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ALUMNI OF PIR 08/17/2012TG 40 — 13 Divisions (249–260 & 940)

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PIR 08/17/2012

Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir07202012
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 113
Latest Activity: Aug 23, 2012

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OPSEC OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmost importance. Please take the timeto read the OPSEC and Community Guidelines. A quick note here: Last Names of Sailors/Recruits are not allowed on this site. If it is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended. First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember someone can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture.

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Comment by diannep on July 2, 2012 at 6:59pm: Seamonkey: Ship 7's address is 3405 Sailor Dr

Comment by diannep on July 2, 2012 at 6:56pm: Jill: Feel free to start a discussion group above for your division if there isn't one yet. But stay on this main page too since we will be giving out lots of info here!

"Navy Writing", AmOm. We all had the same "shock" when seeing the neat handwriting of our normally messy writing SRs! I was sure that my son had not written it, when he was up at Bootcamp. :-)

AmOm: Hmmmm....unless that young man is in your SR's division or brother division, you won't be able to get an address from up there...but hopefully his family can give it to you! I know he would love to hear from you...they LIVE for letters!

No, not necessary to put RECRUIT TRAINING COMMAND or the ship name in the letter address. The important part is the name of your sailor, ship/div #s.

For those of you all venturing over to a FB group, please be sure to stay on this group too. Sometimes the FB groups don't get all of the info we pass along here. So be sure to be checking back in with us, ok?

Comment by AmOm on July 2, 2012 at 6:01pm: My SR's address on the form letter has RECRUIT TRAINING COMMAND on the line between the ship and div and Great Lakes, IL. I didn't see this in the examples. Di we need to put it?

Comment by ThatMom on July 2, 2012 at 5:51pm: There is a facebook page for families with SR's graduating on 8/17....here is the link

https://www.facebook.com/groups/385123854884947/#!/groups/385123854...

Comment by AmOm on July 2, 2012 at 5:39pm: FTLW, I guess I should have read your next post. :)

By the way, callsforrecruits.org who does the free calling cards sends letters too and would like names.

Comment by AmOm on July 2, 2012 at 5:35pm: So true, FTLW, they try to be so strong but they still need to have support and need to know someone cares.

The one and only young man who flew out with my daughter was "adopted" by several of us at the airport. Do you know how I can get his address? I have his home address so I'm going to send his parents some pictures it took but I told him I'd write.

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Comment by AmOm on July 2, 2012 at 5:27pm: Got my letter today! I thought it would hit me harder than it did. I thinks it's because it doesn't look like her writing (too neat ) and she didn't have a personak note. Sigh... I can't wait to get letters from her.

Comment by Jill (ATO Mom) on July 2, 2012 at 5:25pm: Anchor... same division, it's nice to meet someone in the same division. It's going to be a great journey over the next 7 weeks. Still waiting for the form letter, who knows, maybe she forgot our address, we just moved :-)

Comment by My Sailor's Anchor on July 2, 2012 at 5:15pm: Jill V - My husband is in Ship 3 Div 254, which is the brother div to 253.

Comment by my2boyz (ship 11 div 131) on July 2, 2012 at 5:09pm: Thanks! Recruiter gave me 3415. My SR wrote 3405. And I already sent one letter last week.