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ALUMNI OF PIR 08/23/2013 TG 41 - 11 Divisions (311-320 and 941)
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Welcome to the group with SAILORS who graduated Boot Camp on 8/16/2013. A place to keep up with each other as your sailors continue their journey in the Navy.
Members: 91
Latest Activity: Nov 17, 2013
WELCOME to PIR 08/23/2013! 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 Alwaysveeship14div318 on August 12, 2013 at 5:46pm
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Question: If our Sailor attends A school out of state will they forward letters or is there a suggested date on when we should stop mailing letters to this current address?
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Comment by CatMom509 on August 12, 2013 at 2:19pm
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A group of moms and kids from our homeschool group got together write to my now Sailor daughter and a now Air Force daughter cards, pictures, and letters. They were told the rules: no glitter, confetti, drawing on the outside envelope. My friend sent out the letters every few days. My daughter was so blessed to receive those and she wrote and mailed back a "thank you" to each person who blessed her!! It made me feel good that she took the time to write the "thank yous!"
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Good Morning!
"If the Lord delights in a man's way,
He makes his steps firm;
though he stumbles, he will not fall,
for the Lord upholds him in His hand."
Psalm 37:23-24
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Comment by ellen0502 on August 12, 2013 at 1:53pm
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Gate passes are available here is the link.
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Comment by diannep on August 12, 2013 at 12:34pm
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If anyone has received a BattleStations date from their SR for that division, please friend request or message the info to me. I keep schedules for each PIR group and post them in the BattleStations discussion above after divisions complete their night. Just for future reference--- it helps when trying to determine future BattleStations schedules in other PIR groups! Thanks for the info!
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Too funny, Lala! That shadow is quite the author! :-)
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Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on August 12, 2013 at 8:28am
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Good morning Navy Family :) I hope you had a good weekend and are ready Monday!
If you are writing every day like I did you may start to run out of things to write about. I remember writing about the crazy neighbor, about me stalking the poor mailman, what siblings and family were up to, copied posts from her facebook page so she could keep up with her friends, I even had her best friend come over every Monday night so we could watch their fav TV show together then I sent her synopsis of everything that happened lol. And I still ran out of the things to write about. So i wrote a letter from our family cat. It was so funny and she loved it. So if you run out of things to write about try writing a letter from your recruits pet. You can even throw in a pic :) Here's my letter, I hope you like it.
The letter to my Sailor from our cat was hilarious. Our cat is huge and needs to loose some weight and when our Sailor was home she was in charge of feeding him. She kept the bowl full all the time. I talked to the vet and had "special" food and was measuring out what he could have twice a day. The cat "Shadow" was not happy with his rations and kept going to my Sailors bedroom door begging for food. He searched for her all the time. So maybe write your recruit a letter from the family pet J Here is the letter I sent….. “Dear Loran, since you left everyone here has gone crazy. They are starving me and they don’t understand my needs. I insist that you talk some sense into them right now. If not you are going to have to come home and take care of this in person. I just can’t take it anymore. It is like they don’t care about me. You are the only one that understands my needs. Why did you leave anyway? I know you think you are all grown up and you need to spread your wings like Charlie (our bird) but why didn’t you take me with you. Is this a financial problem? Do they not have the money to buy my food, because the big guy could use a few less Cheeseburgers if you know what I mean? Please let me know if you are going to take care of this problem. Charlie is looking mighty tasty!!! BTW, I overheard them talking and saying you were at boot camp and I know you LOVE shoes but did you really need to go to camp in a foreign state just to get a pair of boots? They do sell those at the mall right? I hope you come to your senses soon, my tummy is growling and no that is not purring that they hear!!!
Yours Truly,
Shadow
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Good Morning All !
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Just a reminder that those taking the shuttle do not need the pass....it is only for cars driving onto the base. But if you can take one with you, wouldn't hurt! It also allows you to drive onto RTC when returning your sailor that night.
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thisistuff: Should be written by your SR in your form letter received at the beginning of bootcamp. If it is not there....you will need to ask your SR for it...either by letter or in the I'm a Sailor call. Gate passes for this PIR group should be available for download on the RTC site starting tomorrow or Tues. Be sure to type the password in ALL CAPS.
Pages (6)
- 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!
- LIVESTREAMING OF PIR SERVICE ON INTERNET
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