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Alumni of PIR 8/24/2012 TG 41 — 09 Divisions (261–268 & 941)

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This is a group for friends and family of SR's with a graduation PIR date of 08/24/02012 from Great Lakes, IL.

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 98
Latest Activity: Sep 9, 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 Dakota's Mom on July 3, 2012 at 1:49pm: My son is Ship 09, Div 267. Anyone else in the same division?

Comment by Geraley T on July 3, 2012 at 1:41pm: Good news!!! I got "the box" today when I came home for lunch. Needless to say, what did I do?............. broke down and cried. Then pulled myself together, because he is doing ok and I know I will get that form letter soon. I wrote to him last night and it helped just to get that started. Next step... cleaning his room. Lord help me LOL!!

Comment by diannep on July 3, 2012 at 1:21pm: Lala, I have no clue. I think IT has changed up this site since I was doing that almost 3 yrs ago...and now not sure you can! But I was not hitting "comment back" or something back then and the comment was just appearing right there on MY page. Geeesh.... :-)

Comment by diannep on July 3, 2012 at 1:20pm: Ladies, please be careful about thinking that the PIR groups on FB are safer than on here. Anyone can join FB....under any disguise! So your comments on FB need to be watched just as they do here.

We always advise that you not post very personal info received from your SR...just general info...how they are doing, what schedule they are on, etc. Personal feelings about their "bosses" especially should not be posted. This is a frustrating time for them...and they may write a letter at a "low" time which could be a bit negative. FB and N4Moms are "public forums." So just know that what you write can be seen! Private message any details you would like to share with others in your division. That is safe! :-)

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on July 3, 2012 at 1:09pm: Diannep, how did you comment back to yourself? Now you have me worried lol that I have been doing it wrong for 2 years. Oh I hope not lol.

Comment by diannep on July 3, 2012 at 1:04pm: srmproudmom: Hmmm....don't think you posted the correct division? Div 191 is from the June 22nd PIR group. And 291 would be too high. Maybe 261? That division will be in this group. Glad you found us here! Don't worry...keep practicing on the site...one thing I was doing wrong when I joined back in 2009 was this:

On your personal page on here, you have a Comment section at the bottom where people can comment and you can comment back. My problem was that I was commenting back to MYSELF! I didn't realize this until another sweet lady in my group, JessicaBSailor, who is another N4Moms veteran who helps out here as long as I have been, told me. Duh, Dianne!

So you see...we all are learning by trial and error! Just keep practicing!

Comment by deaf65 (Ship 11 Div 262) on July 3, 2012 at 12:53pm: Found out from my son's recruiter that my son is in ship11 Div 262 and got address, Will mail the letters to him soon

Comment by ThatMom on July 3, 2012 at 12:33pm: I have had others looking for a facebook page for this PIR so I thought I would share it here as well...

https://www.facebook.com/groups/133432956792127/files/#!/groups/439...

Comment by dukelvr on July 3, 2012 at 12:08pm: Hey everybody! My boyfriend left June 25th and his mom just told me his graduation date is August 17th! :( So I guess I wont be in this group anymore...really surprised because I figured it would be August 24th.

Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on July 3, 2012 at 11:13am: Good Morning, srmproudmom and Race's mom. Welcome! Hang in there, srmproudmom, it won't take long and you will get the hang of it. We are here to answer all questions, including the "how to do's " on the group. Just let us know how we can help.