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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 ZWB/Kathy on September 10, 2013 at 8:09am: I have a question...when should we stop writing letters? With PIR 9/27 coming so quickly, when should we stop writing or will the letters find them in A School?

Comment by NVYWIFE22 - ship9DIV370 on September 10, 2013 at 12:13am: Has everyone seen these? They were on FB...

http://kytshirts.3dcartstores.com/Proud-Navy-Shirt-Custom_p_149.html

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on September 9, 2013 at 11:38pm: 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 And thanks for your kind words about my ribbons. I look forward to making them for anyone who would like to get some for their family :)

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.

Thanks Pa Mom, It is really hard for her. And Eastyn just seems to small to be away from her mommy already. I know lots of moms have to do this but I am sure it is hard for all of them.

Comment by diannep on September 9, 2013 at 8:47pm: Ladies, I am collecting BattleStations dates for this group, so if you have received one from your SR, can you friend request the info to me or message it to me if we are already friends? I keep a schedule for each group. We can't post the dates here or on FB publicly, but we can private message them. Thanks!

Comment by Coedy's Mama on September 9, 2013 at 4:16pm: Catmoms - that is awesome! Whoot whoo!!

Comment by CatMom509 on September 9, 2013 at 3:17pm: 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 3:16pm: Yep, diannep!

I just also want to share that my Sailor daughter was #2 in her IT class, and although all the choices available to her were in Virginia, she was able to skip a rate--she went from E-2 (Seaman Apprentice) to E-4 (Petty Officer Third Class)!! This was only available to #1 and #2 in her class and I feel, a much better reward than just picking her duty station!! HOOYAH!!!

Comment by SoCalNavyMom on September 9, 2013 at 3:12pm: 17 days left.... Hoping they pass quickly for all of us ;)

Comment by diannep on September 9, 2013 at 2:22pm: Coedy'sMom: They are much more relaxed, of course, once they are sailors and have a little more down time after BattleStations. They practice for PIR and still have to keep their "chores" up. It is nice much-needed rest for them!

Comment by diannep on September 9, 2013 at 2:18pm: Yes, PaMom. Some families do go for A School graduations to honor their sailors! The A School graduations are not elaborate like PIR is, but those sailors worked just as hard in A School as they did in bootcamp, so proud parents who are able to may want to get there for that. My son's A School was short...only 3 mos...he told me not to come since it was a small group and he would be home after that (we had been at PIR). So it is just up to families to decide what to do.