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ALUMNI OF PIR 04/17/2015 TG 23 - 9 Divisions (145-152, and 923)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 04/17/2015. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.

Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 46
Latest Activity: Jan 1, 2016

WELCOME to PIR 04/17/2015!

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N4M'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 Shan670Ship02 Div923 on March 14, 2015 at 9:36am: @Katie OKC my son is also in ship 2 div 923. We got our first call last Sunday and first letter on Thursday the same as you. Guess they are following the same schedule.

Comment by diannep on March 13, 2015 at 2:09pm: Welcome to the group, Katie!

Comment by Katie OKC on March 13, 2015 at 2:09pm: Thank you ellen0502! I will ask him for names!

Comment by diannep on March 13, 2015 at 2:08pm: I would encourage even more of you to ask your SRs for names of SRs not receiving mail. They may not know their first names, actually, since they all go by last names....but the mail will get to them with the address and SR (last name). They really live for having their names called out for mail call. I can just see an unsuspecting SR hearing his/her name called for mail call, and a big smile coming on that SR's face! So be asking your SRs in letters and hopefully they will respond. Like ellen said, post that you have some names and let others friend request/private message you for them. I actually did this for a good while and they almost always wrote back! So ladies, be sure to put your return address on there.

Comment by ellen0502 on March 13, 2015 at 2:01pm: Katie OKC, You can ask your recruit for names and send them directly or you can send and extra letter for your recruit to hand out. Mail call, and hearing your name called is an uplift, so I would suggest asking for names.

If you get the names you can't post them here, but you can say you have some, and if someone wants to write to them you can private message the name and address.

Comment by Katie OKC on March 13, 2015 at 1:13pm: HI everyone! I'm new here. New navy mom - son is SHIP 02 DIV 923. Got one phone call (Sunday afternoon) and one letter yesterday (Thursday). Does anyone know how to send letters to SR's who aren't getting mail? My hub and I would like to do that to help morale.

Comment by Katie OKC on March 13, 2015 at 1:01pm: Melissa - I do!

Comment by CatMom509 on March 13, 2015 at 12:39pm: Happy Friday!!

     "Let each of you look out not only for one's own

      interests, but also for the interests of others."

                                                      Philippians 2:4

Comment by Lori on March 13, 2015 at 11:11am: Hi diannep, I'm glad they pulled them. They were bothering him before he left so we figured they would be pulled. I'm glad he had a little downtime for that. I'm not worried, I'm happy that he is doing well and time is passing quickly. No news is good news. It's fun to read how he feels about it though.

Comment by diannep on March 13, 2015 at 10:35am: ...oh, and they actually will have 3 PFAs (fitness test). They MUST pass the 3rd one in order to do BattleStations and become sailors. So prayers that all run like the wind, do pushups like Samson, and situps like....ummmm.....Jane Fonda! :-)