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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.

CLICK MEforN4M'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 Andreaship9Div320 on July 4, 2013 at 9:38am: Kristi I'm with you.. Kevin had his boarding pass in the box then I went through his backpack and found 60$ and his credit/debit card so now he has no money and no access not sure if he forgot to take it out or if they made him.. You are not alone I wish you lived next door to me:-)

Comment by Andreaship9Div320 on July 4, 2013 at 9:06am: Thanks Dianne I feel so dumb sometimes asking all these questions but I really have no idea. How do I find people in the same division and what is a brother division? Also, do we ever get to see any photos of them during bootcamp? A friend of mines son went into the army and she was able to see pictures of him at bootcamp

Comment by diannep on July 4, 2013 at 8:23am: Andrea! HA! Yes, the rolled up pants legs confuse many. They are measured on computers and are in such a hurry (lots of orders being screamed at them), that many take no time to roll them down. My son was up there during the month of Nov (i.e., COLD) but being a S FL boy, I could not convince him to wear LONG pants to bootcamp. Yep, he arrived in tshirt and shorts...so no rolled up pants legs in the box for me!

Just remember that you all are still in the highly emotional part of bootcamp....they are too. Lots of yelling going on at this phase for your SRs. Not fun, but it gets better by about training week 4 (bootcamp week 5 or 6 usually). Just stay on this site for support. Maybe friend request others on here in your same division/brother division and trade some personal emails. Get to know one another! It really helps!

Good Morning and Happy July 4th!

Comment by CatMom509 on July 4, 2013 at 3:23am: Just a little reminder for any new members here:

Friends,

Also want to let you know that you can put your SR's cell phone on Military Suspension for the 2 months that he/she wiil be in Boot Camp. Just contact your cell phone carrier after your SR has made his/her "I'm Here" call and the phone is on its way back to you in The Box or any time after you get it back. You can do this for free and it will save on the monthly charges on that phone. You can re-activate it for the day before PIR. I was able to easily re-activate my daughter's cell phone online at Verizon Wireless.

Comment by evetnaz_CV Mom on July 4, 2013 at 12:34am: Arizona .. not As .. :)

Comment by evetnaz_CV Mom on July 4, 2013 at 12:19am: LISAW ... that's where my daughter is! Got her box yesterday and waiting for the letter. We are in As. How about you? You holding up ok?

Comment by Andreaship9Div320 on July 3, 2013 at 11:20pm: Ok Dianne thanks! I don't know what's wrong with me:-) you should have seen me when I pulled Kevin's pants out of the box and saw they were rolled up at the bottom... I freaked(wondering what they had done to him) until my sister calmed me down and reminded me that they roll there pants up to measure their feet! I'm loosing my mind!! Lol

Comment by diannep on July 3, 2013 at 11:09pm: By the way, each ship (their barracks) houses about 12 divisions...and they may not all be in the same PIR group.