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ALUMNI OF PIR 05/01/2015 TG 25 - 10 Divisions (161-168, 810 and 925)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 05/01/2015. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.

Your current Group "veteran members" are:

diannep

♥FireTeamLeaderWife♥ aka FTLW

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Craig

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Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 54
Latest Activity: Jun 23, 2015

WELCOME to PIR 05/01/2015! PLEASE See the PAGES section for Informational Posts about BC and PIR. PAGES is underneath the Members Photos. PLEASE scroll down this page here to find the Comment Box to post a reply to the PIR GROUP.

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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 diannep on March 21, 2015 at 11:56pm: Johnsmom: Odd that they only receive mail once a week. They normally are allowed to receive it M-F, but can only mail OUT once a week, collected on Sundays/mailed on Mondays.

Comment by Johnsmom on March 21, 2015 at 7:55pm: My son's on ship 11 div 168. I received a call from him a couple of hours ago. It was a 15 minute call and he had a list of things I needed to email for his security clearance. It was great to him from him. He said they haven't been allowed to send any letter out and they only received their mail one day a week.

Comment by Lanora on March 21, 2015 at 5:52pm: Thank you so much for this information! I am finally starting to catch on to the Navy lingo. Starting to. :)

Comment by Amelia on March 21, 2015 at 5:49pm: Thank you, FireTeamLeader and Jessie, that helps :) I joined the Facebook PIR 05.01.15 groups so I also get a lot of info from there, like the phone call info today. I'm learning a lot but it's hard to keep everything straight! Thanks for the support!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on March 21, 2015 at 5:33pm: I will get Division Discussions up later today.

I like to wait until the Group is well formed before starting them :-)

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on March 21, 2015 at 5:32pm: Boot Camp Days ~ How to Count them...

Boot Camp is anywhere from 7.5 to 9 weeks (longer around Holiday time in Nov to Jan), actual weeks of time there.

The below is all generic and based on an "ideal" scenario of 8 weeks.

"Week 1" is "P" Processing days...usually about 5 days could be longer.

"Weeks 2-7" are Training Weeks. (There are 6 Training weeks)

"Week 8" is the final week and PIR. P days are counted P1, P2, P3 etc. up to 5. Any P-Days after 5 are termed P-Hold and can go up to two weeks.

Days of Training (DOT) are counted W1D1...Week1 Day1. W2D1 is Week2 Day1.

Weeks are counted up to 6.

Days are counted up to 5.

Thus the last DOT is W6D5.

Here is an exemplar based on a recruit whose W1D1 day is on a Wednesday. (I'm not starting with P days since they can vary)

W - W1D1

Th - W1D2

F - W1D3

Saturday and Sunday do not count in the counting of "P" or DOT days. These are "hold" days.

M - W1D4

T - W1D5

W - W2D1

So, this Recruits Day 1 will always be on the Wednesday...except if there is a Federal Holiday. Then, it pushes it forward a Day.

So,...the above Recruit has Day 3 on Friday...Monday is a Federal Holiday...it is treated like a Sunday. Now, T is Day 4 instead of M...and you start counting from there again. W - Day 5... Th - becomes Day 1.

Saturdays are not officially counted training days but there is usually some kind of training going on.

Sundays the Recruits are on Holiday Routine. This means that between the times of 7AM and 1 PM - the Recruits are given "free time". Usually, attend Worship services,to take a longer shower, shave for the females - they are not allowed to shave for until that first Holiday Routine. That happens the first or second Sunday that they are in their Permanent Ship.) and write letters. They should be caught up on their studies and tasks though. So most will complete that first.

Federal Holidays that are non-religious are treated like Saturdays.

Federal Holidays that are religious are treated like Sundays.

Again neither is counted in the DOT.

Does your head hurt now?!

When you write your recruit...ask them to write the actual date and the DOT next to it if you would like to try and keep track of where they are :-)

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on March 21, 2015 at 5:29pm: The "hold" mentioned most likely had to do with P-Days - as was mentioned - or the Recruit may have been referring to the weekend.

Saturdays and Sundays are "HOLD" days. Meaning that they are not officially counted DoT's - Days of Training. (I will post on how to count DoT's next.

So lets say Friday was Week 1 Day 2...then Saturday and Sunday are "1-2 HOLD" . Monday would be 1-3 - Week 1 Day 3.

So in a way you are right in that they are not "progressing with training" but it doesn't mean they are behind :-)

Once a PIR date is set for a TG/Divisions - Training Group - it is set and will not change. Meaning that whole Divisions and TG's do not get held back

Holdbacks - ASMO;Assignment Memorandum - are done on an Individual basis only. ASMO's happen for medical, academic or disciplinary reasons.

So basically...all is well. :-)

AND...your not worrying anyone...it is good to ask questions!

Comment by JessieXlovesya on March 21, 2015 at 5:21pm: Amelia- my boyfriend is in div 167 and they were on P-hold which I believe just means they didn't have enough recruits to fill their division so they had to wait. I don't think it means they are behind at all and I think they should still be graduating on time. Not 100% sure so I'd love to hear what others know

Comment by Amelia on March 21, 2015 at 5:15pm: My SR is in Div 167 and he called his girlfriend today, not us--I'm disappointed but understand. However, some of the other Div 167 moms said their kids called and said their Div 167 is on one week hold, which has me concerned because another mom said her SR described them as the "jokey" division, sigh. Being on hold means they are not progressing with their training, doesn't it? Think that means there is a good chance they won't graduate on time? I don't mean to worry anyone, just trying to figure out what this means for them. Thanks.