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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 dpatnode on September 16, 2013 at 6:24pm: Can someone give me the link I will need to see the live stream of the 9/20 PIR. This proud grandmother will not be able to attend but I certainly want to watch it and hopefully see my sailor!

Comment by Darlene on September 16, 2013 at 5:26pm: Does anybody know what time if night battlestations start and end??

Comment by CatMom509 on September 16, 2013 at 5:20pm: Hello,

     "May Your unfailing love be my comfort,

      according to Your promise to your servant."

                                                 Psalm 119:76

Comment by drmoql on September 16, 2013 at 5:00pm: Congrats smmurf46! I got the call too my son is in the same div (356). It was nice to hear his voice. Proud Navy mom.

Comment by smmurf46 on September 16, 2013 at 3:41pm: Got the I'm a SAILOR call just a little bit ago (DIV 356) My husband is still on the phone with him! Just wanted to update yall so you can make sure your phones are around and ready! SOOOOO excited to get there and hug his neck!

Comment by diannep on September 16, 2013 at 1:43pm: Prayers for the situation in D.C.:

www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/09/theres-active-shooter-loos...

Comment by diannep on September 16, 2013 at 1:41pm: Yes, Kedj: They do return to their ships after PIR. If they are flying out for A School and therefore staying at RTC until later that night, you can leave with them for Liberty after they return from their ships (can take 15 min - 30 min). So, yes, they would ride the shuttle back with you.

If moving over to A School there in GL, that will happen shortly after PIR and you pick them up on that base a few hours later. In that case, take the shuttle back to the hotel and wait for their call (they won't have their cell with them yet, so they will need to use their phone card or borrow a cell from a student already there at A School).

ellen tells people that you may want to make your way back to the A School base around 3 or so .... that way, you may be able to see them march up to the gate. Her son is in A School there.

Comment by Kedj on September 16, 2013 at 9:38am: Still trying to figure out if we should take a shuttle or drive over for PIR. I'm wondering about after. They get the liberty call, but then have to go back to their barracks to pack up, correct? So do the shuttles wait for the sailors, or do we have to leave, go back to the hotels, and then return to pick them up?

Comment by diannep on September 16, 2013 at 8:51am: Good Morning!

Hoping to hear from the sailors in 355/356 this afternoon! HOOYAH!

Comment by CatMom509 on September 16, 2013 at 12:43am: Friends,

If you hadn't had the chance to check out my "PERTINENT PIR TIPS" up in the Discussion Forum, now would be a good time to do it....Yikes!! It's soooo close!!