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ALUMNI OF PIR 09/28/2012 TG 46 — 13 Divisions (307–316, 819, 820 & 946)

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This group is for family and friends of SRs who graduated on 9/28/2012. A place to keep up with each other as the journey continues with our Sailors.

diannep

LaLa Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons

ellen0502

♥FireTeamLeaderWife♥ aka FTLW

Betsy, son on Stennis carrier

Craig

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 124
Latest Activity: Aug 20, 2014

Welcome to PIR 09/28/2012!

OPSEC, OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmost importance. Please take the timeto read the OPSEC and Community Guidelines. A quick note here: Last Names of Recruits/Sailors are not allowed on this site. If it is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended. First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember someone can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture.

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Comment by Maile_N5 on August 15, 2012 at 10:34pm: Saw comment by ranaeaw... made me happy! 2 weeks down, 6 to go! Woot-woot!

Comment by ellen0502 on August 15, 2012 at 10:19pm: CeliaB No problem with bright colors, I would just recommend that any envelope you send to your SR, not be "fat", odd shaped, squishy.

If it looks like a letter and feels like a letter it must be a letter. If it looks like letter and feels like Q-Tips it probably is, and may need to be opened in front of the RDC.

Comment by ranaeaw (ship 03 div 316) on August 15, 2012 at 9:23pm: I like that countdown above here. At times it seems like time is so slow and yet when I think to look at the countdown, it is 6 weeks away, not 8 like it was in the beginning. My daughter has been gone for 2 weeks and a day.

Comment by sassyblonde66 on August 15, 2012 at 7:32pm: I finally received my 1st letter from my son!! He's saying graduation is the 28th of September. Can't wait!!1

Comment by CeliaB on August 15, 2012 at 7:23pm: I have 3 girls ages 6-12. They love to draw and make things brightly colored. Will this be a problem when they send him a letter? I know no bright colored enevelopes, just wondering about it actually in the letter?

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on August 15, 2012 at 7:09pm: Your Meet and Greet link is now at the top of this Main Page of the PIR group...next to the Group Picture of the American Eagle and Flag.

Just click the link under the spinning smileys and it will take you to a Page with a brief description of each Meet and Greet and links to their Event Page on here. You may RSVP on their respective Event Page. It is not required that you do so...but nice to give them a "heads up" as far as those attending from this site.

The M & G are for all of the Families and Friends attending PIR...so there will be many there that may not know about N4M's as well. They are all Family friendly and take place on the night before PIR.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on August 15, 2012 at 7:01pm: SusanG - Here is the direct link:

Boot Camp Questionnaires

Comment by SusanGMom of 2 on August 15, 2012 at 6:50pm: Oh the questions, golly I had them for my oldest but didn't ever receive them back from him.

Do you still have were they are located on the main page?

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on August 15, 2012 at 6:42pm: Ooo...why does the grocery store evoke so much emotion!!

For me...it was Flamin' Hot Cheetos. LOL He actually left an opened bag of them when he left for BC.

I didn't throw them away until he came home from "A" school...

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on August 15, 2012 at 6:39pm: My sons letter had cross outs on it for mistakes...written in pen...after about the third one he wrote, "Man, I hate writing in pen..."

I only got one letter and my Questionnaire back from him...found out just the other day though that he had written, but thrown them away. I think this is why...the one letter started out, "Now, that I have something good to write...". I treasure that letter!