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ALUMNI OF PIR 04/26/2013 TG 24 - 11 Divisions (157-166 and 924)
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This Group is for those with sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 04/26/2013.
A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 82
Latest Activity: Nov 17, 2013
WELCOME to PIR04/26/2013!
~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".
Comment Wall
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Comment by CatMom509 on April 12, 2013 at 6:57pm
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Ranibabi,
Take a look at the "Flags and Pennants that your Division can earn while at BC" up above and to the right under the photos. They might have a photo of that flag. The ones who carry the flags are generally up in front of the division. My daughter was supposed to be carrying a flag that her division earned, but she wasn't carrying any flag. They had made it so that all divisions had an equal number of flags in front. So what you need to know from your hubby is what position he is in the front line looking at the division (because that's how you'll be looking at him.)
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Comment by Ranibabi on April 12, 2013 at 3:52pm
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Hi everyone, does anyone know what the M16 cutlass flag looks like? My hub is going to be carrying it at PIR... does anyone know if that has any significance? or where they stand? thanks!
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Happy Friday Everyone!
"Let your eyes look straight ahead,
fix your gaze directly before you.
Make level paths for your feet
and take only ways that are firm."
Proverbs 4:25-26
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Comment by diannep on April 12, 2013 at 8:17am
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It is fine to disclose the ship that he will be assigned to, Chissy. As long as his name is not connected to it!
Good Morning All!
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Comment by ellen0502 on April 12, 2013 at 1:37am
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Chissy. Wow, that is amazing that he knows where he will be after A School? Mine didn't get his orders until after A School. Is it possible that it is his orders for A School?
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Chissy: He already has his orders for his duty station after A School? Wow! My son didn't get his until after he almost completed A School! Where will he go to A School?
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Comment by Momma She on April 11, 2013 at 8:56pm
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PRAISE THE LORD!!! I received a letter from my sailor yesterday and a PHONE CALL TODAY!!!! It was great to hear her voice!! :) Graduation day, 4-26-13 can't come too soon!!!!
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Ladies,
If any of you are looking for a special gift for your SR, you can go on over to www.pirgifts.com. There are Challenge Coins for each ship at RTC. The ship's names are up above right next to the ship number. If you click on a coin, there will be a link on that page for a video that talks about the history of challenge coins. My daughter really liked her USS Hopper challenge coin. It is a special connection to their Boot Camp days. The Navy does not give out any challenge coins. It's up to the Sailors and their families to add to their collections. The other coin on the pir gifts site that was really gorgeous was the Navy Core Values one--it had cut outs and diamond beveled edges. This one is where the RTC coin is pictured and part of the 70 other coins.
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(from FTLW)
Ninjas and Sharks:
Here it is:
Oooooo...mystical ninja's.
A ninja is a mythical being(s) that dresses all in black and goes around at night and plays pranks on SR.
If he can get away with it.
If not...IT!!!!
But they are just a myth ;-), if you get my drift!
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Comment by Mary (Toms Mom) on April 11, 2013 at 1:06pm
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On the Boot Camp questionaire it has a question about Battlestations that says,"don't let the Ninjas get you". Does anyone know what that means? I received another letter today, thank God for Thursdays. He said that they had finished Hell Week last week and all that is left is Gas Chamber, Fire fighting lab, and Battlestations. He said they received an independent steaming pendant (not sure what that is) and their first solo march. They also won all their flags; athletics, drill, scholatics, and inspection. I am so proud of how far these recruits have come.
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