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In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).

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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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Comment by diannep on March 27, 2013 at 12:43pm: Oh, and Navy Lodge and Residence are "pet friendly" for those driving and wanting to bring their pets to reunite with their new sailors! :-) There are other hotels in the area that are also pet friendly.

Comment by diannep on March 27, 2013 at 12:42pm: Here are the links to the other hotels I mentioned. For Navy Graduation discount, you will need to call them:

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/chiwg-springhill-suites-chica...

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/chiwk-courtyard-chicago-wauke...

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/chirw-residence-inn-chicago-w...

Comment by diannep on March 27, 2013 at 12:39pm: Chanel: There is no harm in booking a hotel whenever you want. You can cancel or change w/out penalty at most of them, up until PIR Day in some cases.

Some good ones are:

Navy Lodge (reasonable and close to base), Springhill Suites, Courtyard Inn, Residence Inn. These last 3 are close together and near Sarge's MeetandGreet held for you all the night before PIR. Those 3 have the PIR shuttle service Sarge also runs a taxi/shuttle service and would be happy to pick you up at the airport in Milwaukee and take you to PIR too. If you find others on here who are flying in at the same time, you all can share his cab and save some money!

MassMom: You are correct in that most of the sailors fly out the day after PIR. They are bussed there in the wee hours to wait for flights. Families can meet them there, with ID, and get airlines gate passes to wait until their plane departs. You will have PIR Day with these sailors, but they will have to be back at RTC at a specific time that night.

For those"lucky" enough to have sailors staying in GL for A School, you will get daytime liberty all through the weekend with them! Ellen will be posting more on this since her sailor is there. But you can usually pick them up early in the morning and many times don't have to return them until 10 pm that night. Your sailors will have all of this info once they move over there. GL A School sailors will be moving over there shortly after the conclusion of PIR....this process takes several hours and then they will call you to pick them up at that base (near RTC). This is what Chanel was talking about when saying you sign them out...that is for those staying at A School base....unless, someone is held on RTC for a few days. Although rare, that does happen sometimes.

If they have "watch," they will miss a little bit of Liberty. Watches are usually 4 hours long, I believe.

Navy Lodge website seems to be back up!
Here's the link:

https://www.navy-lodge.com/lodge_page.html?p_lodge_number=5

Be sure to tell them that you are there for Navy Graduation. You will be booking in your SR's name, unless you are military yourself.

Comment by Peanut's mom on March 27, 2013 at 11:44am: Chanel, I called for our reservation. That was the only way I could get the discount

Comment by Chanel on March 27, 2013 at 11:35am: Your welcome! My hubby graduates 5/17 so i'm trying to book now for a hotel. i'm trying to book at Navy lodge but their website seems to be down :/

Comment by MassMom on March 27, 2013 at 11:29am: Thank you so much for the info. I was just confused as to booking hotel rooms I would have had to book an additional room for him since there will already be 4 of us in one room. But since he has to go back, I will just keep the one room. Thanks again!

Comment by Chanel on March 27, 2013 at 11:25am: @MassMom

He can spend time with you and your family all day but depending if he has to be back sooner or later he would eventually have to return to base at a specific time. and the next morning you would have to sign him out and repeat the process until he goes off to A school

Comment by MassMom on March 27, 2013 at 11:21am: My son is supposed to be going to A school in Pensacola after PIR. I have read somewhere that he may be leaving first thing Saturday morning or sometime on Saturday. My question is, is he allowed to sleep over night with us at the hotel or does he have to go back to RTC Friday night?

Comment by Chanel on March 27, 2013 at 10:35am: Is anyone flying out of Texas to the PIR? i'm trying to figure out when is a good time to start arrangments. My plane ticket is not a concern but the hotel lodging is. Any advice? Also i'm traveling with a 1 year old. Are there any taxi services that can pick us up from the airport in MKE?

Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on March 27, 2013 at 8:30am: Happy Wednesday Everyone! I'm Betsy and also a "veteran" on here helping out. Welcome to the best group of ladies I've ever met. Our youngest son is the sailor in our family. (My brother and our future son in law were also Navy sailors) His ship is currently on it's way back from a deployment. He is a CTT on an aircraft carrier based out of Bremerton, WA. Since we live in MD, that means a lot of texting, skyping and phone calls when he is in port.