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ALUMNI OF PIR 05/17/2013 TG 27 - 10 Divisions (187-194, 810 and 927)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on05/17 /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

sjtina

Cor

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 82
Latest Activity: Jul 24, 2013

WELCOME to PIR 05/17/2013! 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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You need to be a member of ALUMNI OF PIR 05/17/2013 TG 27 - 10 Divisions (187-194, 810 and 927) to add comments!

Comment by Cole'sMom on April 2, 2013 at 1:31pm: puertorico42, no, I have not seen the facebook site. I will try to get there.

Comment by Peanut's mom on April 2, 2013 at 1:08pm: Diannep, my son advised me that div 188 & 189 are brother divisions.

Comment by puertorico-USSGHWB on April 2, 2013 at 1:01pm: Your welcome Col'sMom if your like me I would of put I love you son with heart stickers all over the outside LOL. Then he would of either got in trouble or laugh at. Maybe our sons know eachother. So glad you got that phone call. Are you on the PIR 5/17/13 facebook site?

Comment by Cole'sMom on April 2, 2013 at 12:41pm: puertorico42,thanks for the tips. My son is also ship 13 DIV 188 and the last thing I want to do is cause any stress. I received an unexpected phone call from my SR and I was thrilled. I am really looking forward to PIR.

Comment by puertorico-USSGHWB on April 2, 2013 at 11:39am: FYI From the PIR 5/17/13 page:HUGE TIP: DONT send your SR any cards that make ANY sound or have ANY glitter on them........ The barracks are SUPER WHITE and clean, glitter is like a bomb, gets everywhere and they will be in deep t The entire division can get in trouble too, makes them very popular quick. Music cards draw attention, and attention means special treatment, which means IT (intensive training) like EXTRA running for an hour, pushups, etc. Dont do anything to put your SR on anyones radar... plain envelopes, no notes on the outside of them. No magazine cut outs, sports score print outs...They dont relate to their training.

Comment by puertorico-USSGHWB on April 2, 2013 at 11:26am: Welcome new moms. My son is ship13/div188, will attend A school in GT:)

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on April 2, 2013 at 10:43am: Good morning everyone :)

Comment by Jesssea ship14/div192 on April 2, 2013 at 10:07am: Terri and Sarah my daughter is ship 14 div 192 also, welcome aboard!!

Comment by diannep on April 2, 2013 at 9:29am: One other thing: Sadly, very few SRs are represented here on N4Moms. With an average of 88 SRs starting out in a division, maybe 10-15 of those will have someone on here representing him/her---usually less than that. Many people do not know about N4Moms...I actually found it after my sailor left for bootcamp by googling. He never told me about it. Not sure if his recruiter told him about it or not (he was older and living in another city when he joined).

So....be sure to "spread the word" about N4Moms when you go to PIR. You will find families there who know nothing of it. In one PIR group, a couple of ladies made business-sized cards printed with the N4Moms info and handed them out at the MeetandGreets and PIR. This site is invaluable after bootcamp too!

Comment by diannep on April 2, 2013 at 9:26am: Good Morning, Ladies.

Eventually we will be adding a Discussion Forum up top with your Division Discussions included. At that time, you will be able to "talk amongst yourselves" in your division group with others who have SRs training with yours. In the meantime, feel free to "friend request" others in your division and message each other to get to know one another!

Remember, there are brother divisions in the PIR group, which means that 2 divisions train together (so your SRs know all of these other SRs). Here are the brother divisions we think are in this group:

187/`88, 189/190, 191/192, 193/194

810, 927 (these two divisions do not have brother divisions and train alone)

So feel free to friend others in your brother divisions also!