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ALUMNI OF PIR 09/04/2015 TG 43 - 11 Divisions (289-298, and 943)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 09/04/2015. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 98
Latest Activity: May 4, 2016

WELCOME to PIR 09/04/2015! 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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N4M'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 diannep on July 14, 2015 at 8:52pm: Everyone: Please read through the FAMILY GUIDE in the link below. Lots of info there, including ID needed for family members/friends for PIR:

http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/pdfs/FamilyGuide_v18Jun2013.pdf

Comment by CatMom509 on July 14, 2015 at 7:53pm: Or the alternative, HiDeDukeFan, is to leave one of your children with a beloved relative or family friend back home for a really fun weekend!!

Comment by HiDefDukeFan on July 14, 2015 at 7:49pm: I might be able to bring my mom too we will see, i hope so.

Comment by CatMom509 on July 14, 2015 at 7:44pm: Hi Friends!

"He who gets wisdom loves his own soul;

he who cherishes understanding prospers."

Proverbs 19:8

Comment by CatMom509 on July 14, 2015 at 7:42pm: HiDeDukeFan,

Could you bring another relative who wants to see & hug your Sailor after the ceremony back at the hotel and perhaps for a meal, but will be able to babysit one of your children during the ceremony?? This way, Mom and Dad will be able to be there for the PIR ceremony!! It's really a very special day in the life of a Sailor!!

Comment by CatMom509 on July 14, 2015 at 7:38pm: Sandra,

There is a designated place in the lower bleachers at PIR for handicapped and guests needing assistance. I don't believe any documentation is needed, just let the Sailors directing you where to park that you will need assistance and they will provide a cheerful Sailor to wheel the guest to the area and will return to wheel the guest back to your parking spot. This guest must be on the access list and have the appropriate id, of course!!

This also applies to guests with a temporary injury and on crutches, for example...

Comment by CatMom509 on July 14, 2015 at 7:34pm: Hi!

Welcome to Navy for Moms!!

My Sailor Daughter's PIR was March 2013--can't believe how fast time has flown!. She is an IT3 (Information Systems Technician, Petty Officer Third Class). I primarily provide scriptural encouragement for the PIR groups, Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones) and a few of the other groups that I am a member of. I'll also help out with anything that I am familiar with--all kinds of tidbits I learned during my daughter's Boot Camp experience~~ This site really made the time go much faster. I'm so thankful that my Sailor daughter sent me the link for this awesome group of friends when she enlisted!! Count 9 Fridays and before you know it, you'll be seeing your baby again at PIR!! Here we go!!!

Comment by Lu-Ems mom on July 14, 2015 at 5:07pm: hi ladies I'm a newbie, just receiving her box moments ago and her recruiter calling me youth with her ship number and division number. The poor FedEx driver thought I was a crazy women running to the truck for a box

Comment by mysailor_myanchor0701 on July 14, 2015 at 3:54pm: Anyone's SR in Ship 11 Div 290?

8 Fridays Everyone! We can do this!

Comment by HiDefDukeFan on July 14, 2015 at 2:05pm: im starting to hear that there may only be 3 guests aloud into PIR because of its size :0( this makes me so sad that means my husband will not be able to go since there are 4 of us and the kids are not old enough to stay by them selves and to old to slip in with us uggg i hope it isnt the case ,i know he wants to see the ceremony.