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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 Jools on July 25, 2013 at 8:40pm: The SRs will not be allowed to attend the meet and greet. That is for family and friends only. We will first see them at PIR.

Comment by CBGB on July 25, 2013 at 8:34pm: diannep: Thanks for the info. I appreciate it. Half way there.

Comment by diannep on July 25, 2013 at 8:31pm: CBGB: No, sorry. No sailors will be at the MeetandGreets. You will have to wait until PIR to see them! :-)

Comment by diannep on July 25, 2013 at 8:30pm: Iri: You can enclose a couple of bandaids in each letter. Just try not to make it thick so he has to open in front of the RDCs. They don't like to draw attention to themselves. Most of the have blisters from the boots in the beginning.

On mailing the debit card....hmmm....we don't recommend mailing debit cards but if you feel comfortable doing it, go ahead. He has his supply card that the Navy gave him....sending it certified seems to be a bit safer.

Comment by CBGB on July 25, 2013 at 8:14pm: Hi Everyone, Does anyone know if our SRs are allowed to get out for the meet and greet Thursday night, or is the first time we see them at the PIR? Thanks for any info.

Comment by Iri on July 25, 2013 at 6:20pm: In need of advice. Got a letter today, like the first, he misses home, is stressed, tired deprived of sleep, weather is bad, hot and humid, all of this to be expected. My concern is that he complained his feet are REALLY hurting now, and I'm concerned with how this may affect his PT. Someone had mentioned sending bandaids? Also, he asked we mail him his debit card, but wants us to send it activated...so will they allow it at bootcamp, if I send it certified mail? Lastly he made a comment about getting something on the division flag, but I can't make out what he wrote, the initials appear to be IPEA or IPBE? I' m confused help?

Comment by baylee ship 14 div 323 on July 25, 2013 at 6:11pm: got 8 letters from my husband today!!! awesome feeling but now i cant stop crying because i miss him so much :/

Comment by belovedbyHim on July 25, 2013 at 4:58pm: Oh Happy day!!!! We got our first letter from our SR today. My sister and her kids were leaving to go back home so hubby got the mail. He opened the letter even though I had asked him to wait. I'm so glad he didn't listen to me!!! Our SR wrote that today was a scheduled call and if they didn't piss off the RDC's they would call today. We had just taken the phone off call forward. I asked him to forward it to me since I was driving back from the airport and might not get back before our SR called. Sure enough about 5 minutes after I hung up with Hubby, SR calls!! I got to talk to him most of the way home but he wanted to talk to Hubby too so we got off and he called his dad on dad's cell since the house forwarded to me. He wrote a sweet letter to his brother too. He was telling his brother how now that SR was gone lil bro would need to man up and that if lil bro was still thinking that he wanted to go into the Navy too that it was a great choice, but to use this time to toughen up and get ready. His brother is a sensitive person and gets upset when he gets yelled at. I'm doing so much better now that I've gotten to talk to him and I have a letter. It also helps to know what they are doing and this site is a gold mine of that information.

I'm praying for you all to get letters and phone calls today!!

Lala- your granddaughter is beautiful!! May God bless her with grace and wisdom as she grows.

If today is 2-5 of training then tomorrow would be 3-1 is that correct?? I counted it out and that would make PIR the day following 9-5. Each week is 5 days long and you skip Sunday in the counting. I hope I have that right.