Div 808! So happy! He said they are so excited about PIR. Said they won captains cup!

Comment by gksailormom on March 30, 2013 at 5:55pm: I got a quick call today! Division 808-just in case keep your phones handy! He said it wasn't a planned call-their RDC let them stop for calls real quick. His Pink eye is gone, he got whatever he needed to make up done and is on track to participate in BS-Yeah! I can't wait to see him!

Division 808-I will be making a small sign-banner for us when we are at Sarge's-so we can hopefully sit together as a Divsion then we can mingle and meet all the other wonderful families from the other divisions :). I am also making name tags so if you would like name tags for your group, PM me and let me know your names and your NavyForMom name. I am leaving for graduation on Tuesday so let me know before hand!

Excited to meet everyone!

Happy Easter!

Comment by CatMom509 on March 30, 2013 at 3:39pm: Greetings Friends!

        "Every good and perfect gift is from above,

         coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights,

         who does not change like shifting shadows."

                                                               James 1:17