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ALUMNI OF PIR 09/20/2013 TG 45 - 11 Divisions (351-360 and 945)

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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: 108
Latest Activity: Nov 17, 2013

WELCOME to PIR 09/20/2013! 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.

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~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.

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~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

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Comment by diannep on September 10, 2013 at 10:03am: Good Morning All !

Comment by diannep on September 10, 2013 at 10:01am: Darlene: They usually finish their final PFAs a few days before BattleStations....Craig (N4Moms veteran) on the DEP site says that they do their final PFA on training week/day 6-1. BattleStations is usually on 6-5.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on September 9, 2013 at 11:44pm: I made it to VA :) I absolutely love coming to a military town. No matter where you go you see people everywhere in uniform. At home it is rare to see someone in a military uniform. My problem is I want to go up to all of them and hug them and tell their Moms love them :) There's so many there would be time for anything else lol.

Thanks Dianne, I am taking every opportunity I can get to spend with my Sailor and grand baby. When they relocate to CA in the spring I am going to go nuts with them being so far away. I wonder if I took with a travel agency would that give me free travel lol

Catmom, that is a campfire :) I think it has been in the 60's here in VA at night and I know it has been at our home in NC, in fact it has even been in the 50's. We are in "fall" now. Didn't really have very much summer this year at all. But I am sure all the location that are in the heatwave would gladly change places with us :)

The popups on my computer are driving me insane, glad my SIL is an IT :) Hopefully he can fix it tomorrow when he gets off work.

Comment by CatMom509 on September 9, 2013 at 2:55pm: Hello All!

     "Remember, O Lord, Your tender mercies

      and Your lovingkindness, for they are from of old."

                                                            Psalm 25:6

Comment by CatMom509 on September 9, 2013 at 2:54pm: Lala,

Eastyn is so sweet!! It looks like she will be a little red-head? I didn't notice that before~~

Wait, a campfire?? It's still summer and in the 90's here!!!

Comment by Darlene on September 9, 2013 at 12:52pm: Does anybody know what time of day they complete their final PFA's??

Comment by TX Trina on September 9, 2013 at 11:18am: Lala - I'd be more than happy to go take care of her for you if you are busy lol :)

Comment by diannep on September 9, 2013 at 11:11am: I should say that if they don't pass their PFA before PIR....they stay in FIT DIVISION and keep trying...3 times a week they get to try (I believe). I believe they will receive about 12 more tries...as long as they keep improving. They really do work hard with them to pass after all they have been through.

Once they pass then, they do BattleStations and head straight to their A School. They will not have a PIR if they miss their own.

Comment by diannep on September 9, 2013 at 11:08am: Great advice, TX Trina! Very true. If they have not passed their final PFA by the day their division does BattleStations, you are supposed to get that call from them saying they may not PIR, don't come unless I call you again. RTC tells you not to show up at PIR if you receive this call and then don't get an "I'm a Sailor" call from your SR after that. Some families in the past have headed to PIR anyway, hoping that their SR was now a sailor but just missed calling them, and they were denied an opportunity to see their SR. They are told that the SR will "call them" but many times, this won't happen that day.

In each PIR group, there are some in this position. They DO get more chances to try. The ones who are scheduled for BattleStations this week will have more chances before PIR than those in high-numbered divisions and therefore later BattleStations....but just to let you know, most will pass before PIR and be there. Once they pass, they will do BattleStations with the next group going through, even if that is the night before PIR.

Do not worry about them failing BattleStations and therefore, not being at PIR. Unless they fall asleep during them (and their shipmates will keep them awake!), they will work hard and pass. But the failed PFA will keep them from PIR so prayers that all get it done!