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ALUMNI OF PIR 09/18/2015 TG 45 - 10 Divisions (309-316, 819 and 945)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 09/18/2015. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 92
Latest Activity: Nov 9, 2017

WELCOME to PIR 09/18/2015! 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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N4M'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 tbird96 on August 18, 2015 at 11:13am: *same state

Comment by tbird96 on August 18, 2015 at 11:12am: Catmom. He is 23 and doesn't live in the Sam state anymore. Every time he leaves after a visit... Cry cry cry.. I think this is why this one is really hitting homeand hitting me hard. 2 kids have left the nest and I have really struggled with this. Thank you for everyone's support.

Comment by KYNavyMomma on August 18, 2015 at 10:38am: 30 days!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on August 18, 2015 at 10:32am: I guess I should tell you a little more about me :) My daughter had PIR July 23, 2010. She was an AO with the VFA-37 Ragin' Bulls on the Harry S Truman based at Oceana. Then she was with a Helicopter squadron the Fleet Angels based in Norfolk. She is now a veteran. I also have 2 sons, 2 stepdaughters, a wonderful supportive husband and 2 absolutely beautiful granddaughters who are the joy in my life. We are from the Blue Ridge Mountains in NC. I have a small Navy Mom business where I make all kinds of goodies for Navy Families, I love crafting, and I host Navy Mom Meet and Greets in all the areas we travel to. There will be one soon on Lake Keowee in SC, one in the fall in Asheville NC, and one sometime this fall near Clearwater FL and possibly in VA Beach area this fall as well. If you have any questions about my business, or the meet and greets coming up please send me a friend request. I love being an admin in the facebook groups and helping in this group as well. I remember very well what you all are going through and I am happy to help in any way I can. PIR is amazing and you are going to love it. Make sure you go to Sarge's meet and greet if at all possible the night before PIR; it is lots of fun! Thanks for allowing me to be a part of your group :)

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on August 18, 2015 at 10:12am: Hi everyone and good morning. I am Lora and I have been a member of this site since early 2010 before my daughter left for boot camp. She did four years and is now a veteran. She decided not to reenlist because she had a baby and her husband(at that time but now separated) is also a Sailor. She is now using her GI Bill to go to school to become a physical therapist and she wants to work with wounded warriors. I have had a lot of family things going on including loosing both of my parents and it has taken me a while to get to the point that I feel like I can finally get active in these groups once again. I am happy to be here and happy to offer support to all of you. Feel free to send me a friend request on here if you like and on facebook as well. I am also an admin in the original facebook PIR groups and I know many of you are active here and on our facebook group. You are getting closer and I know you are excited to see your soon to be Sailors <3

Comment by SeaBee Mom on August 18, 2015 at 7:28am: Good Morning Everyone! We have 31 Days and 31 hours until PIR!!!!

Comment by diannep on August 18, 2015 at 7:07am: Good Morning!

Comment by CatMom509 on August 18, 2015 at 5:28am: third96,

That is so sweet of your other son to tell you that!! Hope you HUGGED that one good and tight!!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on August 17, 2015 at 10:05pm: Hello!

I'm sorry I have not introduced myself yet.

I am a “veteran” mom. When I am on here my focus is mainly the PIR Groups and Boot Camp Mom's.

You can call me FTLW, it's easier :-)

My Sailor PIR’d in 05/2011. He is a Seabee Reservist. I am an AF (Security Forces) Reservist wife (29 years - now retired). I know …not Navy…but I am familiar with military life! We have been through two Deployments. Our son enlisted while Hubby was on his 2nd Deployment.. This site was a Godsend and helped me get through not only our sons BC experience but my husbands Deployment.

Comment by tbird96 on August 17, 2015 at 8:15pm: Thanks Ellen. I know my SR was hoping to call this weekend. I was beginning to think that he didn't do something right. I know and need to keep reminding myself that there is no way to know. We are moms and that is what I tend to do.. We know everything. This is the hardest thing to learn now. We won't. Good days a bad but this site and all my research is what keeps me going. This Navy life now. There will be times we won't know anything and be living by the green dot to the right of our Facebook I am told. My other son said to me the other day. Mom... We are all close to you... The only thing different is we are starting to spread our wings but you will always be our mother and the first women we have ever loved. You haven't lost us.