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ALUMNI OF PIR 11/01/2013 TG 51 - 13 Divisions (409-420 and 951)

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This Group is for those who have SAILORS that graduated 11/01/2013. A place to keep in touch with each other as your SAILORS continue on their Navy journey!

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 106
Latest Activity: Dec 22, 2013

WELCOME to PIR 11/01/2013! 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 lisacast1277JACNavyMom on September 20, 2013 at 10:16pm: OK, tried to go have a few drinks with my husband and friends to relieve some stress and anxiety of my son being gone and all I could think about was him:( I've had no contact with him in a little over two weeks now and I'm going crazy!!! I cry myself to sleep at night just praying I'll get a letter in the mail soon or at least a phone call! I know I'm not the only Mom on here feeling like this! I really hope and pray we all hear from our SR's soon!

Comment by Addison's Mom (Ship 09 Div. 417) on September 20, 2013 at 10:07pm: Mommy Lisa I so hear you... I'm going crazy not hearing from my son! I write him daily, sometimes two letters and then I make my husband write him too! You are not going crazy, you're just another one of us moms with child in Boot Camp! :)

Comment by ellen0502 on September 20, 2013 at 9:56pm: CP-KW-1986, They are SIQ for two days after having their wisdom teeth removed, there is no other option for them. They do not fall behind in training, and they get right back into training with the rest of the division.

Comment by CP-KW-1986 11/255 & 11/284 on September 20, 2013 at 9:36pm: question, if they have their wisdom teeth removed do they have to be SIQ no matter what for 2 days and does that put them behind the division......? or can they continue on as normal if they feel well?

Comment by Sea turtle on September 20, 2013 at 9:25pm: MommyLisa I totally understand how you feel. The not knowing is horrible and makes it so much harder on us. I am writing all positive notes also but I really hope they can write this Sunday. Waiting yet another week will really not be good. Thanks for sharing the idea about the letter for other SR'S I will start doing that too. I think they need to have letters to keep them going. We can do this. Hang in there. XXXX

Comment by Veleak div 418 on September 20, 2013 at 8:30pm: Right there with ya. Miss him like crazy. Patiently agonizingly waiting on call or letter.

Comment by MommyLisa Ship 02 Div 951 on September 20, 2013 at 7:38pm: I let my SR know if she got a letter from me with stars behind my name in the return address, not to open it and give it to any SR in her div that has not received any mail. (idea that I got from some mom on NFM some where. I waited a few days before I sent one. I am trying to send one to another SR a couple times a week.

I write my SR daily, but I have to admit I am not handling no contact from her yet very well. It is all I think and worry about. I feel like I am going crazy. I miss her so much!! I think I am foing well at hiding it in the letters to her, and just being positive, but inside I am in constant knots. Anyone else or am I really going crazy?

Comment by diannep on September 20, 2013 at 6:33pm: aVOL: The funny thing? The Navy is the entity that STARTED this group! :-)

Here's the proof:

http://www.doncio.navy.mil/CHIPS/ArticleDetails.aspx?ID=2790

http://navyformoms.ning.com/video/welcome-to-the-navy

Comment by ellen0502 on September 20, 2013 at 4:23pm: JENN, That link is in the "PAGES" section which is under the member icons on the right side of this page.

What ARE They Doing in Boot Camp? Synopsis, Videos and a Day-by-Day...

Comment by Daisy13 Ship05 on September 20, 2013 at 1:48pm: I hate to think where we would be if we didn't have this site and all the information. With my SR calling home from medical, crying, wanting to come home and thinking they are going to send her home we would be a mess and trying to make sure she got home fast. Instead we know to encourage her, tell her to heal and get better, she still has a shot at this and I know she is strong enough.

Thank you N4M for making me and my SIL strong enough.