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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".
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Comment by diannep on June 27, 2013 at 8:48am
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Good Morning All !
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Comment by Roni on June 26, 2013 at 10:12pm
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Makes sense diannep, thanks for the info.
Hopefully we get letters tomorrow!!!
Goodnight everyone!
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Roni: You can call the Public Affairs Office about that, but doubt he can get press credentials. 847 688 2405 I think having ID and being part of your sailor's guest list would be the only way he could get in...just not sure he will have the time to get the pictures he wants on the base and of course, he is restricted in both time to get them and areas he can photograph in. Probably would be best to use him off-base.
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Thank you ellen0502, I let the photographer know and he said he's trying to see if he can get press credentials?
Oh well, we'll see what he can do
I was looking to have some nice photos of us. Maybe some that can turn into engagement photos one day ;)
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Roni: I totally agree with ellen! No photographer on the base...unless....that person is one of the 4 allowed guests on the list...and....the photographer understands that only piks allowed are inside the buildings. Remember, they will scoot you out of the PIR Hall just about 10 minutes (or less) after PIR concludes. So not too much time for lots of piks then....
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Comment by Tink37 on June 26, 2013 at 6:13pm
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Lala: That's so wonderful. So glad your daughter and grand baby are doing well.
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Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on June 26, 2013 at 5:52pm
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Thoughts and prayers really do work. The contractions have stopped and they released my Sailor from the hospital :) Thanks so much for the continued thoughts and prayers. I really appreciate it and My daughter/sailor said to thank all of you as well :)
Now I can get back to my vacation and preparing for our Florida meet and greet meet and Greet!
If you live in the areas of Florida on the pic below please join us for a Meet and Greet on Sunday afternoon. The Meet and Greet will be held in Gulf Harbors in New Port Richey FL. Come as early as you want and stay as long as you want. You will need to join my FL Meet and Greet facebook group or private message me to get the details and address. I am so excited to meet many of you and see some friends from last years meet and greet. There is also a scrapbook make and take class that you can sign up for if you would like to come to that as well :) If you have any questions please let me know. Here is the link for the facebook group, join us there and then click on events for the details or send me a message. Thanks, see you soon :) https://www.facebook.com/groups/147079298773780/
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Comment by ellen0502 on June 26, 2013 at 5:37pm
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Roni, Yes, everyone has to be on the list. At the gate they check for parking passes if driving and inside they check IDs to the list. If the person is not on the list they are told they need to leave base.
As for the photographer, photographs are not allowed outside the drill at all, ever. You cannot take pictures around the base, and if you do they might, can and will take your camera, delete all the photos or take the film (if not digital).
Though security may not appear to be strict it is!
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Hello everyone, I have a question, Does a name have to be on the list in order to go through the gates and on base or just to go inside the building (the drill hall)?
I'm just wondering how strict security is there. I'd like to have a photographer come and take pictures of me and my SR outside around the base after the ceremony but I need to know if he will even be allowed.
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Comment by CatMom509 on June 26, 2013 at 2:48pm
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Hello Friends!
"The godly walk with integrity,
blessed are their children who follow them."
Proverbs 20:7
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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