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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".
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Comment by ellen0502 on April 3, 2013 at 3:07am
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For those of you that have sailors staying in GL for A School.
On Friday after PIR you will have about an hour with them before they go back to their ship to pack up and move to the TSC side for school, this process can take several hours. Be you have your cell phone handy, they will call to let you know they are ready to leave for liberty. Calls that they can leave usually come between 2:30 and 5pm. Answer every call because this call may come from any area code, Sailors who are already in school may loan their phone to your sailor to make that call.
They will have until approx 10pm (time may vary) on Friday before they must be back to their ship. THEY CANNOT BE LATE (on time is late)! If they have to walk back it is quite the distance, allow them plenty of time.
Keep your gate pass from PIR as you may be able to use that to drive them back to their ship that night.
They should also have liberty on Sat and Sun from approx 6am to 10pm, these hours can vary, and they may have watch at some point. On Sat and Sun they will call when they can leave and you will meet them at the main gate (by the visitors center). When you meet them at the gate you must go back to their ship with them and check them out. Again, your PIR pass may "help" you to drive them back to their ship to check them out. If you cannot drive them back you must walk back with them to do so.You cannot drive on to base without them in the car with you.
When they return at night you must also check them back in. THEY CANNOT BE LATE! The same person who checks them out must also be the one to check them back in!
They will be instructed on all of their liberty rules, please be mindful that they must follow them. There are PDA rules, limits on distances they can go (they must stay within 50 miles of base), no drinking, smoking etc.
If you can and weather permitting (for you and your sailor) get to the gate early, you can hear all the new sailors and their cadence as they march from their ships to the gate. It is fun to listen to them coming and watch them march down the street to the gate.
Hearing the cadences in the distance, and waiting and wondering if that is your sailors group, is almost as exciting as waiting for them to march through the door at PIR.
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Comment by ochaos on April 3, 2013 at 12:35am
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All of us and our recruits will have different experiences and that effects how we view some things. What is the rule for some may not be the rule for others in the different divisions, and it is always changing.
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Ranibabi - sorry that you have had such a difficult time on the FB page. I go there rarely as I feel this is a better place to be for support.
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Comment by diannep on April 2, 2013 at 9:21pm
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The only time the mail is "held" is in the first 2 weeks of bootcamp when they have to train the Recruit Mail Petty Officer, who handles the mail. Once that person is trained, the mail delivery starts.
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Comment by Ranibabi on April 2, 2013 at 8:35pm
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courtesy of lemonelephant ( a long time admin here on N4M) : The "policy" can be found in http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/pdfs/FamilyGuide_v14Mar2013.pdf ; well, actually the "policy" is:
NOTE: All mail must be distributed BEFORE TAPS on the day it is received. Recruits will be allotted time to read/right mail daily. Withholding mail is a Federal offense.
Recruits are not allowed to receive any food items in the mail. Packages may contain items for letter writing or any small personal items authorized by current directives (i.e. religious medals, photographs), which may easily fit in his or her personal drawerSO, yes what we have been sending is just fine, the FB admins should be better informed. Thank you once again to lemonelephant for being an amazing admin.
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Thank you connie, I totally understand there could be some RDCs who do not allow it but reading through this forum I have seen in the past many have been able too. It is also totally okay to offer advice or suggest to do things another way, but to try to belittle and insinuate rude things is not. :) haha and like you said, a little IT never hurt and they will let us know if its not allowed.
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Yes I have been sending scores, standings, news articles, and pictures all pasted on to regular paper in regular font for over a month now and no problem! They all really enjoy it! I just wanted to share to not be hounded by or intimidated by admins who are having a power trip! haha
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I doubt your SR will get in trouble for basketball scores unless you sent him the sports section from the newspaper. LOL I think everyone knows not to do that.
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Comment by Connie821 on April 2, 2013 at 5:40pm
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Yikes! Am i going to get my son in trouble for sending March Madness info? I thought it would be okay, but i guess i will see. I thought it would cheer him up as he has Michigan winning! Oh well, if he gets some IT , it is all good for him. :0) It's all good!
On another note, yes DianneP i will go with him to airport whichever one it happens to be. It will be fun. Hopefully his plane does not leave too early as we will be staying friday night in Waukegan.
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I am sorry to hear that Ranibabi. Your SR has been receiving them and there doesn't seem to be a problem, so continue to do so. You're also doing it like it should be done, copied and pasted on to regular paper.
There are things that shouldn't be sent, and there are some RDCs who do not like the SRs to receive anything from the "outside", so it is always better to not throw caution to the wind until you know if they can have them. Sports scores, a few pictures etc is generally not a problem though.
Yes, there are things that they should not receive, but I am sure any of you could figure that out. Simple rule of thumb, if it is something that may affect your SR in the Navy, the Navy itself or would be considered military "movement", don't send it, it would be the responsibility of the Navy to inform them of it. If it is something that would affect your SR personally don't send it.
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