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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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forN4M's Community Guidelines and OPSEC.

~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 Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on August 6, 2013 at 6:14pm: You are very welcome :) Since I am new to this group I have to share a pic of my new grandbaby. My Sailors (daughter and son-in-law) had her July 24th and her name is Eastyn <3

Comment by Michelle_TJsMom on August 6, 2013 at 5:17pm: Congrats Knicksmom! I know that was such a relief for you to hear his voice. I am so glad you got to talk to him. I am hoping/crossing my fingers I get a call Saturday.

Comment by CatMom509 on August 6, 2013 at 4:03pm: Hello All!

     "I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go...

      I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."

                                                                                   Genesis 27:15

Comment by DeAnn on August 6, 2013 at 12:16pm: Thanks Lala. It helos pass the time gathering navy info. Im much better knowing information than not knowing. The more I learn the easier this long process gets. Also I figure the more I learn the less time he will have to take explaining things and that means more talk time and less wasted time :) when he does get to call

Comment by TX Trina on August 6, 2013 at 12:07pm: Knicksmom congrats!!! Hope your SR is doing well!!

Comment by Knicksmom(ship12 div 360) on August 6, 2013 at 12:03pm: Glad to know he's ok.. he said its tough, but he feels he has grown up a lot. Thinks he will get to call on Saturday

Comment by Laurie W. (ship 12 div 360) on August 6, 2013 at 12:00pm: Knicksmom - you received a call??? How do you feel now?

Comment by Knicksmom(ship12 div 360) on August 6, 2013 at 11:52am: Just wanted to let you know, Sr called home today. Have,your phone handy all the time.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on August 6, 2013 at 8:32am: This boot camp journey will be much easier if you find something fun to do and stay busy. Just keep your phone handy :) If you have little ones at home there are several things you can do to make this journey a little easier for the, Make a paper chain with a link for each day they have left in boot camp and let them remove one link each day. It will help them see that this is only temporary. Other have also put a quarter in a jar for every day left and each week allowed the child/children to use the money for an ice-cream cone or even for a special card to send to their recruit, gumballs or gummy bears in a jar work well too and they get a tiny little treat each day. So many things can make it a better experience for them. Welcome to your PIR group, we are happy to have you here :)

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on August 6, 2013 at 8:22am: DeAnn, I did that same thing and by the time my daughter got out of boot camp I knew more about her rate than she did lol. She didn't believe most of what I told her at first and kept saying Mom just because you read on that navy Mom site doesn't mean it's true. Ha!!! within a week of being out of boot camp she was coming to me for answers to her questions lol. Never underestimate the power of a Navy Mom :) or the resources we find on this site :)