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ALUMNI OF PIR 10/25/2013 TG 50 - 11 Divisions (399-408 and 950)

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This Group is for those who have SAILORS that graduated 10/25/2013. A place to keep in touch with each other as your SAILORS continue on their Navy journey!

Location: Great lakes, IL
Members: 117
Latest Activity: Oct 21, 2019

WELCOME to PIR 10/25/2013! 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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Ship 09 (USS John F Kennedy) Divisions 405 and 406 (Brother Divisions)

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Ship 13 (USS Marvin Shields) Divisions 403 and 404 (Brother Divisions)

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Ship 02 (USS Reuben James) Division 950

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Ship 11 (USS Kearsarge) Divisons 407and 408 (Brother Divisions)

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Comment by diannep on September 14, 2013 at 9:17am

Just passing on a post from another mom who just attended her 2nd PIR:

Our 2nd sailor had his PIR 9/6. I was going to post Monday, but it takes awhile to come "down" from PIR. I have some recommendations for your visit to Great Lakes. This time we tried not to go to too many chain restraunts.

Comment by landlockedmom (Jo) 10 hours ago: THE POINT located at the junction of hwy41 and hwy 21 in Gurnee. Open for breakfast and lunch. Wonderful food and lots of it. Terrific wait-staff. Very homie feeling. We had breakfast there both times. WONDERFUL. They have some killer red velvet pancakes!

Timothy O'Toole's next to the Hampton in Gurnee. Good food. Not a chain.

Steven's in Gurnee. Great steaks. 4 of us ate for $145. The girlfriend had salmon and she loved it.

Dockside Ice Cream about 1 1/2 miles north of the base. Nothing super special but it was a nice place along the lake, had a picnic area, also had a hotdog stand next to it. You would walk out on the breakwater and get a great view of the lake and watch people fish. Very relaxing atmosphere.

We also ate at Chipolte Grill not far from the base. It was really good. We ate there once in Kansas City and we don't have one near where we live. It is a chain.

We overheard several people looking for a Golden Corral. So we directed them to the closest one we knew of...next to the Hampton in Gurnee. It looks like it is a fairly new restraunt.

Please google all these places for directions and reviews.

ENJOY PIR!!!!

Comment by diannep on September 14, 2013 at 9:11am: This was posted by a mom in a recently graduated PIR group:

If you want a great Steak place we went to Lovell's. just a short drive south of GL. It is owned by Jack Lovell the Astronaut. Your Sailor will eat free. Make reservations and plan at least 90 minutes for your dinner. It is served in courses and is so well worth it.

Comment by diannep on September 14, 2013 at 8:46am: Good Morning All !

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on September 14, 2013 at 12:31am: Once again there are people who had PIR today who are in a panic because they don't know which airport to meet their Sailors at in the morning. please make sure you get flight info from your Sailor after PIR. Don't let this happen to you!!! Mail this card to them now and have them fill it out or take a blank one to PIR and give it to them and tell them to go back to their ship and get the info and fill it out and give the card back to you.
Please fill this out when you get your flight itinerary/orders and then give it to us at PIR. Do not mail it.
Airport________________________________________________
Airline________________________________________________
Gate Number___________________________________________
Flight Number _________________________________________
Flight time_____________________________________________
Layover_______________________________________________
Arrival time____________________________________________

Comment by loulouamyc on September 13, 2013 at 2:13pm: Thank you ellen0502

Comment by BAMA NAVY MOM on September 13, 2013 at 1:38pm: Sorry without being friends and replies directly I keep forgetting to check here....thanks for the replies on the box, we still do not have it and yes I do know she was sending one. I have not received any personal letters yet I have asked if something changed in the last one so we will see. I should have just added her back to my plan but with my marital situation I did not want to add her and then split them back off again. I appreciate your responses. Counting down to PIR........ready for a call or some letters too. Happy Friday everyone!!

Comment by ellen0502 on September 13, 2013 at 1:15pm: loulouamyc, Your letters will get to your recruit. The last four should be 3156 according to the RTC website. I believe that the 7105 +4 is the "general" +4 for GL just not sorting down for the ship, no worries.

Comment by loulouamyc on September 13, 2013 at 12:03pm: So.. I'm not sure where I saw something about addresses and zip codes but my sons form letter had ship 02 div 950 with a zip 60088-7105 and it was in the best handwriting that I have ever seen him write! So I've mailed several letters and cards and so has many friends! But I'm seeing that maybe that 5 should have been a 3???? Will he get it??

Comment by jeepgirl on September 13, 2013 at 11:23am: diannep - the tshirts are too cool! Thank you so much for this info. I am sure we will be picking up a few - including the hoodie!