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ALUMNI OF PIR 09/13/2013 TG 44 - 11 Divisions (341-350 and 944)

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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: 121
Latest Activity: May 28, 2014

WELCOME to PIR 09/13/2013! 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 ellen0502 on September 3, 2013 at 11:24am: I'm in Colorado Lala.

Comment by diannep on September 3, 2013 at 9:17am: Good Morning All !

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on September 3, 2013 at 8:53am: That sounds like a plan :) I can be the traveling organizer lol. But you guys may have to help make ribbons while I get you organized. That stuff travels with me everywhere I go lol. Ellen what state are you in?

Good morning everyone :)

Comment by diannep on September 2, 2013 at 11:29pm: SamsMySailor: The password for the gate pass should have been in the original form letter you received shortly after your SR arrived up at Bootcamp. Written in by your SR. So check the form letter. If the password was not written in, you will need to ask your SR this -- maybe mail off a letter so your new sailor will have it when the I'm a Sailor call is made.

If you don't have the gate pass, you can park at the Metra (train) station just up the street from RTC....or....take a shuttle (Sarge's or the local area ones....same price).

If your sailor paid for the pictures, he will have them and bring them to you after he returns from his ship, right after PIR is over (they return to their ships briefly). If he didn't pay, you can pay/pick them up in the Photo Lab next to the NEX after PIR.

Comment by Rosemary on September 2, 2013 at 11:18pm: My son's PIR is 9/13. Aren't we supposed t get a letter the week before to let us know a gate pass or is that something he tells us during the "I'm a Sailor" call? We are renting a car and will need to have the gate pass. Also, when we are on base before the cermony begins is that when we get his photos?

Comment by diannep on September 2, 2013 at 11:04pm: Ok, Lala....so....you come down here in Jan or Feb....then head to ellen's in Mar or Apr when MAYBE it has warmed up a little? Or you may have to put hers off until May if it will be cold and snowy! :-)

Comment by ellen0502 on September 2, 2013 at 9:33pm: OOOOOHHHHHHH! I am next Lala, but I am afraid you won't be able to avoid the cold and snow here!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on September 2, 2013 at 7:43pm: Must be Dianne, my hubby has at least that many, several that have never been worn and some that he has had for probably 15 years lol. I will be happy to come clean for you, maybe this winter would be cold when it's cold and snowy here and I need some sunshine lol :)

Comment by CatMom509 on September 2, 2013 at 4:38pm: Hello All!

     "Whatever you do, do it heartily,

      as to the Lord and not to men."

                           Colossians 3:23

Comment by diannep on September 2, 2013 at 10:56am: p.s. Lala, my older son is also a tshirt hoarder....and he is only 29! I think he has enough to wear for about 6 mos/1 per day without having to wash one of them. He and your hubby must be related.... :-)