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All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.
Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC
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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 colette(14/198) on April 27, 2013 at 6:59pm
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@ Lunatic Mom that is WONDERFUL!! hahaha. I had a minor breakdown because on of my sons friend (friends with my daughter also) spilled something on his shirt and left wearing my SRs shirt. I had a complete anxiety attack that I might not get it back and that it was what he was wearing the last time I saw him. Nobody in my house could understand why I was upset and think I am a neurotic mess (which I am lol)
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Comment by diannep on April 27, 2013 at 6:49pm
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Your division seating section will be right in front of where your sailors will be standing during PIR. If you "spot" your sailor when he/she enters the PIR Hall, you may be able to keep track of him/her during the ceremony (but keep your eyes open...they change formation when they circle around the Hall!). Many ask their sailors where they will be standing when they walk in the hall so they can zero in on that position (ask this during the I'm a Sailor call). Those who are "sticks" (flag holders) are easy to spot since they are in front.
We never spotted our sailor when we were there....my older son and I thought we would be "smart" (not!). We decided to let the crowds fly out of the stands when Liberty was called (and they do fly out...you have to be careful! :-) ) and stand in the empty stands where our sailor could see us! Well, that didn't work...he didn't show up....we finally went looking through the throngs of sailors/families and found him chatting with some of his shipmates...sigh....
Don't worry...in the over 3 yrs I have been on these groups, no one has ever reported that they never found their sailor when Liberty was called! :-)
Now, your sailor will have to return to his/her ship after PIR for a little while and then meet up with you, so that is when you will need to determine a place on base to meet up. They will boot you out of the PIR Hall about 10 minutes after PIR is over.
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Comment by Mike803 on April 27, 2013 at 5:57pm
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VirginiaDW asked an excellent question. How do we find our Sailor after PIR? Are we shown to seats in sections that correspond to their division numbers or does everyone go in and sort of fend for themselves? With so many people there and so many SR's, it might be difficult to find our son....
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ellen: You didn't need to do that...you were first! We have to stop this ESP stuff! :-)
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Comment by ellen0502 on April 27, 2013 at 3:50pm
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LOL I'll delete mine.
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Oooops! ellen and I were typing at the same time! :-)
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NavyMom: Here's Lala's page to contact her about the ribbons:
http://www.navyformoms.com/profile/Lala?xg_source=profiles_memberList
You may want to ask your son if you should send him a larger envelope to return some of your letters to him for safekeeping! Sounds like he will definitely run out of storage space soon! :-) You are allowed to do that, but make sure he wants you to!
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Comment by NavyMom2013 on April 27, 2013 at 3:34pm
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Good thought, VirginiaDW Sh14 Div198 PIR 5/24 Since pictures can only be taken inside, I recommend there. Under the screen? At the first row of visitor seats? At a homemade sign? Whatever, make sure they know what to look for. When my other son graduated Army, I had no problem finding him. Out of hundreds of recruits, he was the model soldier and the only in camo. He recited the soldier's prayer, creed and the only one to carry a gun. It was so cool tears were running down my face. It was on a stage and they turned out the lights and did a backlight effect when he was on one knee praying with his rifle in one hand like he was leaning on it. It took forever to get to him afterwards because hundreds of people were taking pictures of him. He had to stand at attention and not smile or move. It was funny trying to get him to crack a smile. People were laughing at this mom-son interaction. At that point I knew the military ruled over me. He did good!
I gotta think where to find my son 5/24/13. He'll be the one in a Navy outfit. LOL
OKAY, now I know I have gone off my rocker. Today at 1:00 p.m. I found myself running barefoot and in my pajamas down the gravel driveway (ouch) and down the road chasing the mailman with 2 letters I wanted stamped today waving my arms. He saw me in his rearview mirror. How could he not? He had to wait for me to lick and seal them.
We become raving lunatics. It's all because of what we felt the first second we laid eyes on them on the their first day of life in our arms. That sealed it right there. No going back now. See you guys at Sarge's? I will be there about 6:00.
41 pages sent to him so far divided into 18 envelopes. Yea, lunatic. What if he runs out of space in the drawer? He'd probably throw out his Bible before he throws out my letters.
I will say his call and letter are positive and encouraging for me. The last thing he wrote was that no matter how tough it is, he WILL graduate and reminded me of the PIR date: as if I didn't know before he did! And already have tickets. And to think that several times before going he said it wasn't that big of a deal and I didn't have to go to graduation because it was too expensive. NOT! Only 26 1/2 days now.
New Handle: Lunatic Mom
P.S. Can't find the online place to order LaLas ribbons. I will get his coin(s) for him and do the secret transfer with the handshake. It would be cool if all of us did that, too.!
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Comment by VirginiaDW Sh14 Div198 PIR 5/24 on April 27, 2013 at 2:17pm
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OK vets. What is the best way to hook up with your sailor after PIR? Stay put and have him find you? Tell him to stay put until we find him? I don't know anything about the facility, so it's not like I can tell him a place to meet us.
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You're very welcome, Mike! If you don't hear back from him in the next few days, I would write him again.
youngestson! Yep! You all have a very dedicated N4Moms veteran team on here! HA! Actually, we are all in different time zones....Lala, Betsy and I are east coast time, ellen and Craig are "mountain time" I think, and FTLW is west coast time! Soooo.....we gotcha covered! :-)
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