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ALUMNI OF PIR 08/21/2015 TG 41 - 9 Divisions (275-282, and 941)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 08/21/2015. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.

Your current Group "veteran members" are:

diannep

♥FireTeamLeaderWife♥ aka FTLW

ellen0502

Craig

CatMom509

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 56
Latest Activity: Aug 27, 2015

WELCOME to PIR 08/21/2015! 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 kmsims on August 18, 2015 at 7:12am: Whoohoo! Thank you diannep! Boarding our flight now!!

Comment by diannep on August 18, 2015 at 7:09am: Good Morning!

I'm a Sailor calls expected after 2pm Central today from 279/280 and 941. Congrats! Post when you hear from your new sailors!

Comment by CatMom509 on August 18, 2015 at 5:24am: It's weird how I can't delete the double post!! Oh well....

Comment by CatMom509 on August 18, 2015 at 5:19am: Comment by CatMom509 on August 12, 2015 at 2:25am Delete Comment

CONGRATULATIONS to all the new Sailors and their families!! Safe travels to all to an awesome PIR!!

Remember, PIR is just the beginning of the Navy journey. Keep plugged into Navy for Moms where there are groups for A school, C school, ratings (jobs), bases, ships, states, regional, twins and multiples, and the "Christian Navy Moms" that I am a part of!

Also, the U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command page on Facebook puts up photos from each PIR. If you see your Sailor in a pic or more, you can download it to your own computer by either clicking on the picture, going down to Options and downloading it OR right click, "Save Picture As" to a file on your computer~~

Comment by jbf2006 on August 18, 2015 at 5:17am: Leaving for GL this morning, in about an hour! Can't believe this day has finally arrived... Wishing all our SR the best as their first step in their Naval careers come to a close. They have come to boot camp as an individual and will be leaving as a member of the World's greatest Navy... Congratulations to all. woohoo 8/21/15!

Comment by kmsims on August 18, 2015 at 4:46am: Oh the things we do for our children! It's 2:45 am and I'm up and showered and ready to leave for the airport! Fly into Chicago today and should already be there when I get my Sailor call!!

Comment by Teresa on August 18, 2015 at 3:48am: Thank you all, wish I would have connected on here much sooner!! Looking forward to meeting many of you Thursday night! I am leaving Seattle at midnight and arrive in Chicago early Thursday morning! It will be quite the emotional greeting when I finally see my son!! I have cried off and on for the last 24 hours, even more tonight when his high school graduation pictures arrived! It will be interesting to see the dramatic change he has had in 9 weeks~~~he graduated June 11 and left June 21! Last letter says he gained over 16 pounds!!

Comment by kmsims on August 17, 2015 at 8:43pm: Congrats Teresa! What a roller coaster of emotions for you! Very excited for your family! Way to go to your SR