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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 momRN on August 16, 2015 at 12:21pm: diannep: I think that is who it is. The candle looks beautiful. My dad was a Navy Vet so planning on placing it by his casket flag. Has alot of meaning for me, when I saw the candle, immediately thought , yep that is it.

Comment by diannep on August 16, 2015 at 12:09pm: momRN: Was the guy's name CRAIG by any chance? He is the one who sells the challenge coins on Ebay too. He is actually one of the N4Moms veterans on here, but is more active on the FB groups now. He is a retired sailor himself---has a son in now...a number of months back, he actually sent me a prototype of the candle you ordered that was a cast off to see what I thought about it. I still have it so I know exactly what you are talking about!

Comment by diannep on August 16, 2015 at 12:03pm: Good Afternoon, Everyone!

Comment by momRN on August 16, 2015 at 12:00pm: Good Morning ladies,

Just a FYI, I was searching last night for a blue candle to light while my SR is in BC, I like tradition, searched on Ebay, US Navy dress blues sailor candle and found the most amazing candle, and he supports Sarges meet and greet. I can't wait to light my candle!!!

Comment by diannep on August 16, 2015 at 11:39am: Navymomproud: No problem! The more you use this site, the more you will learn about it. So just keep practicing! I was posting comments back to myself when I first got on here....rather than to the person who would comment on my My Page. One of the kind ladies in my group noticed and instructed me! HA!

Good Morning!

Comment by diannep on August 16, 2015 at 11:34am: ellen: Start printing these piks out, cutting out the body parts pictured of your son, and you can start pasting a total body together soon after viewing a few more random piks!

Comment by ellen0502 on August 16, 2015 at 11:22am: westgate01, I don't get to see many pics of all of my son very often, but since he was in BC I have seen lots of "bits and pieces" of him (and it's true).

His chin at A School graduation.

His hand

And the back of his head

Keep looking at the random photos from the RTC, you never know when you might see a "bit" of your recruit. LOL

Comment by Navymomproud on August 16, 2015 at 11:12am: CatMom509, Thank you for all the information and advice you have given me. As I said before, I would never want to compromise anyone's safety. I have changed my username and deleted the posts I've made. I also had posted on Facebook and cannot find the post. So, I'm assuming the admin went ahead and deleted it for me. I'm very new to all of this and I appreciate any advice. I'm still learning!

Comment by CatMom509 on August 16, 2015 at 2:55am: You have an eagle eye, ellen0502!!

Comment by CatMom509 on August 16, 2015 at 2:54am: westgate01,

As diannep posted below, "push" just means that division has to be compress their training into a tighter time frame because they were waiting for more SRs to join them, but they still get it all done~~