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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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Comment by lorilefebvre on September 2, 2013 at 9:52am: Happy Labor Day It is a Monday morning and finally have a day off and would love to hear from my son...Zachary. It would be sooooo amazing even tough I said not to get my hope up, I did.. Has anyone else heard from their child from sip 14 div 399? I hope everyone has a blessed day.

Comment by bhbqxe on September 2, 2013 at 9:28am: diannep
You are so right, I had goosebumps from head to toe reading your post. I'm so proud of all of them and can't wait till PIR!!

Comment by diannep on September 2, 2013 at 8:30am: ellen, your group creator and a N4Moms veteran, has "captured" that goosebump moment in the group picture up top....that of the "door rolling up" revealing your new sailors at PIR! That moment is one you will never forget! Thinking that it is possible that this group will be the first ones back in the Navy Blues....they switch from Whites to Blues soon (seasonal)....each base is different, but last year, the PIR 10/26 group was the first PIR group back into the Blues, so just maybe it will be you all this year! Either way, Blues or Whites, they are all quite magnificent to see! :-)

Comment by diannep on September 2, 2013 at 7:56am: Good Morning....and Happy Labor Day!

Comment by diannep on September 1, 2013 at 7:56pm: Hey there NavyMomx2! As another N4Moms veteran, we now expect BIG THINGS from you on this group to help the other ladies! :-) You're a pro now! Hope your sailor son is doing well! It will be interesting to hear if it is a different experience for you with your daughter going through!

Comment by diannep on September 1, 2013 at 7:55pm: Just a note that the mail is held from the SRs for approx the first 2 weeks of Bootcamp. They have to train the Recruit Mail Petty Officer to handle the mail. They usually receive this mail on a Sunday, and can write then too. After that initial mail delivery, they will receive mail M-F. They will be able to mail out their own mail once a week after that....mailing on Mondays.

Yes, if you have received the form letter with their address, for sure write them so that when they finally get the mail, they will have lots of letters from you! Those who have not received their form letter yet....you can try getting the address from your recruiter and write. But remember that sometimes the recruiter's address changes...so compare with the form letter one. If you sent the letters to an incorrect recruiter's address, they still should arrive, may take longer. The Division # is the important part! Sometimes an entire division will change "ships" (barracks) so you may notice a different Ship # but the Division number should remain the same.

Comment by Dan's Mom on September 1, 2013 at 7:55pm: Let me also say...he is my only son...and I miss him so very much, this is the hardest thing I have ever had to do, and hope he is Staying Strong! We are so Very Proud of Him...and if he can do it...then so can we! Stay Strong too mamma bears!

Comment by Dan's Mom on September 1, 2013 at 7:46pm: Our son also left on 8-21 we just received his form letter on Friday letting us know that his graduation date will be10-25. It is important to send your son letters to let him know how much you love and support him, and how so very proud you are of him.

Comment by diane on September 1, 2013 at 7:41pm: hi everybody, it's so nice to meet other mom's that are going through this at the same time as me. I don't know how my mom did this 25 years ago when I went through the are force basic training, then to Germany. I hope my son is enjoying himself and making some friends. I got the box 2 days after he left, 8/23/13, and the form letter 1 week later, 8/30/13. we live in Illinois about 2 hours from great lakes. i'm going to try again tomorrow to write him a letter, I find that when I try to write him a letter I start to cry and I don't want to send him a letter with tear drops.

Comment by bhbqxe on September 1, 2013 at 5:37pm: ellen0502 & diannep

So happy to have you here to help us!! It is quite the journey with tons of questions! Thank you :-)

I have not received my form letter yet. My son left on 8-21, I got "The box" Tuesday the 27th, I have his address, Ship and Div from his recruiter. Can I send him a letter? I'm so worried with other moms getting their letters that he will think I didn't write when he doesn't get one.