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ALUMNI OF PIR 05/24/2013 TG 28 - 11 Divisions (195-204 and 928)
Information
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: 85
Latest Activity: Apr 25, 2014
WELCOME to PIR 05/24//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.
~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 Lighthouse3 Div203 PIR5/24/13 on May 15, 2013 at 9:08am
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I have been wondering how to connect with my SR when he flies out to his A school. I doubt we will be able to leave to join him at the airport in the wee hours of the morning when they bus everyone to the airports, but we would be able to come after a little more sleep. It would be totally out of our way to have to drive an hour to Great Lakes then back south to an airport, when we already live south of Great Lakes. I've read that the USO is outside security at O'Hare, so it doesn't sound like that should be a problem. However, if it is inside security at Midway and your sailor is not with you (because he's already at the USO), what do you do?
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Comment by MaMick on May 15, 2013 at 8:43am
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Thank you diannep! I got your message. I hope you got my reply. Thank you again so much :)
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Comment by diannep on May 15, 2013 at 8:25am
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tylerandtony: I would make sure your GL A School sailor still has a phone card with him too in case he has to use that to call you for pickup on PIR day before he has his own phone. But like ellen said, most are able to borrow a cell from a sailor already in school there....but just in case! Hopefully he still will have minutes left on the one he used at bootcamp.
You are very welcome, Catie! We all loving helping you ladies and men!
Good Morning!
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Comment by srwife928 on May 15, 2013 at 8:22am
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Bummer! Maybe I can get everyone to wake up early! We'll see :)
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Good Morning Everyone One week from tomorrow, I can't believe it.
Shout out to all the veteran Moms who've have been our support and lifeline through this process. I thank you from the bottom of my heart you have made this journey educational and less frightening for me. You've always responded quickly and with much kindness and grace. Kudos to all of you ellen502, lemonelephant and dianep. Hugs from me and a big HOORAH!
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Comment by ellen0502 on May 15, 2013 at 5:06am
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For those of you that have sailors staying in GL for A School.
On Friday after PIR you will have about an hour with them before they go back to their ship to pack up and move to the TSC side for school, this process can take several hours. Be you have your cell phone handy, they will call to let you know they are ready to leave for liberty. Calls that they can leave usually come between 2:30 and 5pm. Answer every call because this call may come from any area code, Sailors who are already in school may loan their phone to your sailor to make that call.
They will have until approx 10pm (time may vary) on Friday before they must be back to their ship. THEY CANNOT BE LATE (on time is late)! If they have to walk back it is quite the distance, allow them plenty of time. They can take their cell phones and other electronics back to base with them.
Keep your gate pass from PIR as you may be able to use that to drive them back to their ship that night.
They should also have liberty on Sat and Sun from approx 6am to 10pm, these hours can vary, and they may have watch at some point. On Sat and Sun they will call when they can leave and you will meet them at the main gate (by the visitors center). When you meet them at the gate you must go back to their ship with them and check them out. Again, your PIR pass may "help" you to drive them back to their ship to check them out. If you cannot drive them back you must walk back with them to do so.You cannot drive on to base without them in the car with you.
When they return at night you must also check them back in. THEY CANNOT BE LATE! The same person who checks them out must also be the one to check them back in!
They will be instructed on all of their liberty rules, please be mindful that they must follow them. There are PDA rules, limits on distances they can go (they must stay within 50 miles of base), no drinking, smoking etc.
If you can and weather permitting (for you and your sailor) get to the gate early, you can hear all the new sailors and their cadence as they march from their ships to the gate. It is fun to listen to them coming and watch them march down the street to the gate.
Hearing the cadences in the distance, and waiting and wondering if that is your sailors group, is almost as exciting as waiting for them to march through the door at PIR.
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When the I-Pass system was implemented, the cash tolls at least doubled in price, maybe more. I can't remember specifically, because we got the I-Pass pretty quickly, at least in one car. Since accidentally leaving the I-Pass in the wrong car and missing a lot of tolls, we got a second one. We learned that the fines for not paying a toll (even inadvertently) are astronomical. However, I guess if you know you missed on you can go online somehow and take care of it right away to minimize the fine. Illinois's I-Pass also works in Indiana.
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srwife, You can't walk from the Navy Lodge to the base, major roads, sometimes no sidewalks, definitely not safe. :)
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Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on May 14, 2013 at 11:25pm
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I agree with Diannep, i wouldn't walk from the Navy Lodge. It just isn't a wlaking kind of place :(
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Anna: The ones on the chart I showed the link for below....that have an asterick by them, mean that you have to have exact change, those are unattended.
It is a bit of a walk, srwife. A little too far to walk. It is about 1.5 miles from the actual gate of the base, even though it is located in the housing section. I understand there are no sidewalks around there to walk on either, so it doesn't sound too safe.
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