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ALUMNI OF PIR 10/11/2013 TG 48 - 12 Divisions (379-388, 820 and 948)

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This Group is for those who have SAILORS that graduated 10/11/2013. A place to keep in touch with each other as your SAILORS continue on their Navy journey!

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 135
Latest Activity: Apr 9, 2014

WELCOME to PIR 10/11/2013! 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 proudmama on September 2, 2013 at 11:46am: 820 div... received my phone call! It was soooo wonderful to hear from him... Phone call quality was really, really poor...so sometimes it sounded like "wah wahwah", we would stop have him push the cord in or adjust the mouth piece and that helped! Soooo fantastic to hear from him! Bittersweet too-miss him, but proud of him too! Boo's mom... you "warned" me about that feeling... and I concur!

Comment by fitness123 on September 2, 2013 at 11:46am: I got my call!!!!!!!!! Oh it was so good to hear his voice:):):) he had his wisdom teeth on fri and is doing pretty good! He has a cold but said he's dealing w it lol! He said the RDCs are pretty cool and hasn't been yelled at much so he said he is laying low and doing what he is suppose too:) he says their days are full of studying and it's really boring haha! He is looking forward to more PT:) they are on week 2-3... So they really have not gotten into to much yet... I think next week will be better for them. He said he had made some good friends and the div as a whole is doing much better:):) I asked him what he wants when we get to see him after graduation and he requested a Starbucks and a pumpkin pie LOL!!! Gotta love him:) this was so wonderful to hear his voice and I feel like I can breathe again! Hope all you fabulous moms get the call today! You all deserve it!!!!! What a great Labor Day!

Comment by jen on September 2, 2013 at 11:35am: any moms on here with a son from Chapel? My SR said he was friends with him and he was pretty cool

Comment by jen on September 2, 2013 at 11:33am: I just got my call from my SR ship 4 div. 820!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy. He hates every minute of it. ( that's not why I'm happy LOL ) but he sounded good. no tears at least not from him. I asked him about loosing the phone privileges for not having the blankets folded right. He laughed and asked where did you hear that? He doesn't know I'm on navy moms or face book. I told him I have spies on him, I'm his mom he will never get away with things. He said foods great, restaurant quality. I asked better than mine and he just laughed. That kid always was a smart ***.. Any way can you tell I'm so happy. I hope you all get phone calls TODAY. I love my SR

Comment by phxsusan on September 2, 2013 at 11:10am: 820 is making calls right now !!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on September 2, 2013 at 10:43am: mommakay, I think that this change is coming, we have been hearing rumors of it for several months and I bet they won't fix or replace the pay phones that are there. My guess is that within a year they will make this change. 50/50 chance that I am either right or wrong lol

Comment by diannep on September 2, 2013 at 10:41am: mommakay: In the past, they have only allowed the SRs to use their cells for initial calls home for the "I'm Here" call. Then they have to ship them back in the box with their personal belongings. So unless that policy has changed, and we haven't seen evidence of that in any of the active PIR groups now, then they will have to use the pay phones/office phones (for supervised calls when they need security info) for all calls after the initial "I'm Here" call.

Comment by MCEastcoastmom(Ship 13 Div 385) on September 2, 2013 at 10:41am: haha.. Thanks diannep. I am for sure going to be carrying it there from here on out. :)

Comment by mommakay (Ship 11/Div 384) on September 2, 2013 at 10:37am: Lala...We were told by my sons recruiter to make sure he takes his cell and charger with him to BC because they will use them to make their calls home. The recruiter said last he heard was that they removed the pay phones and were going to cell use. I did let his recruiter know that the info he gave us was incorrect! He only made his initial call from his cell then it was sent back home! I do agree, the cell idea is much more time efficient then everyone waiting to use a pay phone!

Comment by diannep on September 2, 2013 at 10:31am: Lala: Good idea! I nominate YOU to approach RTC with this idea! We will all "stand behind you!" But....yep....makes sense to me!