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Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
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ALUMNI OF PIR 07/12/2013 TG 35 - 9 Divisions (257-264, and 935)
Information
This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 07/12/2013. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.
Location: Great Lakes. IL
Members: 70
Latest Activity: Nov 17, 2013
WELCOME to PIR 07/12/2013! 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 diannep on July 1, 2013 at 11:52am
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The birth certificate or social security card should work for the 12 yr old to get in.
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Comment by Sandy_W on July 1, 2013 at 11:14am
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@Amy, yes what Tink said too, a birth certificate. You can check out the RTC website as well in the Family link and then graduation as well for other accepted forms of identification.
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@Amy, she only needs his first and last name. However, he will need some sort of picture ID or they will absolutely not let him on base. Hos parents could get a state ID made for him at the local DMV, or even a school ID card would work.
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Comment by Tink37 on July 1, 2013 at 11:09am
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Amy: You should just need to provide his name so your SR can put it on the PIR list and then you bring his birth certificate.
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Comment by Nerdlette's Mom on July 1, 2013 at 11:05am
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I got a letter from my SR on Saturday. She want her cousin to attend PIR and asked me to send her his info so she can put him on the list BUT she didn't tell me what info she needed and I couldn't find anything on the RTC website about info she would need to add him to the list. He's only 12 so he doesn't have a driver's license or anything like that. Anyone know what info I should send her?
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@Diannep, yep, I enjoyed my first liberty after boot camp with caution--I was terrified someone would be undercover at my moms hotel so I didn't smoke. Lol Although I remember talking a lot, I had so much to get out! Not to mention being chatty, kind of, sort of, okay really does run in my family.
Several people in our training group got set back for doing something stupid like lighting up a ciggy, drinking or making out with a member of the opposite sex from another company--but not after PIR liberty. Back in my day, at Orlando's boot camp, we had liberty weekend with our RDCs on the weekend before graduation. We voted as a company on where we wanted to go like Disney, a ball game, picnic, etc. to ensure their girls were in full view at all times, our RDCs lied and said our brother company chose the picnic, so we chose the picnic. Lol, we all were shocked to find out our brother company wasn't there. Our RDCs didn't want any of us getting sent back a week or two and not a single one of us did. Although we were a bit disappointed not getting to hang with the guys, we had an awesome day with our RDCs. :-)
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When we drove in the shuttle off RTC after PIR, my normally chatty sailor was very quiet, just gazing out the window. I asked why he wasn't talking. He said that it had been over 10 weeks since he had seen anything off the base--and since he arrived at night, he had never seen Great Lakes (he was asmoed a week and also caught the Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Martin Luther King Day holidays, so longer bootcamp for him). You will find a new real appreciation in your new sailors at PIR. Many feel that it has been almost like prison since they were contained on the base for so long and told everything to do...they don't know what to do with this new freedom off base and most will be a little timid, afraid to make a mistake. They are told they are being watched by plain clothed Navy personnel around town and if they break any rules, they can be retained at RTC or lose some Liberty. So most are very mindful of this. My son sure was!
Good Morning!
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Hi Prime's Mom today was especially hard me, also. I'm glad you posted. Your words were lovely.
Julesl417: I know my son would LOVE Rickey Heaven. He misses not being connected, too. And he is missing all of us terribly. He last letter was the most heartfelt letter he has ever written. He thanked us for being his inspiration and raising him the way we did. It was awesome! It did me in, lol. I've been weepy since Thursday. Can't wait to hear his voice.
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Comment by CatMom509 on June 30, 2013 at 11:46pm
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Awww, so sweet, Prime's Mom!!
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I am momma to my beautiful son who is in div 259. I have been a member on Navy for Moms since May. Although I have not blogged or posted many thoughts, I have diligently followed all the comments, blogs, posts and thoughts that many of you have shared. Somehow all of you have asked or put in thought the very thing in me. Even though most of us are miles apart we all seem to have that common denominator , we LOVE our children BIG TIME. Today I write because I am just overwhelmed with gratitude to all of you who have helped, guided, and showed the way when some of us were lost. If my son were here right now I would squeeze extra tight. Been one of those days that his absence is especially difficult. So thank you from the bottom of my heart that all of you are out there. Can't wait to meet you all July 12th. I am Prime's mom.
Pages (8)
- N4M’s Community Guidelines and OPSEC
- SHIP/DIVISIONS ~~ What are they and how do they fill them?
- Calls from your SR
- RTC Website and RTC Family Guide links
- 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!
- Writing Letters ~ Jokes and Fun Stuff to include in your letters/Contact Lenses and Make-Up
- Boot Camp Questionnaires
- LIVESTREAMING OF PIR SERVICE OVER INTERNET
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