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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.

~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 22, 2015 at 7:00pm: They can have most personal items once at A School....phone, laptop, civilian clothes (they must phase up before they can wear them). You can take some of these items up for PIR for your sailors (trade at the airport for those flying out)....and ship the rest once they are there. They need to see their storage area to see what will fit.

TheRocksMom: My son's A School was also short...he didn't want alot of "stuff" there because of that. He figured he would get what he wanted when he came home on Leave after A School before reporting to duty station. So I would ask your SR what items to bring to PIR and let him pick/choose what he wants....

Comment by bpickship14div074 on September 22, 2015 at 6:57pm: For the ones that have to move after pir into their new barracks be prepared to sit and wait. My son said they he would be ready at 3:30, but it was more like sometime after 5. So you will have plenty of time to check out the museum there. All 4-5 rooms!
This time will be different. This flys out to Pensacola.
But it was fun listening to them all sing their cadence while marching.

Comment by diannep on September 22, 2015 at 6:57pm: TheRocksmom: Yes, they go on Stand Down during the Christmas holidays and they can put in for Leave to come home for a few days usually. They have to request this and it most be approved, of course.

As far as going there for Thanksgiving....your sailor will have to phase up to leave the base....so you will have to wait and see how long that will take....2-3 weeks usually....you will know more once your sailor reports to A School base and goes through INDOC.

Comment by diannep on September 22, 2015 at 6:54pm: Tierney'smom: Yes, the GL A School sailors can return from Liberty to A School base with their personal belongings. They move over there shortly after PIR is over as a group. They will know how much they can take depending on their storage space.

Comment by CatMom509 on September 22, 2015 at 6:28pm: Hello there~~

     "Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty

      hand, that He may lift you up in due time. Cast

      all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you."

                                                             I Peter 5:6-7

Comment by tessina75 on September 22, 2015 at 6:14pm: Nuke&snipesmom thank you for breaking that down and making my day! Woo Hoo! Can't wait to see my baby boy!:)

Comment by Tierney'smom on September 22, 2015 at 5:47pm: My SR is staying at A school after PIR. Can she take her phone and regular clothes back to the school? and if so how many? suitcase?

Comment by Tierney'smom on September 22, 2015 at 5:43pm: disappointed no call. my daughter is on ship 11 div 374. Saw some people got one. Hoping a return letter comes soon. I miss her lots

Comment by TheRocksmom on September 22, 2015 at 4:57pm: diannep, my son will be staying in GL for A school, before he left he said it was for 10 weeks, I was wondering since he will be there thru the holidays, will he get a chance to come home or just off for lets say thanksgiving and Christmas? If he can't come home, Can we go there to at least have Christmas dinner? Also what kinds of personal items can they have in A school?

Comment by KYNavyMomma on September 22, 2015 at 2:41pm: I officially started counting down the Fridays until PIR. Technically, not counting 11/6, there are only 6 Fridays between us and the most wonderful hug in the world! 6 Fridays doesn't sound nearly as bad as 7, 8 or 9 weeks !

Hopefully their 1st chance to write home was this past Sunday so I wouldn't be surprised if some of start seeing mail this week (Wed, Thurs or Fri). This weekend is their 3rd weekend there also, so who knows? Maybe a surprise phone call for some :)