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ALUMNI OF PIR 06/14/2013 TG 31 - 9 Divisions (221-228, 931)
Information
This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 06/14 /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: 69
Latest Activity: Nov 17, 2013
WELCOME to PIR 06/14/2013! 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 Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on May 6, 2013 at 8:42pm
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Mail this on an index card to your recruit if they are flying out to another base on PIR weekend. Once they get their itinerary they should fill it out and then give it to you at PIR. They won't have this info in time to mail it. They go back to their ship and rack to check out and that is when they should grab it so remind them. This will keep you from ending up at the wrong airport. :)
Please fill this out when you get your final orders and then give it to us at PIR. Do not mail it.
Airport________________________________________________
Airline________________________________________________
Gate Number___________________________________________
Flight Number _________________________________________
Flight time_____________________________________________
Layover_______________________________________________
Arrival time____________________________________________
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That is awesome JJ4Navy, you will see that it gets better and better with each letter :)
Deedee I think you are talking about the card for flight info? I will post it right away :)
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Comment by JJ4Navy on May 6, 2013 at 8:32pm
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We are one happy family! We just received our first letters from our SR! I cried to read how much he misses us and wants to come home, but then I laughed & my heart filled with pride in reading what he is accomplishing and how he knows that this is right for him. I was so touched that one of the letters was a birthday letter to me with $5 for starbucks (my favorite) since he couldn't send me a real gift. I'm shocked that with all that the SR are enduring that he would remember my bday. That brought me to tears too. He said that his div 223 is doing well. They had one day that as a whole they didn't perform but overall they are doing well. He & 1 other are the youngest in the div but they are all making friends and it's helping getting them through. So proud of all of them! Ok, so veteran moms, you all were right. Not that I doubted you, but now that I received my phone call & letters, I know! So all you moms that have PIR after June 14, trust & know that the veteran moms and guiding us well. Thanks veteran moms! You all are the best!!!!
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Comment by lori ship 12 div 228 on May 6, 2013 at 6:31pm
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Okay, I'm a big goober. I went back and read what I thought said section leader...it didn't say section leader it said SR. Which is not SL -it is SR! Note to self...breathe. Oh my, this is stressing me out! I got so confused...another note to self...do not read Facebook posts on the tiny little smart phone screen. I guess we can all say we know what ASMO is...and yes, my son had said that there were a few from his division that were sent back or home...he wasn't sure which.
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Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on May 6, 2013 at 6:22pm
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The best source of personal individual info is from your recruit :-)
Glad he's still a section leader!
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I thought I had posted my reply to FTLW's post about ASMO'd...but I can't find it! Who knows what I did! I just wanted to say that I'm not putting much credibility in what I read on the post from the Facebook group about her boyfriend saying all 4 of his section leaders had been ASMO'd, even the description using the term loosely. My son is a section leader in the same division as her boyfriend and he said he was assigned section leader from the very beginning-as soon as jobs were assigned- and he is still a section leader. He also passed every test. I'm feeling like there might have been some generalization or even exaggeration on her boyfriends part or on hers. Anyway, I'm going to trust what my son tells me and probably not read everything that is posted on that group :)
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Comment by willsmom on May 6, 2013 at 5:02pm
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I was writing and hit some button and lost it, so I'll write it again and apologize if it posts twice.
My son said he failed hos first running teat by 10 seconds...10 little seconds. Told me he had sausage for breakfast and wouldn't make that mistake again :-).
Could he be domoted from RCPO due to that?
And all us with SR's in div 227. As most of us know, thanks to N4m, they were on hold for awhile. My son didn't know why but the majority used that time to study and the RDC was really impressed with their knowledge. Thought we cpuld all use a little pick-me-up!!
As for being obsessed with this site, I catch a peek at my e mails whenevee I can at work and can honestly say I'm always a little depressed when there are no more to read at that moment.....
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Comment by diannep on May 6, 2013 at 4:28pm
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Totally agree, FTLW! Didn't even think that way. But yes, if any of these Section Leaders were truly "asmoed", there would have been a call home with this info (supervised and very brief). Sounds like just being removed from their "recruit leadership positions", like you mentioned.
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"...that their RDC didn't believe in IT so when the division messed up he would yell or ASMO them...then she goes on to casually say that her boyfriend said that all 4 of the Section Leaders had been ASMO'd."
I sounds to me like the term is being used differently by the RDC in this case. Not saying he doesn't know what it means but that as far as the Section Leaders loosing their positions goes, sounds like it was used in realtion to them being removed from their position.
When a recruit is ASMO'd and their is a change in their "status" in other words they are possibly not going to graduate on time, they are granted a call to let family know this.
lori's son did not mention this on Saturday at all and so that's what makes me think that the term is being used slightly different in this case.
Leadership Positions in Boot Camp are often subject to "gain and loss". Recruits may have a leadership position , loose it and sometimes be put right back into it.
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...to add to Craig's explanation of ASMO, the RDCs may consistently threaten that an entire division will be asmoed, but it is the individuals who get asmoed, not a whole division. It is a motivation tool they use to get them moving!
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- What ARE They Doing in Boot Camp? Synopsis, Videos and a Day-by-Day account (up to Week #6) from a Sailor. PLUS-Boot Camp for Dummies!
- Calls from your SR
- RTC Website and RTC Family Guide links
- Writing Letters ~ Jokes and Fun Stuff to include in your letters/Contact Lenses and Make-Up
- After PIR – Liberty; Sailors Departures from RTC/USO Info
- Boot Camp Questionnaires
- Flags and Pennants that your DIV can earn while at BC
- PIR: What to Wear/Bring and Tips; PIR Reference Group/Forum links; GPS for RTC
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