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ALUMNI OF PIR 08/14/2015 TG 40- 9 Divisions (267-274, and 940)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 08/14/2015. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 60
Latest Activity: Aug 25, 2015

WELCOME to PIR 08/14/2015! 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.

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N4M's Community GuidelinesandOPSEC.

~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 smiley34 on July 8, 2015 at 1:29pm: Hey Karen93 -

I too was starting to think that the calls from other recruits were great. Thank you for letting me know my son is not the only one...or seemed to be. My son also hurt his knee and goes to medical some time today. He is supposed to call us to let us know what they say about his knee and what they will do. Hopefully it is nothing major and they can rehab it and get him back on track for graduation. We have to remain positive and send them positive messages.

Thank you for the prayer. I have printed it out and plan to keep with me. I hope your son is doing well.

Comment by Diana on July 8, 2015 at 1:23pm: Thank you for the prayer. We are feeling kind of lost without our girl. Eases my mind to know we ate not alone.

Comment by Karen93 on July 8, 2015 at 12:04pm: Hi smiley34,

Thanks for posting how homesick your son is. We also got a call over the weekend, and my son was also very homesick. I was feeling very alone after reading other messages about how well others were doing, so I'm glad you shared your experience.

I read being homesick is very normal and tried to bolster his spirits. I reminded him how normal his feelings are, and it will get better. I reminded him how the first half of bootcamp is breaking the recruit down, but the 2nd half is building them back up. Over the next couple of weeks he will learning and participating in exciting things. I hoped it worked, he seemed better after talking to us. We also promised to send lots of letters and pictures from home. The whole family is writing, which again, I hope helps.

Also, below is a prayer I found on this site. I've been praying it and it makes me feel better. I hope this will help you.

Father, in the coming days I will need You, but my recruit will need You more. Let him perform his tasks with a sense of duty, not of anger or vengeance. Let his reflexes be quick and his hands steady. Let his head be clear and his eyes sharp. Let his mind and body be strong and his spirit stronger. Christ, please stand by my recruit and watch his back when he cannot. Father, I love this recruit of mine! Take from ME, what he needs and give me what he does not. I will pace the nights, if it means he gets some sleep. I will deal with fatigue, if it means he will have energy. I will carry his fear if it means it gives him courage. I will take his pain, if it means he is healthy and whole. I will take his anger, if it means he is at peace. Take from me my love and pride and let him feel it! Let him know that I am with him every step of the way. Please, take from me what You can; I give it willingly and with love. It is all I have besides my prayers. Above all, please help my recruit achieve his goal of becoming a United States Sailor. This I ask on bended knee, that which I cannot do without You. AMEN

Comment by smiley34 on July 8, 2015 at 10:10am: lawlady 1963 - Thank you for the prayers and for reaching out to me. I have been in tears for three days and starting to pull it together. I will keep you posted when we get some news.

Comment by diannep on July 8, 2015 at 6:57am: Good Morning!

Comment by CatMom509 on July 7, 2015 at 6:26pm: Hi Friends!

     "Let the beauty of the Lord,

      Our God be upon us."

                           Psalm 90:7

Comment by lawlady1963 on July 7, 2015 at 4:30pm: mama K: my son is also in div 269!

smiley34: I'm glad he will be able to call you tomorrow and let you know what's going on. Ya'll are in my prayers!

Comment by diannep on July 7, 2015 at 4:03pm: Megan: I too found this site by googling when my son was in Bootcamp!

Comment by diannep on July 7, 2015 at 4:02pm: Linda: Yes you can take your own cameras in. They just ask that you don't block anyone else's view as you take the piks!

PIR is from 9 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. You will need to get there early to get a choice of seating in your division section. Gates open at 6:30 a.m.