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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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~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 bchis on August 22, 2013 at 4:44pm: Thanks for the words. I know the name but it's no big deal.

I agree that things are different from children to spouses in BC but a lot of the questions are the same. My "what-ifs" just extend MUCH further into the future than a lot on here. Catmom is right about that part. I forget that this is only the PIR group but you all have been insanely helpful to me.

NavyDad, I am trying to cope with it all and I'm coming around. Definitely was NOT a fan of the changes at first... but it was like banging my head against a wall sooooo.... I stopped trying to out think the situation.

Thanks again for the words. I'll keep the enthusiasm! Time is moving really fast now so 2 weeks will fly by. Just hope time slows backdown a little for that weekend... ;)

Comment by NavyDad206 on August 22, 2013 at 4:22pm: Well bchis, I'd say keep it up. I don't think that most on here realize there is a huge difference in having a son or daughter in BC versus having a wife or husband.

With kids they are off on their own adventure, nothing much changes for the parents except missing their child who's barely been away from home. I'm right there with them. My daughter is in 336.

I've also been active military with a military spouse. The changes you as a family are about to go through heavily out weigh what the parents have to endure. Once positive thing about all this is that once BC and A School are over, you'll be able to roll with the changes together instead of having to go at it alone.

Raise heck on here if you want, I don't mind! I see you as a loving husband and father doing his best to cope with the unknown future of his family. Stay strong.

Comment by CatMom509 on August 22, 2013 at 4:21pm: Hello Friends!

    "This is what the Lord says--

     Your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel;

     I am the Lord Your God,

     who teaches you what is best for you,

     who directs you in the way you should go."

                                                Isaiah 48:17

Comment by CatMom509 on August 22, 2013 at 4:21pm: Yea, bchis, I appreciate you as a husband being on here! It is refreshing to see another loving family member encouraging and supporting their SR through this Navy journey--with a twist!! You involvement in your wife's journey is great!!

I see no reason for your to "curb your enthusiasm!" You are probably asking many more questions that are far ahead than PIR, but everyone learns from the answers given, so ask away!! Asking questions prepares one for the future of "what ifs."

Everyone has an SR here and are all in the same boat, so to speak. There's lots of information to be given out and some need more or less than others, but there is no need to criticize others. We are here to guide each and every one of you. No one here is ever "annoying " to us!

Comment by bchis on August 22, 2013 at 4:11pm: Well thank you Stacey! I'm sure I can be annoying at times... especially now that I feel like a walking roller-coaster! I'm so full of "what-ifs" and questions.

Comment by StaceySHIP14DIV335 on August 22, 2013 at 3:59pm: bchis, I don't post often, but I read everything on here. I am grateful to you and others that are willing to post. If not what would I have to read! Thank-you for being here and I have enjoyed all of your posts. I hope one person saying something under stressful conditions does not change you. Please continue to express your enthusiasm (we all need that!) and ask those questions that we are all wondering, or hadn't thought of yet!

Comment by CatMom509 on August 22, 2013 at 3:59pm: Hello Friends!

    "This is what the Lord says--

     Your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel;

     I am the Lord Your God,

     who teaches you what is best for you,

     who directs you in the way you should go."

                                                Isaiah 48:17

Comment by bchis on August 22, 2013 at 2:57pm: Lynn, it wasn't something said on this site. It was just something someone put in a letter or phone conversation with their SR. Of all things to that could have been talked about... I was the topic of that moment. Maybe I should feel good about being on someone's mind... or maybe I'm really just that annoying. heh

At first, I wondered if I had just made a mistake by trying to join a community of mom's and wives... But this site is so full of information that I couldn't get anywhere else, I don't really care. Plus, I've met some pretty amazing people here so far.

Meh, it doesn't matter. I'll just curb my enthusiasm a little and ask fewer questions.

Comment by Lynn on August 22, 2013 at 2:15pm: I hope NO one is speaking bad about other SR's nor families!!! I must have missed it. Thank goodness I did, had I seen it, I probably would have Been asked to leave his site... Everyone is stressed and missing there kids. I know I am. Sept 6th can't come soon enough ⚓