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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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~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 diannep on September 2, 2013 at 10:30am: Vibrating phone in the bra seems to work great, MCEastcoastmom, when your phone won't ring and you don't want to miss a call! Works well for those waiting for the I'm a Sailor call who for sure don't want to miss it! :-) You may want to warn those around you though that this is why you are "wearing" it there....because if it does vibrate, you may have a strange initial reaction! A bit startling! :-)

Comment by MCEastcoastmom(Ship 13 Div 385) on September 2, 2013 at 9:32am: oh yes. I forgot to mention that i did not completely fix my phone problem. My phone will only vibrate, won't ring. I have to actually wear it on me or place my cell phone directly in front of me when i am working,studying or cooking for fear of missing my SR's call. I did however put a phone message telling everyone that I am sorry if I missed my call and "if you are my son" specific instructions to call my work number or my husbands number to reach me during non-work days. Definitely have to get a new phone this week. :)

Comment by MCEastcoastmom(Ship 13 Div 385) on September 2, 2013 at 9:27am: Good morning and Happy Labor Day. Hope everyone is doing well. Crossing my fingers that i get a call from my SR but I know it may be difficult for all SR's to call over the holidays with so many being there. I heard his voice last weekend so for those who have not yet gotten a first call, i pray you get yours first.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on September 2, 2013 at 8:55am: Remember today is a holiday so letter this week will probably arrive a day late :(

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on September 2, 2013 at 8:42am: Good morning everyone, I hope you all had a good weekend and have a holiday today :) I spent the weekend cleaning out all the kitchen cabinets and rearranging everything. My family hates when I do this lol. I am so glad so many of you got calls. I was beginning to think no one was going to get calls yesterday. I wish they would start allowing the recruits to keep their phones. The RDC could have everyone put their name on it and keep them locked up in a file cabinet until time to make a call. Then they wouldn't have to deal with all the broken payphones, and they could get the calls made all at the same time and use the time they would have spent waiting in line to get in some more training :) Makes sense to me anyway lol.

Comment by diannep on September 2, 2013 at 8:08am: Wow, boocoo. That was determination! So glad that it worked out for him to talk to you all---finally. They so desperately need to hear the voices of those they love....and I know it is heartbreaking when they miss that (for you too!). Unfortunately there are some "broken" phones up there....have been for many years. My son's first call home when there was on a "broken" phone. He would go in and out....frustrating. If that happens again to anyone, tell your SR to try and hold in the cord into the handset...sometimes they have been stretched so much that they are pulling out. Sometimes this works, sometimes not, but worth a try.

Congrats on the phone calls yesterday. Hoping there will be more today for some in this group!

Good Morning and Happy Labor Day!

Comment by boocoo on September 1, 2013 at 11:13pm: I did tell him to give me the names of SR's not getting mail so I could write them and also told him if anyone he knew didn't have anyone coming for graduation, that SR could hang out with us on the Friday. My heart breaks for any of them not having anyone there!!!

Comment by boocoo on September 1, 2013 at 11:12pm: When my son first called yesterday we were driving and gone until this evening. So everything I posted was from my phone. Hard for me, I can't see it, it's so small!!! LOL! But what I didn't post is that when he first called, I could not hear his voice, but he could hear mine. I told him call back, he did, still couldn't hear him, told him call his Dad's phone, he did, Dad couldn't hear him either. He called me again and I told him to try a different phone, which he did, but I was still on mine trying to hear him and he left me a heartbreaking message. He was so upset we couldn't hear each other. I was having a melt down myself. I had so been looking forward to his call. He did call his Dad's phone back and voila' we could hear him and were able to put him on speaker and we all three talked for 15 min. Thank God!!! He was doing fine and likes the food, wants to get on with the training and passed a tough swim test that the MA's had to take and pass. He said only one other MA and himself passed it. I said sounds like highschool swim team paid off! I was so happy to hear his voice and he was so glad to talk to us. He said they were getting letters, but had not gotten mine that I mailed on Tuesday???? Hope he got it last night. He said he would get to write letters today.

Comment by MCEastcoastmom(Ship 13 Div 385) on September 1, 2013 at 9:00pm: Jen , the questionnaire on this website for me was great. I changed a couple of things so that i could include more personal questions but the other questions such as how does he like his bunk mate, who his best buddy at the BC is, how many flags have they won and if he has started training at Marlinspike yet were things i never would have known about to ask. No clue they made their own division flag. Who knew?? :) I did ask if there was a sailor we should adopt for mail and for liberty aswell but for the most part, the questionnaire made it simple for him to describe his life there without too much trouble. Just what my non-communicative son needs. Maybe the same thing will help out in your case.

Comment by MCEastcoastmom(Ship 13 Div 385) on September 1, 2013 at 8:55pm: MamaDragon- Happy she called. I know what you mean about the questions. I felt the same way last weekend when my son called. After i hung up I realized i had forgotten everything i had wanted to ask. I think i may have to write myself a note for the next time he calls so i wont be so distracted with my excitement. :)