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ALUMNI OF PIR 09/06/2013 TG 43 - 11 Divisions (331-340 and 943)

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Welcome to the group with SAILORS who graduated Boot Camp on 09/06/2013. A place to keep up with each other as your sailors continue their journey in the Navy.

Location: Great Lakes. IL
Members: 107
Latest Activity: Nov 17, 2013

WELCOME to PIR 09/06/2013! 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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~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.

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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

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Comment by PrdNavyMom2Sailors on July 26, 2013 at 12:26pm: TG 43 - 11 Divisions (331-340, and 943) Graduate Friday, September 6, 2013. Each recruit will be permitted 4 guests, it official

Comment by NavyDad206 on July 26, 2013 at 12:21pm: Just posted on http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/upcoming_grads.asp

TG 43 - 11 Divisions (331-340, and 943) Graduate Friday, September 6, 2013. Each recruit will be permitted 4 guests

Comment by bchis on July 26, 2013 at 11:58am: @Flo'sMom: She will make it. I'm sure of it. I definitely am not allowed to criticize! Fortunately, I haven't had a reason to yet. We do a pretty good job of building up in our house. :)

Comment by JLM-MN on July 26, 2013 at 11:54am: No letter yet either, but I am not too upset. Here is how I figure it: our SR has called home three times. Once was the obligatory 2 minute arrival call, the second was to obtain more information because his duty will involve high security and third was last Sat for 10 minutes. In that call he said he had not received any letters and he can write on Sundays. Knowing MY SR, he figured that since he talked to us he didn't need to write too <G> and if my letters had not reached him, he had no questions to answer----I am sure letters have arrived this week and this Sunday he may get time to write which means letters to us next week....with luck! <G>

What these young people are doing with their lives makes me so proud to be one of their moms; proud to be an American. While I am impatient to see my SR march in on his PIR day, the wait is tempered with the great pride I have. So I wear my NAVY MOM necklace every day, we fly the flag every day, we wear our flag pins and when asked, we are proud to tell others, "Our son decided to serve his country in the US Navy." Whooo-hoooo!!!

Comment by Craig on July 26, 2013 at 11:46am: Sorry this post is so long,

Yes, PIRGifts is out of the Marvin Shields Ship-13 coin. Our minting run has been completed, and we should have a new shipment by next Friday. Anyone that has bought a coin from us can verify that are coins are the best you can buy. We have a mom & pop minting company make them for us. This company is extremely slow, however, they make them 100% correct. Thanks to Hurricane Sandy, their small minting press was wiped out. The insurance company accidently bought them a very powerful new press that can rival any large minting company. The 3D designs you will not find better on any coin. The weight of the coin is much heavier than a normal coin.

Others have ask how we started, here is the story...

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I'm a retired Navy Cryptologic Technician Maintenance (CTM). I run a website called NavyDEP.com. I help young adults get ready for boot camp. I have probably helped over 10,000 sailors since the start in 2007. I started this website because my son was having sooo many sailors call me for answers to Navy questions. The calls came at all hours of the day/night. So, instead of answering one question to one person, I decided to build NavyDEP.com. You have probably been to my website. It's where you will find out what happens day-per-day at Navy boot camp. That post has about 130,000 views. Here is the link in case you haven't seen it:

http://www.navydep.com/forums/showthread.php?t=433

I use to be able to support my website myself, using only my funds. However, as it has grown, I constantly get hackers from China, Russian, and the Middle East, trying to get it. Instead of having fun helping future sailors, my time was spent keeping hackers out. I ended up having to pay software guys big money to do this since I am not skilled in that area.

When it got too much, I let the group know that I was going to shutdown NavyDEP.com. That's when one of the parents of a sailor I was helping came forward and offered $$$ help. He, Brian, had the money but had no knowledge of the Navy. I had the complete knowledge of the Navy, but no $$$. So he said he wanted me to think of something that could fund my website. That is when I said that a boot camp coin would be awesome. I have a huge collection, and the only one I was missing was my boot camp coin.

My first coin was the USS Triton ship-12. The reason was, if the coin idea failed, at least my son would have his coin. Well, more and more people wanted the coins for their "ships". So I ended up designed them all.

Now, I can keep NavyDEP.com running and the future sailors, and we also help others. PIRGifts was built to give back to the community. Every month we donate money to various organizations.

Now I can write the stories about various Navy things. Once the top area get opened up, you can see and read about your sailors ship. Each story is about 100 pages long. You will also be able to know how to present the coin to your sailor, the history behind them, and why I designed them the way I did. So far, I have written about the USS John F. Kennedy ship-9, USS Kearsarge ship-11, USS Triton ship-12, USS Marvin Shields ship-13, and the USS Arizona ship-14.

I think you'll love the stories.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/28663038#28663038

Comment by Flo'sMom on July 26, 2013 at 11:39am: @bchis, She will do fine. If she has a problem with critisism is will burn her once and she will be brought down only to be built back up. I have watched this in military people many times. What seems like critisism can be turned into a true turning point for a person and they grow so much from learning to take it the way that it is intended.

Plus, you are the husband so you are NOT allowed to criticize..... I am kidding but only partially. LOL I have read often that no news is good news so stay positive and patient. It is really hard I am sure but you will both reap the rewards.

Comment by NavyDad206 on July 26, 2013 at 11:14am: diannep: It looks like by answering Grateful I answered Jordan as well. :)

Comment by diannep on July 26, 2013 at 11:11am: NavyDad: I actually think JordanMom was the one asking about the Ship 13 coin. Maybe grateful asked earlier about the same one though.

Comment by bchis on July 26, 2013 at 11:10am: @NavyDad

Try Amazon. They have a lot of really cool coins on there too.

Comment by bchis on July 26, 2013 at 11:09am: @Flo'sMom: No problem. I'm really hoping that I get some knew news with the old so I can alleviate some of my worry and fear... but if not, I'll just vent here and then wait some more. No other choice. My wife is pretty tough so I know she can handle it physically... but I hope she has gotten better at taking criticism. She's accustomed to hearing positive things all day. She's in a whole new world now.