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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 Julyasmom on August 5, 2015 at 6:25pm: Catmom509...those really are beautiful coins!!!

I too am praying for that first letter...I have seen "like clockwork every Thursday" so fingers crossed!

Hope everyone is having a great day!

Comment by amy1975 on August 5, 2015 at 4:57pm: LostMomma..my boy better know better and write his mama first..I am hoping tomorrow I will get something:)

Comment by LostMomma on August 5, 2015 at 4:51pm: I got the form letter last Friday and it was postmarked the 28th (Tuesday) so.....maybe I'll get the letter tomorrow! Fingers crossed! :)

Amy1975-I thought about that too. What if my daughter spent her time writing someone else. Or doing something else. I'll be crushed.

Comment by WAnavyfiance on August 5, 2015 at 4:50pm: It took a week (including weekend) to get my form letter so I'm not even going to the mailbox today! Maybe not tomorrow either. Don't wanna get mad at the mailbox again haha

Comment by JillRN on August 5, 2015 at 4:44pm: LostMomma: Hopefully you'll get one soon. We live 1 hr from GL, and it took snail mail 2 days.

Comment by amy1975 on August 5, 2015 at 4:43pm: JillErd..my son better have wrote me sunday..I looked at mail today and nothing:(

Comment by LostMomma on August 5, 2015 at 4:42pm: For those with kids who care about celebrity gossip....I just sent a letter to my daughter with all the latest in Hollywood news. She knows I HATE that stuff but I can't imagine being cut off from the outside world so I sent her a few things that had been going on with her celebrity favorites. Just thought your SRs might enjoy that as well.

Comment by LostMomma on August 5, 2015 at 4:41pm: JillErd - Happy that you got a letter! I just checked the mail....nothing but junk. I should be happy that it's not bills but I really just want to see a letter from my daughter. I'll look again tomorrow!

Comment by CatMom509 on August 5, 2015 at 4:37pm: tbird96,

I got my Sailor daughter's Challenge Coins from www.pirgifts.com.-- Ship 03, USS Hopper and the Core Value coin, a very sharp looking coin with cut outs and beveled edges that kind of "sparkles." Their rating coin is one you don't get until they have completed A school training and are engraveable. I had my daughter's engraved with title she has earned then "IT3" with her name and the date she graduated on the second line. I also got an "I Love My Sailor" coin for myself~~

Here's the Core Value coin--striking, ehhhh???

Comment by SailorW'sWife on August 5, 2015 at 4:35pm: My husband is in division 819. If there's any other questions about what he said please ask in an inbox, I'm not sure what all I'm suppose to post on this. I also know when Battlestations will be held for them!