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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 BridgetTheBrit (Ship 11/Div 340) on August 19, 2013 at 9:32am: I noticed two people posting Battle Stations dates on the FB site......I did PM an admin about it.....just a reminder to all of us to try to contain our excitement; it feels like such a safe place, but it is FB, and even thugh the Moms sites are closed, we really don't know 100% who is on there - and this site is even easier to get on!
I was married to an MI guy for far too long :)

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on August 19, 2013 at 9:13am: On the insurance question... If your recruit/Sailor doesn't have a car in their name try getting a non-owners policy. That way a car is not attached to the insurance but they are covered for any car they drive if something happens. That's what I did for all my teen drives and it was the cheapest way possible. When my son was 16 his insurance was $140 a month. Now that he is 20 it is like $50 a month. We had given him our old truck when he got a job but left it in my name. Not all insurance companies off non owners policies so check around. In NC Nationwide Ins does offer it :)

Comment by diannep on August 19, 2013 at 8:23am: Good Morning All !

This group will start their BattleStations later next week. If you receive a date from your SR for that division, can you please friend request/message it to me? I keep schedules of the BattleStations for each PIR group. Remember that we are not allowed to post the dates on this site. Or on FB. We can only private message them (RTC's request). They want you all to consider BattleStations as "ship movement" during a deployment so you can practice OPSEC. During deployment, no discussion of location or future plans are allowed. Only "after the fact" discussions can be public.

Comment by CatMom509 on August 18, 2013 at 5:16pm: Hello Friends!

     "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts,

      to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful."

                                                                       Colossians 3:15

Comment by CatMom509 on August 18, 2013 at 5:16pm: t4inparker,

That is a really cute blue candle!!

Comment by t4inparker (Ship 11 Div 340) on August 18, 2013 at 4:48pm: Ok, thanks for the info everyone.

Here's my blue candle I found today - I added the ribbon & anchor. The scent is Blackberry Bramble & smells wonderful. I'm ready for Battle Stations now!

Comment by Valerie ( Ship 2 Div 943) on August 18, 2013 at 2:14pm: @T4nparker, I was able to suspend my sons phone and auto ins. They gave me no hassles about him being in the military. They'll just need him to call when he needs the acct's active again.

Comment by bchis on August 18, 2013 at 11:03am: @Lala -- I work about 1/2 a mile from UNCW in Wilmington. :) -- This is a nice town.

Comment by diannep on August 18, 2013 at 10:24am: Sounds like a plan, bchis! Good idea!

Comment by BridgetTheBrit (Ship 11/Div 340) on August 18, 2013 at 10:24am: We are going to have him restart his (& yay, he gets to pay himself now!!!) when we take him his car at A school. I think he can have it in week 5 at his next school.