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ALUMNI OF PIR 08/02/2013 TG 38 - 12 Divisions (277-286, 817 and 938)
Information
Welcome to the group with SAILORS who graduated Boot Camp on 8/02/2013. A place to keep up with each other as your sailors continue their journey in the Navy.
Location: Great Lakes, OL
Members: 99
Latest Activity: Nov 17, 2013
WELCOME to PIR 08/02/2013! 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 ellen0502 on June 19, 2013 at 1:25am
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N4M's Community Guidelines and OPSEC apply to the Discussion Forum area as well. The Division Discussions are viewable to all...just like the Main Wall here.
Please do not start new Division Discussions.
Discussion Forum Area
This is the place to start a Discussion about a topic and for your Division Discussions.
The Discussion Forum area is set to show titles only and is set at ten titles at a time for now. (This can be adjusted by the group creator or an administrator)
It is also set to show the "latest activity" (there are other settings). So whatever has just had a reply added to it will "bump" that Discussion to the top. The discussion will stay up there at the top because it has had "activity"…until the next Discussion has activity. If there are over ten discussions, whatever is at the bottom will disappear from view…but not from the Discussion Forum. So, if you want to see more, click "view all" at the bottom right hand corner of the discussion forum area. It is right up there above the Blue Comment Wall bar.
To "bump" up a discussion to the first spot of the DF area when you don't really want to add a reply...in other words someone is looking for it...just type whatever you want in the reply box and click "add reply". I just type one letter or even a period and add the reply.
When you view a DF by clicking on the title, the first post ever made will be the first one on the first page. To get to the most current reply, click “Last Reply” directly underneath that particular Discussion.
~You will also notice that in the top right corner in any post that you do you will see an "x". This is so you may delete your post if you need too. You will also see the “x” on any post you make anywhere else on the site.
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We have posted your Division Discussions up above. Please use them to get to know each other even better on a "Divisional" basis...BUT remember that you all have the same PIR date and many of you will be attending the same Meet and Greets...so please continue to post on the Main Wall here...you all have developed such a nice group!
Also, please continue to post your questions for us "veteran moms" on the Main Wall here. We have 7-8 active PIR groups going at one time..that's 70-80 Divisions! We try to get to the Division Discussions but with that many it is difficult! We don't want to miss any questions as ALL are important...no dumb ones...for many of you this is your first servicemember and we want to be there to help and lend support.
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Comment by mashammy(Ship13 Div 281) on June 18, 2013 at 11:44pm
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Shermao - My son is 26 and said I didn't need to take him to MEPS. Even though he is older, its still difficult not having any contact. He is going to Pensacola.
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Comment by mustangmom on June 18, 2013 at 11:43pm
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thanks diannep
Everything matches but the last four of the zip code. Hopefully all his letters dont come back.
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Comment by diannep on June 18, 2013 at 11:17pm
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tabu: No Leave between bootcamp and A School. Just Liberty and probably a short one...they most likely will fly out the next day.
mustangmom:
Ship 2 Div 938
3600 Ohio St
Great Lakes IL 60088-3156
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No letters here in Indiana. I did get a letter I mailed to him back today saying INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS. I double checked it with the form letter and it matches so not sure why I got it back. Going to see if any others come back. I sure hope not. Anyone else have an address for Ship 02 Div 938 so I can see if maybe he wrote something down wrong?
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Comment by sjtina on June 18, 2013 at 11:12pm
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Welcome PIR 8/12. I am a veteran mom who will be joining in the 800 discussion once it gets started. If anyone has a any questions, I will gladly try to answer them.
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Comment by tabu1218 on June 18, 2013 at 11:10pm
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I look forward to the comments that you ladies post on here. And I agree with you Chantily, it does seem like a lifetime. I would be okay with not seeing him, as long as I could get a text, letter, or phone call. I have never been this far from Nick, or any of my children, for this long. I know its part of life & the next stage in the cycle, but its still hard. The only phone call we have received so far, was the 12 second one to tell us that he made it, that he was okay & that he loved me. I received the box 5 days after he left & the form letter 4 days after that. Its just the not knowing, even tho I know he's ok. He's not a letter writer, but I hope that he at least sends a few lines to tell us he's okay. We will be driving in for PIR on Thursday, prior to the ceremony, but we haven't booked our hotel yet, & I know we need to do that soon. Does anyone know when we'll find out how soon they go to their next destination? We know he's going to Texas for A school, but we're aren't sure if he'll leave right away, or if he'll get a short leave. Either way, I can't wait to see him & the changes that the Navy will make. It's nice to have someone to chat with, that's going thru the same things, isn't it.
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Comment by jenny4forrest on June 18, 2013 at 11:09pm
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KristaK (Ship 4 Div 817) You are in the right place. Also, my son's PIR is Aug 2nd, he's in Ship 4 DIV 817. Hope to talk to you soon.
jenny
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I just wanted to tell of of you moms on here that I am so glad I have you to talk to. If it weren't for all of you, I would be completely insane by now. I know it has only been 2 weeks or less, but it feels like a lifetime. I don't know how my son is. He got to call, but there was a lot of static, and we were cut short. I really didn't find out much at all, except that he is getting really good at making the bed. Anyway, hopefully, I get a letter soon. He probably won't write a long one, but anything would be great right about now. These plane flight prices suck and I don't know whether I should rent a car or which airport I should fly into. I did book at Ramada Inn, though. I didn't want to take a chance on not being able to find somewhere to stay. You guys feel like friends, even though I have never met any of you.
Pages (6)
- N4M’s Community Guidelines and OPSEC
- SHIP/DIVISIONS ~~ What are they and how do they fill them?
- RTC Website and RTC Family Guide links
- Calls from your SR
- 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!
- LIVESTREAMING OF PIR SERVICE ON INTERNET
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