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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.

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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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You need to be a member of ALUMNI OF PIR 09/13/2013 TG 44 - 11 Divisions (341-350 and 944) to add comments!

Comment by NavyMAMom on July 30, 2013 at 7:52am: Seamom - when did your sailor leave?

Comment by CatMom509 on July 30, 2013 at 3:27am: FancyIndia,

Actually, the area where Recruit Training Command is in Great Lakes is a safe area. Also, the hotels in the Waukegan/Gurness area are in a good area too, so it you book one of the favorite hotels recommended by Navy Moms here which are the Holiday Inn Express, Residence Inn, Courtyard Marriot, and Springhill Suites, you can't go wrong. There is a Super Walmart and many restaurants in the area. The nearby Navy Lodge is also very clean, comfortable, and affordable and you need to book under your SR's name.

The hotel that has had iffy reviews is the Ramada.

Sarge's Meet & Greet in the Sundance Saloon is a family friendly event for Navy families only. It is kid friendly and is closed to the public. Sarge has "boatloads" of information for the families on PIR and he provides a shuttle service to get the families from the airports to their hotels and to PIR. You can email at JohnSpadaro@att.net for his prices. It's always going to be cheaper to rent a car. We rented our car, but used Sarge to get us to PIR and back (only $3 each way) and he took our Sailor back to RTC after her liberty so we could rest to meet her at the airport early the next morning.

You are not staying in the big city of Chicago. As with any city you are going to have the nice areas and the iffy areas. RTC is in a good area. So please reassure your mom that you are not staying in a dangerous area~~

Comment by CatMom509 on July 30, 2013 at 2:59am: lhowardproudmama,

Thanks for verifying that the Box going to a P.O. box will arrive by U.S. Mail rather than FedEx~~

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on July 30, 2013 at 2:27am: I could use the excuse that I'm rusty since I haven't been on in a while...but the plain fact is that I am a terrible typist...as my fellow N4M "veterans" can attest too. LOL

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on July 30, 2013 at 2:25am: seamom - You are in the correct PIR GROUP.

The tentative "guestimation" (but not official confirmation yet ;-D) for this TG is that it has the Regular Divisions of 341-350 and the Performing Division of 944.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on July 30, 2013 at 2:25am: Hah...doy, thanks I'll repost!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on July 30, 2013 at 2:13am: Nae - This is your PIR GROUP :-)

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on July 30, 2013 at 2:08am: "When we will know how many guests that we can invite?"

RTC should post the official details for this TG on their website sometime in the next day or so (if we're lucky :-)).

HOWEVER, someone that has already received their Form Letter should have the number of Guests allowed on it...so do tell! LOL

Comment by seamom on July 29, 2013 at 11:59pm: My daughter is ship 12 div 350 PIR 9/13 - anybody else?

Comment by Navymom1 on July 29, 2013 at 11:47pm: Hi, my son is ship 13 div 347 graduating 09/13. Any other moms with the same?? Received the form letter and his wife received a 10 min call on Sat. He shipped out to bootcamp 07/16.