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ALUMNI of PIR 04/12/2013 TG 22 10 Divisions (143-150, 809, 922)
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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 04/12 /2013. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 85
Latest Activity: Feb 11, 2014
WELCOME to PIR 04/12/2013!
~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 March 18, 2013 at 8:26am
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Tried on tuition assistance when he first got to duty station. Of course, was denied since you have to be there for a year...and have to learn your Navy "stuff" first. He was honorably discharged last year, and has been using the GI Bill since then.
Good Morning All!
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...should add that depending on the college chosen to attend, it may not pay 100 percent if it is a private expensive college. It still is a wonderful asset to these sailors at a time when educational costs are off the chart! My son has completed 18 hrs since June, doing part-time school while working. He had his A.S. degree going into the Navy, and his Bachelors may take him a while to complete doing it this slowly, but as long as he finishes, that is the important thing!
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Winski: The whole purpose of Tuition Assistance is to allow the active duty sailors to take some courses and get a headstart on their education. The GI Bill, which they can't get until they have been honorably discharged, is more inclusive...for a sailor who completes his/her total service time and is honorably discharged, it should pay 100 percent of their tuition, adding a book stipend each semester, and if taking at least 12 credits/per semester, a housing allowance.
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Comment by ellen0502 on March 17, 2013 at 10:23pm
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Meet & Greets (sorry, don't see Flanagan's yet)
PIR 04/12/2013 SARGE'S MEET AND GREET
PIR 04/12/2013 Ramada Meet and Greet
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Comment by NavyMom315 on March 17, 2013 at 9:12pm
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I dont see our meet and greet the latest one posted is 3/29/13
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Comment by Winski on March 17, 2013 at 7:54pm
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Oh y'all look on the right side of this page. Our meet and greet is posted for Sarge! We're getting closer! Yeah!
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Dianne's can you tell me the difference between tuition assistance and the GI Bill? And I think it is a shame the government still has money for all their pork barrel programs (I think that's what they're called. I'm not very politically savvy) but they will take away a soldier's chance to make a better life for him/herself after military through education!
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Well my boy can do laundry as long as you don't expect him to separate colors from whites! Lol. My husband told me they used to have to wash their clothes in a bucket outside! (Getting used to doing it in the field I guess). I think that was in the marines though.
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Comment by MomOf3 on March 17, 2013 at 6:17pm
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Diannep, I was under the impression that they were actually doing the laundry, only from what he said. He had mentioned that if he didnt get it done within his alotted work time that he had to do it during his free time and the first time through it caused him to miss his time to write letters. Next time I speak with him I will ask for clarification though.
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She was very confused at first when he left. But now, she knows! And, yes, I'm sure she misses him in there...he is very cuddly with her!
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