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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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Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on July 29, 2013 at 4:37am: Hello! I am late to the party! LOL

Another "Veteran" Mom checking in!

My Sailor PIR’d in 05/2011. He is a Seabee Reservist. I have been an AF (Security Forces) Reservist wife for 28 + years…I know …not Navy…but I am somewhat familiar with military life! We have been through two Deployments. Our son enlisted while Hubby was in Iraq. This site was a Godsend and helped me get through not only our sons BC experience but my husbands and my separation for 6 months.

I am a “veteran” mom on the PIR groups mostly. I have been on them now for over a year and we have 7-8 PIR groups running at the same time.

Comment by Rosa on July 29, 2013 at 1:17am: adm402

Your SR is in the same same ship and div as my SR :)

Comment by adm402 on July 29, 2013 at 12:48am: I got a call from my SR yesterday. It was so surreal. He sounded so grown! Already! He said that the food was good except for breakfast and he said his first lunch there was an Italian Beef Sandwich. It is funny to us because my husband is from Chicago and has raved for years about the Italian beef. We live in South Alabama so we had no idea what that even was until we went on vacation to visit family a couple of years ago. I googled the recipe and make it for special occasions for my hubby and father in law now. Anyway, he asked me to send his debit card to him as he decided to have his pay go into his established account. Does anyone know when they will get paid? He has some bills to take care of while he is there...His PIR is 9/13 and he shipped on 7/16. It was so good to hear his voice. I keep thinking little things like, I am going to put these pork chops away because SR will eat them when he comes in. and then it hits me all over again. I can't very well save those pork chops that long. Oh well. Anyway, he is ship 13 div 348. I told him before he left to make sure that all of the recruits that he is with had phone cards and if not let them use his and I would get more for them. There is a way to get them free for SRs, but I did not want any mom or dad to miss out on a phone call because of a lack of means. He said he would and I know he will because he spent all of his money before he got to Chicago helping another kid eat because that kid did not have any money at all.

He said he was doing fine. He sounded happy and said that it was 'fun'...what in the world? fun?! I guess this is the place for him then. If he loves it so much. This phone call was such a polar opposite from the last call when he sounded so terrified and I wanted to rush up there and save him. I am proud of our guys n gals up there! they are doing great!

Comment by USnavymom63 on July 28, 2013 at 4:31pm: Hi Diannep

Thank you for the info I will definitely check it out.

Comment by diannep on July 28, 2013 at 4:21pm: Just to let you all know that Navy Lodge just recently renovated and we have heard it is nice.

Remember on Southwest....no change fee, if you have to cancel, you can use the ticket up to a year, 2 bags check for free.

Comment by diannep on July 28, 2013 at 4:19pm: bm: The 20 minutes are usually used up in one phone call because so many minutes are charged to connect. So it is good that you will send him another one....it should have at least 250-300 minutes on it.

USnavymom: Check out ACE and Enterprise on car rentals. Check your AAA rate at the hotel with the Navy Grad rate. We used our AAA rate at Residence. I believe someone in a previous PIR group just did the same thing at Residence and said the AAA rate was cheaper.

www.kayak.com is a good site to compare rates for air, hotels, cars.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on July 28, 2013 at 2:30pm: nae, to delete the photo gor to your "my page" then click on the tab "my photos" and then click on the pic you want to delete. You may have to do it from a computer instead of your phone.

bm826, glad you found the calling cards. They can be very helpful to those without one. I think they are only good for 10 min so maybe you can get a family member to send one with a lot more minutes on it in case he gets a 30 min call :)

Comment by USnavymom63 on July 28, 2013 at 1:02pm: Your welcome. Did you rent a car while there? I am looking to rent a car but looking for an affordable rate. I have AAA.

Comment by Nae - Kiaira's Mom on July 28, 2013 at 12:58pm: Thank you USnavymom63

I stayed there 3 years ago when my brother graduated. Yes comfortable and reasonable. Delta in my area is cheaper than southwest and AirTran. I am going to still search. Tomorrow is my deadline don't want to prices to go up.

Comment by USnavymom63 on July 28, 2013 at 12:48pm: Hi Nae-Kiara'sMom

The Navy Lodge number is 847-6891485. Or you can go to the Navy Lodge Great Lakes link and Beverly can answer your questions. it's on the right side of this comment wall. They are very nice and I heard from other Navy moms on this site that they are very clean and the beds are comfortable. Plus they are very affordable. Prices are from 66$ for a single bed to 71$ for two queen beds.

We booked Jet blue but I heard that Southwest has really good prices. Check out southwest first. I found out after about Southwest so I didn't get a chance to compare.