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ALUMNI of PIR 05/03/2013 TG 25 - 11 Divisions (167-176 and 925)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 04/19 /2013. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.

Your current Group "veteran members" are:

diannep

LaLa Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons

ellen0502

♥FireTeamLeaderWife♥ aka FTLW

Betsy, son on Stennis carrier

Craig

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 92
Latest Activity: May 31, 2013

WELCOME to PIR 05/03/2013! 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.

CLICK MEforN4M'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 Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on March 19, 2013 at 5:42pm: Sarge has the cheapest rates as far as cab/taxi from the airports to the hotels and back to the airport. It is my understanding that it is about $100 for that round trip and maybe a little more for Midway. I believe that price includes transportation to the meet and greet and to PIR and back to the hotel. I have no idea of any services that let you rent a car with a driver or how much that would cost.

Comment by de40192ship13 on March 19, 2013 at 5:33pm: Thanks, diannep. Right now, the flight I'm considering only flies in and out of Midway. Does anyone know of a good, but inexpensive ride from Midway to Ramada in Waukegan? Renting a car is not an option for me. However, I was looking at either renting a car that comes with a driver or a shuttle. My problem is I have a little bit of trouble getting on busses and into some vans if they are high up off the ground.

Comment by 1proudmama/EM/USSLincoln/CVN72 on March 19, 2013 at 4:43pm: Doesn't the Navy know they aren't suppose to wear white till after Memorial Day! lol

Guess they are doing it special for Mothers day. Like both uniforms so doesn't matter to me. But when you think sailor you do think white uniforms.

Comment by diannep on March 19, 2013 at 3:48pm: ust heard that this PIR group will be the last one to graduate in their "Blues." They change over to Whites the following Monday!

proudmomma: Hope you can stay through Sunday because if your sailor is staying there for A School, you will have most of the weekend with him! He will have to be back at night (usually around 10, he will know), and he may have a "watch," but you will have lots of time with him. Those who have sailors staying in GL for A School are very blessed with this extra time!

Comment by Erica on March 19, 2013 at 3:46pm: Got a phone call from my hubby today. I missed his first call and almost had a nervous break down. Luckily he called right back. It felt so good to hear his voice!!

Comment by Kelli (9/173) on March 19, 2013 at 2:11pm: Hey Erica I'm going through the same.this if you wanna talk add me.. What field is your husband in?

Comment by ellen0502 on March 19, 2013 at 1:44pm: Yes they can have their phones etc after PIR. Those sailors who are staying in GL can have them Friday night after they have moved over to the TSC side. Those flying out you can give them those things at the airport. They are not allowed to take phones etc. back to the RTC.

If your SRs will be staying in GL for A School, they will have about an hour after PIR with you, then they move to the TSC side and get checked in. They will have the rest of Friday with you (sometime after 2pm until the evening), and then again Saturday and Sunday (between the hours of 6am ish and 10pm ish),

If your SR is flying out for A School you will have Friday with them. They will probably leave for the airport sometime in the wee hours of Sat morning. You can meet them at the airport and wait with them at the gate until their flight leaves.

Comment by Tara-Sailor Mom on March 19, 2013 at 12:51pm: I was also told they can have their cell and laptops once they are no longer at the rtc.

Comment by Tara-Sailor Mom on March 19, 2013 at 12:50pm: I was told that we get to spend a few hours Friday and most of Saturday and Sunday if thei a school is in GL.

Comment by Rtarbaby/son/12/167 on March 19, 2013 at 11:22am: 5 letters out today, 2 yesterday. I usually try to write my SR as much as possible. Some letters are longer than others. He is a huge sports fan, so I print small articles and box scores from ESPN and write a note on the back of them. If I find I have 5 to 10 minutes in a day, I try to find an article about sports, write a little note of encouragement on the back, and add it to the pile to send. People ask me all the time, what I remember about boot camp. My reply is always the same. The isolation from the outside world was the hardest part. This was in the early 80's, no where near the amount of media available today, but it is the thing I missed the most. It only takes a couple of minutes of mental down time for a recruit to recharge his/her mind. The best part is, the notes I include on the articles are pretty generic, so if he wants to pass them around, more people get a small view of the outside world.