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ALUMNI OF PIR 11/06/2015 TG 52 - 10 Divisions (369-376, 820 and 952)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 11/06/2015. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 67
Latest Activity: Mar 3, 2017

WELCOME to PIR 11/06/2015! 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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N4M's Community Guidelines and OPSEC.

~OPSEC OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmost importance.

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~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.

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~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 Tamme Billions on November 5, 2015 at 10:45am: By the way I will be watching everyone else's babies graduate tomorrow. I am so proud of all they have been through and that they made it.

Comment by diannep on November 5, 2015 at 10:45am: For those attending PIR....safe travel today....enjoy Sarge's MeetandGreet tonight.and be early to PIR tomorrow. Enjoy!

Comment by Tamme Billions on November 5, 2015 at 10:43am: Thank you DianneP for your words of love and encouragement. Is there anyway I can find out when he will be processed out? I am 9 hours away but that's nothing to me just to have him with me.

Comment by diannep on November 5, 2015 at 10:39am: We have loved helping you all and are so proud of your new sailors. Congrats!

Tamme: It is so unfortunate that recruiters sometimes ignore medical conditions or other info they know may disqualify a SR...but it happens alot. Sadly, their job is about "numbers"....getting them up there. Not all recruiters are that way....my son had a good one but one thing even he did....when my son told his recruiter that he had some "career counseling" at 21 when he had just moved away on his own, was not happy in his job, and sought help to discover where he would be more fulfilled.....the recruiter told him not to mention that at Bootcamp. REALLY? That didn't affect him but he didn't understand why that was a problem? Sooo.....I'm so very sorry that your son must feel "punished" for his honesty....I have to believe that this all happened for a reason and your son will discover this soon....in a positive way. I pray he keeps his honesty, knowing that peace for us comes with us being honest. He did nothing wrong....but his recruiter sure did.....and shame on RTC for just now figuring this out? Maybe they have been waiting this long hoping for a waiver....and it just never came. I don't know....just guessing here from my experience on this site....this is a tough world now....many times, doing the right thing can bring problems in such a fallen world....but I believe that our character to do the right thing is what brings us more peace than anything else....so tell your son that he will understand all of this one day and he will get where the Lord wants him to be! Tamme, you ARE allowed to bring him home if you want to get him...not sure where you live and he can't leave until they are ready, but I know of a family who had aunt or uncle nearby RTC and that person was able to pick up their son after discharge. Otherwise, they send them home the cheapest way possible....usually in their Navy-issued sweats.

TraG: So glad he got his papers signed....I know you can't wait to get your arms around him.

Prayers for both your your sons....that they may be home with you very soon.

Comment by Tamme Billions on November 5, 2015 at 10:28am: I know TRAG. I just need to hear from him. I want so badly to just go and pick him up and bring him home. It wouldn't be so bad if we hadn't gotten a letter from him BEFORE he knew he was being medically discharged. He was so positive in that letter and talked about how much he loved it. Then it would also be different if they hadn't known about his medical condition 1 year prior to him going to boot camp and them telling him all along it would not DQ him. Then to hear his voice quivering when he called me to tell me. I know he is considered to be grown at this point but he is still my baby and when he hurts I hurt. I just feel like we were not told the truth from the beginning and he and his family are paying the price. I'm sorry to vent. I'm just so upset with how this was handled. And of course no one will call you back. I called legal a week ago and still haven't heard from them. I was told someone would call me when they weren't busy and had time.

Comment by TraG151 on November 5, 2015 at 10:12am: Tamme I know the feeling mine got his papers signed yesterday. So I will have him with me hopefully within the week. It has been very tough. But hang in there mom hopefully you will hear from him today. ❤️

Comment by Tamme Billions on November 5, 2015 at 9:56am: Today is extremely difficult for me. I am so proud of all the sailors graduating tomorrow and happy for their families that get to hold them and hug them! My heart is breaking for my son who was medically released one week before graduation for a condition that was known to the Navy for over a year and we were told it would not disqualify him. Since they have moved his to ship 5 or seps I have not received the first call from him. His family should be making that drive today to proudly watch him graduate tomorrow. If anyone from division 371 can point McWhirter out to you please hug him for us and tell him we are so very proud of him.

Comment by BatchMOM on November 5, 2015 at 6:47am: Thanks for all your help waiting to board our flight! I am so very excited!!

Comment by Shawni's Mom on November 5, 2015 at 1:18am: And that was supposed to say information.

Sigh....

Comment by Shawni's Mom on November 5, 2015 at 1:16am: You are a bunch of incredible women.

I can't thank you enough for all of the helpful imformation you have shared.

XO