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ALUMNI OF PIR 10/04/2013 TG 47 - 11 Divisions (371-378, 818- 819 and 947)

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This Group is for those who have SAILORS that graduated 10/04/2013. A place to keep in touch with each other as your SAILORS continue on their Navy journey!

Location: Great lakes, IL
Members: 124
Latest Activity: Nov 17, 2013

WELCOME to PIR 10/04/2013! 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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You need to be a member of ALUMNI OF PIR 10/04/2013 TG 47 - 11 Divisions (371-378, 818- 819 and 947) to add comments!

Comment by CatMom509 on September 29, 2013 at 4:22pm: liz465,

Oh, praying you get a sympathetic Southwest agent!!

Comment by CatMom509 on September 29, 2013 at 4:17pm: Hello All!

"Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth."

Psalm 100:1

Comment by diannep on September 29, 2013 at 2:29pm: Proudmom: No, I don't believe that would affect the PIR ceremonies. It could affect their pay though. Let's pray that this one can be avoided like the last one was!

Comment by Debra on September 29, 2013 at 11:53am: Morning all! I hope your day is as beautiful as the Florida sunshine here! I hope to hear somethig from some of you in the next couple days on div 947. I doubt aaron will call me. So please post when you hear anyrhing. Thanks!!

Comment by LuvBaseball on September 29, 2013 at 10:25am: Good Morning Dianne! Should we be concerned about the possible Federal shutdown affecting our PIR Ceremony? Maybe I'm just looking for things to worry about since it's hard to stop worrying after 8 straight weeks of it.

Comment by diannep on September 29, 2013 at 8:11am: Good Morning!

Comment by diannep on September 28, 2013 at 11:36pm: liz465: You may want to call back and see if because this is Navy Bootcamp Graduation, they would make any kind of exception since this is military---in the past on here, one lady posted that worked for her (not sure which airlines though). Since you are just a few days from flying, that would be why it is so expensive.

Comment by liz465 (Ship 03 Div 378) on September 28, 2013 at 11:31pm: Help! My SR called and said he will not be going to San Diego for A school until after 4 weeks after PIR. He said he will have weekend liberty. We anticipated his flight to CA the day after PIR. I tried changing our flight through Southwest. Although ther is no charge for flight change, we do have to paybfor the difference in price. I would have to pay over 1, 000 roundntrips to change flights. I can't stand the idea of my son being all alone the weekend after PIR. Does anyone know if there is anything I can do or call to reduce fees? Does that sounds correct with Southwest?

Comment by Debra on September 28, 2013 at 7:29pm: Thank you to all of you. A few more days for some of us. Have a wonderful night

Comment by Debra on September 28, 2013 at 3:49pm: Thank you everyone. You will love the PIR ceremony. It is amaing & you feel so proud. Cant wait to hear about it from all of you. I remember wheb i went for my older son. Please yell for div 947 for me.