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ALUMNI OF PIR 08/30/2013 TG 42 - 11 Divisions (321-330 and 942)

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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.

Location: Great Lakes. IL
Members: 103
Latest Activity: Feb 3, 2014

WELCOME to PIR 08/30/2013! 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.

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forN4M's Community Guidelines and OPSEC.

~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 ellen0502 on July 10, 2013 at 9:14pm: I was very surprised to see them posted for this group already diannep. I don't remember it ever happening at this point either.

Comment by diannep on July 10, 2013 at 9:11pm: YAH for the division numbers already here, ellen! I don't believe I have ever seen that happen before a group forms! Sure helps out alot!

Comment by ellen0502 on July 10, 2013 at 6:34pm: 4camps, Sounds like your sons ship and my sons ship are on the same deployment, but they are stationed on different bases in Japan.

Comment by cos333333 on July 10, 2013 at 6:22pm: Hi everyone! Still no letter but recruiter told me my SR is in Ship 13 Div 322 with PIR of 8/30. Got the I'm here call at 7:50 pm on 6/26. Look forward to talking to you and meeting at PIR!

Comment by Mommyto2sailors on July 10, 2013 at 5:34pm: 4camps, then it isn't just me! I thought this time would be easier also but no, maybe knowing what we know makes it harder, I don't know! Either way, hello! And donnam - this site is wonderful, it's the first place I turned to! We are all in this together and the support is helpful! Friend me or however we do it on here and we can stay in touch!

Comment by 4camps on July 10, 2013 at 5:29pm: Mommyto2sailors, I am also mother to two sailors! My older son is aboard the USS BlueRidge and they are currently coming into port in Sydney, Australia. His PIR was last Sept and he is based at Yokosuka, Japan and loves it. And like you, I also have no contact with either son. No fun. I thought boot camp would be easier on me this time around and it turns out not much : (

Comment by donnam on July 10, 2013 at 5:26pm: Hi just got my letter today, Ship 13, Div 321 also for my son mommyto2sailors.. He is my oldest and left 3 weeks after graduation. I am so thankful for this site as it has been very helpful.

Comment by Mommyto2sailors on July 10, 2013 at 5:15pm: Yay, so glad this group is up now. My son arrived at RTC on 6/27 and his recruiter told us he is Ship 13 Div 321 with PIR on 8/30. He graduated from high school two weeks prior to that so he is just a baby, in Mom's eyes anyways! This is round two for us, his older brother is already in the Navy currently deployed on the USS Stockdale. I don't have contact with either son at the moment and it is breaking my heart. At least I know my son at bootcamp is safe, once they hit the fleet it is entirely different. I look forward to hearing everyone else's stories and planning for graduation! My oldest is an ET, petty officer third class and my son in bootcamp is a corpsman.

Comment by pat ship 9 div 329 on July 10, 2013 at 4:36pm: ellen0502

Thanks for the correction Leave is usually given after all schooling. In the MC we only went to one school Infantry

Comment by CatMom509 on July 10, 2013 at 4:32pm: Hi Friends!

     "Be steadfast, immovable,

      always abounding in the work of the Lord,

      knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord."

                                                I Corinthians 15:58