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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 Mary123 on August 15, 2013 at 5:48pm: My son is in bc, shipp 13, div 374. can you tell me i should put his address on facebook for friends to write?

Comment by diannep on August 15, 2013 at 5:37pm: nerdynerdenstein: They haven't been able to mail out letters yet in this PIR group. They usually can't mail out for the first 2 weeks of bootcamp, and they won't receive your mail until after 2 weeks either....they hold it until the Recruit Mail Petty Officer is trained.

Comment by Susan on August 15, 2013 at 5:10pm: My letter arrived also. My son is also in Ship 13 DIV374. I am sure our son's are forming bonds.

Comment by Sharone on August 15, 2013 at 4:40pm: Letter arrived My son is also in Ship 13 DIV374

Comment by nerdynerdenstein (14/375) on August 15, 2013 at 2:58pm: My stepdaughter is Ship 14 div 375, according to her recruiter. I sent her a letter today but haven't gotten one from her. My husband just told me that the grad date letter came and she is PIR Oct 4.

Comment by momtom1932 on August 15, 2013 at 1:48pm: Letter just arrived, my son is Ship 13 Div 374

Comment by diannep on August 15, 2013 at 12:36pm: ellen(e'smom): "Back in the day", probably when your first sailor went through, those staying at GL for A School were allowed "spend the nights" with families there. But they stopped that a couple of years ago, so like CatMom said, all sailors must be back at either RTC or GL A School at night.

Those staying in GL for A School will have daytime Liberty with their sailors Fri, Sat and Sun. The only thing that could interrupt would be a "watch", but they would have Liberty after (or before) that. They usually can be picked up very early in the morning, and won't have to be back at A School until 9 or 10 at night, usually. So if your sailor will be staying in GL for A School, consider yourself fortunate! Those with sailors flying out to A Schools most likely will be saying goodbye to them at the airports the next day (some very early in the morning!).

Comment by CatMom509 on August 15, 2013 at 10:52am: Friends,

Also want to let you know that you can put your SR's cell phone on Military Suspension for the 2 months that he/she wiil be in Boot Camp. Just contact your cell phone carrier after your SR has made his/her "I'm Here" call and the phone is on its way back to you in The Box or any time after you get it back. You can do this for free and it will save on the monthly charges on that phone. You can re-activate it for the day before PIR. I was able to easily re-activate my daughter's cell phone online at Verizon Wireless.

Comment by CatMom509 on August 15, 2013 at 10:14am: Hi Friends!

     "He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed,

      miracles that cannot be counted."

                                                            Job 9:10

Comment by CatMom509 on August 15, 2013 at 10:14am: ellen (e'smom),

Sorry, but the new Sailors cannot stay overnight with their families at the hotels. They must return to RTC each night by about 9:00 pm even if staying at Great Lakes for A school.