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Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
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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 Navy2011Mom on March 8, 2013 at 7:30pm
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I just got an unscheduled call from my SR too. Happy day!!!
I have a question if someone knows... our other sailor will be going with us to our SR's PIR in April. Will the sailor need to wear a dress uniform for PIR too? I'm sure my sailor son knows the answer, but I haven't remembered to ask him about it. I thought someone else here might know. Just doing that early planning thing again -- LOL!!
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Comment by Cammy on March 8, 2013 at 7:05pm
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Hooray! I heard (sorta) from my SR husband today. He warned me ahead of time he would not be able to call, so he had his buddy call today. This time he wrote down what he wanted to tell me though. His friend says he's doing much better already, and I think getting to talk to me and starting to get our letters and pictures is helping him through this. I'm not going to say his friend's name for obvious reasons, but thank you to the kind individual in Ship 13 Div 147 who has now twice put aside some of his precious phone time to relay messages to me from my husband! He also seems like he is helping my husband immensely and I hope they power through BC together.
Hubby got his wisdom teeth out today, and I'm hoping his bed rest will help clear his mind as well. This is what he wants to do with his life, and I am so proud of my SR and hope him the best.
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Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on March 8, 2013 at 9:58am
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Good morning everyone!
Abucking, we have been to graveyard fields many many times. Hiked to both the upper and lower falls, swam in some of the large pools of water there. Love that the parkway is in my backyard :) Here is a pic we took last Sunday on our way home from Cherokee :) It was so "Smokey" you can't even see most of the mountains in the background lol
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Comment by diannep on March 8, 2013 at 9:20am
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Good Morning Ladies!
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Comment by melberta (Ship 9, DIV 150) on March 7, 2013 at 11:49pm
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Me too! I'm an ol ER nurse myself!!!
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Comment by MomOf3 on March 7, 2013 at 11:03pm
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Finally got my form letter, I think he sent a duplicate because it was postmarked 3/4. Also got a letter. Seems he is in a position of leadership and is learning how hard it is to have to be responsible for the actions of others, lol. Hmmm now to think of something positive to write to him about that. ha ha!
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Terra06... Our girls are bunk mates!!!!!!!!!
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Comment by ohwhere on March 7, 2013 at 9:40pm
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Awe Cammy I’m sorry to hear your husband if having a tough time with the separation. I could only imagine if my husband and I had a child right now that it would tear him apart. I hope he sticks with it, he’s got to know this is the worst part, you won’t be so shut off from each other for this long amount of time later on. From what I hear it’s only 2 or 3 weeks of black out time when you are deployed and can’t contact anyone. So 2 or 3 weeks is WAY better than 2 months. I know emails and phone calls aren’t the same as being together but I figure I can handle it if I at least get to communicate with my husband. These are some of the thoughts going through my head when I get super emotional about being cut off from him and it helps me a little. It helps to know this is the worst part and they are almost half way through it. I hope everything works out for you two. I’m rooting for him. Take Care.
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Who is from California and has a SR daughter Ship 11, Div 150...that goes by "Sweets"??????
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Thank you Dianne! I got his letters. He was very excited to hear our daughter is walking, but at the same time he is super upset he wasn't able to be here for it. He is going to talk to me again next week, and I told him the decision was his and I support it either way. So I will know sometime next week whether I need to finish getting my house ready to sell, or if I need to prepare for him coming back!
He asked for more pictures, so I will send those along his way. Hopefully that will help! :) I actually had sent a few more this morning, before I got his letters, so he will be glad to receive those.
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