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ALUMNI OF PIR 04/26/2013 TG 24 - 11 Divisions (157-166 and 924)
Information
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 diannep on March 14, 2013 at 8:52am
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Good Morning All!
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Comment by ellen0502 on March 14, 2013 at 5:48am
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N4M's Community Guidelines and OPSEC apply to the Discussion Forum area as well. The Division Discussions are viewable to all...just like the Main Wall here.
Please do not start new Division Discussions.
Discussion Forum Area
The Discussion Forum area is set to show titles only and is set at ten titles at a time for now.
It is also set to show the "latest activity". So whatever has just had a reply added to it will "bump" that Discussion to the top. The discussion will stay up there at the top because it has had "activity"…until the next Discussion has activity. If there are over ten discussions, whatever is at the bottom will disappear from view…but not from the Discussion Forum. So, if you want to see more, click "view all" at the bottom right hand corner of the discussion forum area. It is right up there above the Blue Comment Wall bar.
To "bump" up a discussion to the first spot of the DF area when you don't really want to add a reply...in other words someone is looking for it...just type whatever you want in the reply box and click "add reply". I just type one letter or even a period and add the reply.
When you view a DF by clicking on the title, the first post ever made will be the first one on the first page. To get to the most current reply, click “Last Reply” directly underneath that particular Discussion.
~You will also notice that in the top right corner in any post that you do you will see an "x". This is so you may delete your post if you need too. You will also see the “x” on any post you make anywhere else on the site.
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Good Morning!
We have posted your Division Discussions up above. Please use them to get to know each other even better on a "Divisional" basis...BUT remember that you all have the same PIR date and many of you will be attending the same Meet and Greets...so please continue to post on the Main Wall here...you all have developed such a nice group!
Also, please continue to post your questions for us "veteran moms" on the Main Wall here. We have 7-8 active PIR groups going at one time..that's 70-80 Divisions! We try to get to the Division Discussions but with that many it is difficult!
We don't want to miss any questions as ALL are important...no dumb ones...for many of you this is your first service member and we want to be there to help and lend support.
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Comment by ochaos on March 14, 2013 at 12:56am
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The first letter home they are usually homesick or wondering what they got into but the next ones they are doing much better. Some of it is getting used to a new way of doing things with people they do not know, by now they have made friends that some will have for a long time.
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boolie: Your SR needs to order the pictures, either during bootcamp or at the NEX afterwards. They have the opportunity to order and pay for them, and some will opt to mail them home them. Others will hold them for you until after PIR.
If they don't want to pay for them, they will wait for you to get up there for PIR and you will pay for them/receive them in the NEX after PIR.
ProudHusband: Sometimes the form letter can take 2 weeks or longer to arrive. Remember that they can only send out one letter. If someone is missing theirs, is there anyone else your SR could have sent it to? It is important as it has not only info for bootcamp, but the password in it that will allow you to download your RTC gate pass closer to PIR time.
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Comment by boolie1992 on March 13, 2013 at 10:33pm
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Do ya'll know where the link is to purchase pictures of your SR's official picture?
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Comment by ProudHusbandShip2Div924 on March 13, 2013 at 10:19pm
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Is there anyone else that hasn't received their form letter yet?
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Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on March 13, 2013 at 9:16pm
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Hi everyone I am one of the volunteers here to help you through this experience :) I hope you all are having a good week so far. I know how hard this is for so many of you. And as hard as it is to believe the boot camp time will pass pretty quickly. I was a mess when my daughter was there. I didn’t have much time to prepare as she was only in DEP one month and then she was gone. I was and am a worrier lol so I was always wondering what she was doing and how she was. But it all turned out great and it is so hard for me to believe it has been almost three years. Now she is a Sailor and is married to a Sailor and they are expecting their first baby and my first grand baby :) I am still here helping others get through this experience and I love it. If you have any questions or concerns please just let us know and feel free to send me a friend request if you like. I am happy to help.
I always say the days drag by but the weeks pass quickly so, try to find something fun to do and stay busy. If you have little ones at home there are several things you can do to make this journey a little easier for the, Make a paper chain with a link for each day they have left in boot camp and let them remove one link each day. It will help them see that this is only temporary. Other have also put a quarter in a jar for every day left and each week allowed the child/children to use the money for an ice-cream cone or even for a special card to send to their recruit, gumballs or gummy bears in a jar work well too and they get a tiny little treat each day. So many things can make it a better experience for them. Welcome to your PIR group, we are happy to have you here :)
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Comment by dianejane on March 13, 2013 at 6:04pm
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Looking for anyone in Ship 11, div 166.
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Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on March 13, 2013 at 5:18pm
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RTC has posted your Training Group information and I have updated the title of your PIR group for you.
TG 24 - 11 Divisions (157-166 and 924) Graduate Friday, Apr. 26, 2013. Each recruit will be permitted 4 guests.
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