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ALUMNI OF PIR 08/29/2014 TG 42 - 09 Divisions (265-272, and 942) Each recruit will be permitted 4 guests

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This group is for those who have loved ones that graduated from boot camp on August 29, 2014. A place to keep in touch with each other as the sailors continue their Navy journey.

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 78
Latest Activity: Sep 24, 2018

WELCOME to PIR 08/29/2014! 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 Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on August 6, 2014 at 1:09pm: Good morning PIR group! Praying you all have a GREAT mail day today! I have to leave for. work just about the time my mail arrives today so I won't get to read it until late tonight IF it arrives today. MsTink... Your ideas of sending cards in between does help. We don't have pets or younger children or anything else that could be FUNNY to write to my son. I've been relying heavily on motivational quotes from the internet to fill a whole page. I've tried finding military humor jokes, but I just haven't found a whole lot that seem like they fit. Are there any BC-related joke sites?

Comment by diannep on August 6, 2014 at 8:10am: Here is a link to all of the PAGES info CatMom referred to. Please take the time to read through it since there is lots of good info there!

http://navyformoms.com/group/pir08292014/page/page/list

Also, remember, Bootcamp is emotionally up and down not only for the SRs, but for you all too. A School is so much better with communication back, so hang in there! You are almost there!

Good Morning!

Comment by CatMom509 on August 6, 2014 at 3:59am: Hey Everyone,

Have you read the "Letter Writing & Fun Stuff..." article up in the Pages section?? There are questionnaires you can tailor to your own needs, write from a pet's perspective, or really young sibling who obviously can't write yet. I wrote a letter from the blender and her 2 blendee cups (raising and lowering the lids to make it look like they were talking to each other). Took pics of them in different poses, then copied them onto a page and wrote their conversation in.. They missed her because she used to make smoothies all the time!! Photocopy a pic of a pet at the top of a page, then write a letter from Fluffy!!

Please make sure you are photocopying any newspaper articles to send to them as newsprint transfers to the SRs' fingers, then can get on their clothing and all over the barracks~~

Comment by tam2014 (PIR 8/29 div 942) on August 5, 2014 at 10:32pm: I am relating to your posts today. I keep wondering if I'm writing the same thing over and over again. I was getting used to getting a call so I'm trying to remember that no news is good news this week. I get excited every time I see a new PIR post. We have to remember how close we are to those hugs!

Comment by Mstink Ship 14 Div 269 on August 5, 2014 at 10:31pm: Goodnight Navy Mom friends...i know it's a lot to hope for but Wednesday has been my mail day so far...I'm saying a prayer that my son and all his fellow SRs are safe and sound tonight, ready to face any challenges tomorrow may bring and that he did send off a letter to me this week!! Here's to crossed fingers & answered prayers!!! ((NMH))

Comment by Mstink Ship 14 Div 269 on August 5, 2014 at 6:21pm: So glad to know I am not the only one with writers block! I've been scouting out different locations to buy cards & sending them in between letters (cards don't have as much room to write as a sheet of paper so looks like you wrote a lot!!!). I've also been tracking down info on his A school in Goose Creek, SC. I'm always asking tons of questions only to realize by the time he writes on Sunday he's probably already forgot them or they get to him too late for his letter!! I've been emotional lastly too...I think his absence is taking a toll but I just remind myself where he is & how proud he is making me & it helps some! Not as much as those hugs are in 23 days!!!! Woo hoo!!! :)

Comment by ctl mom on August 5, 2014 at 3:57pm: So funny you say that about writing! I am at a total loss of what to say in letters. I just send sports articles to keep him up to date. I'm not holding my breath for a letter. We all know what will happen if I do! Have a GREAT day and it will get better! 23 days and counting!

Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on August 5, 2014 at 3:43pm: I can TOTALLY relate MattsMom. It's just so hard to sit patiently and wait for that letter. Today is especially difficult for me for some reason. Somehow the thought of our household being so empty now is really sinking in. Even though our SRs twin is still living with us, he isn't home much now and everything just is so quiet and empty. I don't know why I'm so emotional today, but it is just one of those down days for me. Hope we all get letters soon. I'm dying to hear something from my SR. I'm even having trouble trying to figure out what to write to him right now. It seems like we all are in the doldrums or something. HUGS TO ALL OF YOU! This feeling too shall pass and we will be riding high again soon.

Comment by Matt'sMom EM on August 5, 2014 at 3:20pm: We are all so much more quiet without letters and phone calls! Can't wait until Thursday mail. It takes a day longer up here in the mountains.

Comment by CatMom509 on August 5, 2014 at 12:40pm: Good Morning!

     "I guide you in the way of wisdom

      and lead you along straight paths."

                                    Proverbs 4:11