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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 FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on April 17, 2013 at 6:32pm
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Here is the direct link:
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You can only get the itinerary from your Sailor. It will be either Midway or O'Hare. (Their is Milwaukee but we have never seen it used).
Your Sailors will most likely not get their info until a couple of days before PIR (IF they are lucky) or on PIR day.
My son left from Midway and I had a flight out of O'Hare. So, we did do some driving that day!!
By the time we got home that night around 10 PM, my middle son said (While he sat slumped over on the curb waiting for the bus to take us to our car), "We have been to THREE airports today, I am sick of Airports" LOL
I will post After PIR – Liberty; Sailors Departures from RTC/USO Info in the PAGES section for you. It has direct info from RTC , USO info and my personal experience. :-)
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Comment by Anna on April 17, 2013 at 3:20pm
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Does anyone know which airport the sailors will be shipping from that Saturday morning?
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Comment by diannep on April 17, 2013 at 2:41pm
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...we can only hope! :-)
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Comment by Motherof3sons on April 17, 2013 at 2:14pm
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Diannep, I like your way of thinking!! Maybe some heavy fog can settle in Chicago and their flights can be delayed a little longer ;-)
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...since this is a Memorial Day weekend, I'm still hoping that the sailors will get until Sunday with you all before flying out---rather than leaving on the normal Saturday flights. Maybe flights will be hard to get on Saturday? They wouldn't have these flights booked yet. Soooo.....try to stay through most of the weekend just in case they get longer Liberty in GL with you!
Remember, those with sailors staying in GL for A School will have Fri-Mon daytime Liberty so plan accordingly. They could miss a little for "watches".
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Comment by Jsmom on April 17, 2013 at 1:59pm
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mike803: I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we both receive a letter today. Our son is going to South Carolina after boot camp. I have so many questions for him. It's hard being at work all day, and thinking about what he's doing or how he is. He's the first to leave home and he never was the kind of kid that liked to go places. His favorite place was his room. This is the longest I've ever been away from him.
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Patti: Prayers for your son that he can be cleared medically and we will see you back on here when he is back at bootcamp in the future!
As far as the Pensacola sailors only getting 4 hours of Liberty on PIR Day...don't think that is true. PIR is over at 10:30, they will return to their ships briefly, and then they are "yours" (assuming they don't have "watch") until usually 8 or 9 pm that night. Not sure where the 4 hours is coming from...but they won't be bussed to the airports until the wee hours of Saturday morning to wait for their flights. My son did this when there....his division was Hall of Fame so they got an extra hour of Liberty...he had to be back at 9 pm. He was on a bus to the airport around 1 a.m. or so, for a flight that wasn't to leave until around 8 or 9 that morning. They bus them as a group to wait for flights. One lady in a previous group said they waited for 16 hours at the airport with their son, so sometimes it is a good long visit! :-)
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maryanne: Yes, you can actually bring a few personal things to them at PIR if they want them and have room for them (they will have their large seabag, garment bag (uniforms)--both checked luggage, and backpack to carry so incorporating into this luggage would be a good thing...but if bringing an extra carryon for them, it has to be all black...and you need to make sure the airlines will be allowing two carryons and not just one). You give them these items at the airport. Or....if staying at GL for A School, after they have moved to that base and had Liberty. You can also mail personal items to them at A School.
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Mike/Lala: My son was able to get 2 weeks when he came home after A School, so I guess maybe it varies? He would have accumulated 15 days by then, so I guess he used just about all of them.
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