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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.

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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

~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 unitedwestand on August 12, 2013 at 12:43pm: Is the Navy Lodge a regular motel/hotel near the base? Does anybody know how it is staying there? I would like to be close to the PIR graduation on 9/27/13 but am confused as to which hotel to stay in. Ship 02 DIV 946

I spoke to my son for 2 minutes on Saturday, it was good hearing his voice but not long enough...sure do miss the kid :(

Comment by LoriJa on August 12, 2013 at 12:35pm: Good Morning All! I feel so blessed to be on this site with you all!

Going on their facebook page to keep our SR updated on their friends comings and goings is an outstanding idea, Lala! I think my next note will include that info.

Dianne, thanks for the info on the Courtyard Marriott! I will be looking for a restaurant for a celebration after PIR. All of our SR's family in Chicago and Wisconsin are driving down for the event. Any suggestions? It will be around 25 or 30 people. I'm waiting for a letter from her to let me know what kind of food she would like to focus on. Also, I'm interested in Sarge's Meet and Greet and shuttle service. Hopefully, we will arrive on Thursday in time to attend!

Comment by diannep on August 12, 2013 at 11:37am: Love the letter from Shadow, Lala!

Comment by ChristinaMarie (Ship 14/Div 298) on August 12, 2013 at 9:25am: Awesome pmhug23! I am going to mail my first letter today and I am so happy we can finally start communicating in some way with our SR's. Will you be at PIR? We are probably going to stay at Navy Lodge but haven't made reservations yet. Still trying to figure it all out... :)

Comment by pmhug23(Ship 11 Div 365) on August 12, 2013 at 9:13am: LoriJa - nice to meet you!

Comment by pmhug23(Ship 11 Div 365) on August 12, 2013 at 9:11am: dreajacks & ChristinaMarie - My SR is Ship 11 Div 365 too! I mailed out the 4 letters I had ready for him!

Comment by NavyMom1727 on August 12, 2013 at 9:00am: I booked at the Navy Lodge too!

Comment by ChristinaMarie (Ship 14/Div 298) on August 12, 2013 at 8:29am: dreajaks: My son is also Ship 11 Div 365 and we received our letter the same day you did. No phone calls yet for us either. Hang in there! I know they will call home when they can and it will probably be soon. :)

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on August 12, 2013 at 8:15am: Good morning Navy Family :) I hope you had a good weekend and are ready Monday!

If you are writing every day like I did you may start to run out of things to write about. I remember writing about the crazy neighbor, about me stalking the poor mailman, what siblings and family were up to, copied posts from her facebook page so she could keep up with her friends, I even had her best friend come over every Monday night so we could watch their fav TV show together then I sent her synopsis of everything that happened lol. And I still ran out of the things to write about. So i wrote a letter from our family cat. It was so funny and she loved it. So if you run out of things to write about try writing a letter from your recruits pet. You can even throw in a pic :) Here's my letter, I hope you like it.

The letter to my Sailor from our cat was hilarious. Our cat is huge and needs to loose some weight and when our Sailor was home she was in charge of feeding him. She kept the bowl full all the time. I talked to the vet and had "special" food and was measuring out what he could have twice a day. The cat "Shadow" was not happy with his rations and kept going to my Sailors bedroom door begging for food. He searched for her all the time. So maybe write your recruit a letter from the family pet J Here is the letter I sent….. “Dear Loran, since you left everyone here has gone crazy. They are starving me and they don’t understand my needs. I insist that you talk some sense into them right now. If not you are going to have to come home and take care of this in person. I just can’t take it anymore. It is like they don’t care about me. You are the only one that understands my needs. Why did you leave anyway? I know you think you are all grown up and you need to spread your wings like Charlie (our bird) but why didn’t you take me with you. Is this a financial problem? Do they not have the money to buy my food, because the big guy could use a few less Cheeseburgers if you know what I mean? Please let me know if you are going to take care of this problem. Charlie is looking mighty tasty!!! BTW, I overheard them talking and saying you were at boot camp and I know you LOVE shoes but did you really need to go to camp in a foreign state just to get a pair of boots? They do sell those at the mall right? I hope you come to your senses soon, my tummy is growling and no that is not purring that they hear!!!

Yours Truly,

Shadow