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ALUMNI OF PIR 09/27/2013 TG 46 - 11 Divisions (361-370 and 946)

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Welcome to the group with SAILORS who graduated Boot Camp on 09/27/2013. A place to keep up with each other as your sailors continue their journey in the Navy.

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 102
Latest Activity: Nov 17, 2013

WELCOME to PIR 09/27/2013! 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 SoCalNavyMom on August 6, 2013 at 12:11pm: Does everyone already know where they'll be staying in Great Lakes? We have yet to set it up. If PIR is on 9/27 what day should we plan on arriving? Oh and as far as I know my SR will be headed to A school in Pensacola, wonder how much time we will actually have with him. When will we find that out? I was thinking maybe my hubby and I would go to see Chicago if we have an extra day or so. We plan on staying until Sunday sometime.

Comment by SoCalNavyMom on August 6, 2013 at 12:07pm: Good morning everyone! So jealous, still NO letter here. BOOO! Talk about impatient.

LalaRibbonQueen- Congrats on surviving this process and now enjoying a beautiful grand-baby. That is so awesome!

NavyMomGreer - U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command, unsure how often they put up new pics, I check everyday.

Comment by NavyMom1727 on August 6, 2013 at 10:31am: @ diannep, yesterday you responded to cys about pics sometimes being posted on on Recruit Training Command Facebook. Can you please tell me how I may find that? I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

Comment by NavyMom1727 on August 6, 2013 at 9:42am: Yea! My ex just gave me my son's address. He is on ship 13 div 364. Time to write :)

Comment by NavyMom1727 on August 6, 2013 at 9:10am: Good morning.I'm a new Navy Mom, my son left for basic on 7/25. He turned 18 on 7/27 so it was hard not spending his bday with him. I have yet to receive letter from him. Not a second goes by I don't wonder wonder how he is & what he is doing.

Comment by PamelaUSSKearsarge on August 6, 2013 at 8:57am: LalaRibbonQueen,

Congats on the new grandbaby, so sweet. Thank you for you're words of wisdom and encouragement. This site has been a blessing!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on August 6, 2013 at 8:30am: This boot camp experience will go by much faster if you stay busy just keep your phone very close :) Try to find something fun to do. 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 8:25am: Hi everyone I am one of the volunteers here to help you through this experience :) I know how hard this is for so many of you. And as hard as it is to believe the boot camp time will pass pretty quickly. I always say the days drag by but the weeks pass quickly. I was a mess when my daughter was there. I didn’t have much time to prepare as she was only in DEP one month and then she was gone. I was always wondering what she was doing and how she was. But it all turned out great and it is so hard for me to believe it has been more than three years. Now she is a Sailor and is married to a Sailor and they just had their first baby/my first grand baby :) She was born July 24^th and I was there when she came. She is simply perfect and has already stolen my heart. :) After three years on this site I am still here helping others get through this experience and I love it. If you have any questions or concerns please just let us know and please feel free to send me a friend request if you like. I am happy to help in any way I can.