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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.

CLICK MEforN4M'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 CatMom509 on August 20, 2013 at 11:31am: Hello All!

     "And whatever you do in word or deed,

      do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus,

      givng thanks to God the Father through Him."

                                                 Colossians 3:17

Comment by diannep on August 20, 2013 at 8:52am: Good Morning!

Comment by diannep on August 20, 2013 at 8:51am: Good pizza places up there recommended by others:

The Silo

Giordano's

Comment by diannep on August 19, 2013 at 11:22pm: DisneyGirl: Be sure to go to Sarge's MeetandGreet because he knows the best restaurants in the area for what you want. I believe he has a friend who has a restaurant there he recommends.

Comment by Lynn on August 19, 2013 at 10:16pm: I heard to go eat at a pizza place in Chicago. I was told that there pizza place is delicious. I can't wait!! My stomach is in knots just thinking about seeing my baby...

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on August 19, 2013 at 9:55pm: This video is amazing. I hope it works so you all can see it :) I love it!!! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=616564535041271&set=vb.100...

Comment by Phoebs on August 19, 2013 at 3:25pm: Thank you FTLW -- I think we all have a lot to learn.

Comment by CatMom509 on August 19, 2013 at 12:17pm: Good Morning!

     "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom,

      teaching, admonishing one another in psalms and hymns,

      and spirtiual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord."

                                                                        Colossians 3:16

Comment by diannep on August 19, 2013 at 12:04pm: Yep, OPSEC practice is what it is! I have been keeping track of the BattleStations dates since early 2010 on this site---I would post a running schedule in the BattleStations discussion groups in the Forum above. Then something was posted on FB and RTC responded to that post that BattleStations dates should not be revealed on there. One of a then N4Moms veterans working with our team called the PAO directly to ask about this. The person she spoke with, who actually posted the comment on FB about not posting the dates, said that they really don't like those comments on FB since last names are revealed on there. They want people to start practicing OPSEC. He did tell her that we could continue to post our BattleStations schedule on this site since last names are not revealed.

So we did....but then the rumble started again a year later that we should not post the BattleStations dates on either site. So we do try and abide by that. It is strictly a "practice" thing. Your SRs are not in danger while going through BattleStations. It is common knowledge that they have BattleStations most nights of the week, with the exception of Fri or Sat nights....easily found on the internet. So it is not that kind of issue.

We have heard that the Navy has shut down some Navy groups on FB in the past because of violation of OPSEC. We always get some "rubbish" comments when we post this. Some people reminded us that when a ship is returning home, it is all over the news before it arrives. So true---rule of thumb is if the Navy releases the info formally, then it can be repeated. I think it is more important to keep things "under your hat" when the ship is deployed in foreign lands/waters....I think the one thing we can all agree on is that we want our military as safe as possible and we certainly don't want us to be the reason there was a breach in security.

And, yes, bchis, I agree....for those who are tech savy, there is always a way to find things out...but for the general public, we don't want to make it too easy! It would be a shame for the Navy to shut down this site....and groups on FB....because of "loose lips" when these groups mean so much to so many.