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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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• 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.

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~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 BigRed on August 28, 2013 at 8:56am: Diannep we appreciate the very accurate timings here. One question- do the RDCs get some leave after PIR? They are probably as tired and happy as our Sailors are but that job is reported to be as hard as any in the Navy including overseas deployments.

Comment by diannep on August 28, 2013 at 8:32am: Good Morning All !

I'm a Sailor calls this afternoon from the last of thisPIR group....329/330!

Comment by CatMom509 on August 28, 2013 at 3:18am: sqklw4,

Oh, that is a really tight time frame!! You should arrive at the airport at 3:30 am too. Have your driver's license or state id, school id with photo for kids ( or birth certificates or social security cards if they don't have a school id), for each member of your family that needs an airport gate pass. The USO volunteer will make announcements, then start processing groups of Sailors starting with the ones leaving the earliest to check their bags in, get boarding passes, then issue the individual family gate passes at the airline ticket counter.

I believe what belovedbyHim explained was how her family checked in after her Sailor's group had already gone through and was on the other side of the security checkpoint. You should definitely be there when your Sailor arrives at the airport because the time frame from the 3:30 am arrival to the 7:45 am plane departing is close together. Also, all the Sailors have to be at the departing gate itself at least 1 hour before departure.

My Sailor daughter's group arrived at Midway at 1:30 am, but her flight didn't leave until 11:00 am, so we had lots of time, but still we arrived there at 2:00 am for maximum together time!!

Don't forget his cell phone, charger, laptop, adapter cord, comfy underwear... to give him at the airport!!

Comment by diannep on August 27, 2013 at 11:46pm: Congrats to the new sailors of 327/328/942!

Comment by diannep on August 27, 2013 at 11:44pm: Re: ID for those meeting sailors at the airports...make sure that all in your group have ID. We have had stories posted on here before of some who forgot their ID and therefore could not get airlines passes to get through security and wait with their sailors for flights to leave.

Comment by diannep on August 27, 2013 at 11:43pm: ...or Lisa....sounds like he has already been moved into that division if they gave you that number? So forget what I said below :-( ....my son was moved to another area on RTC so wasn't assigned an actual division until he resumed training with that PIR group. Sounds like they are making your SR repeat 2 weeks of Bootcamp with the 347 division. It happens. Once he becomes a sailor, it really doesn't matter! He'll get there!

Comment by diannep on August 27, 2013 at 11:40pm: Lisa: Ok, that makes sense. He has been asmoed then and will be put in the 09/13 PIR group when he is ready to train again. That is where Div 347 is. My son was also asmoed when up there....he also gave me a new PIR date 2 weeks later when he called me. But guess what? Just a week later, he called me and had been put in a PIR group a week before the one they had planned on. So you never know...did you have your flights already? We did....UGH! Didn't know about Southwest back then (this was in 2009)....so had to pay the change fees. Thankfully the new flights were a little cheaper so it cut the change fees almost in half because of that.

Comment by Eaglefan on August 27, 2013 at 11:14pm: sggkw4
Thanks so much for the posting your son's flight info. My son is div. 322 and is also going to Groton. We have not heard anything since the "sailor" call. So good to know he may be flying out at 0745 also!

Comment by belovedbyHim on August 27, 2013 at 11:10pm: Napstersmom- Zulu BRAVO!!! I'm sure your sailor will notice the change in both of you!!

Comment by belovedbyHim on August 27, 2013 at 11:08pm: Napstersmom- You just need to know his Airline and flight time. When our SR flew out to GL we went to the ticket counter explained what was happening and showed our ID's. We were able to get gate passes for each of us. I'm sure the Ticket agents in Chicago are quite familiar with the drill since every Saturday they have several 100 new sailors pass through the Airport and many of them have family who want to see them off. Breathe deep, Pack your bags and we'll see you there. Make sure you have your ID ready at all times!! Don't forget to ask your SR what airline he flies out on as well as the departure time. I know someone posted stuff to put on an index card to have your SR fill out. You just have to remember to get the info. In less than 56 hours your be seeing your Sailor!!!!