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ALUMNI OF PIR 11/08/2013 TG 52 - 11 Divisions (421-430, and 952)

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This Group is for those who have SAILORS that graduated 11/08/2013. A place to keep in touch with each other as your SAILORS continue on their Navy journey!

Location: Great lakes, IL
Members: 101
Latest Activity: Feb 27, 2014

WELCOME to PIR 11/08/2013! 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.

CLICK MEforN4M's Community GuidelinesandOPSEC.

~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 Karen (ship13-div421) on September 17, 2013 at 4:02pm: My son is on Ship 13, Div 421...very excited to be a part of this group :)

Comment by JKRMommy on September 17, 2013 at 3:33pm: I thought I read that that fiscal year starts in Oct. If there are only 52 TG, does that means 11/8 is the last PIR for the month of November?

Comment by Dustinsmom on September 17, 2013 at 3:14pm: Thank you for the information. Everyone has been so helpfully through out this new adventure.

Comment by ellen0502 on September 17, 2013 at 3:01pm: Welcome to your PIR group!

Dustinsmom, All divisions with a PIR date of 11/08 are in TG 52.

This TG (Training Group) 52 is the last TG for the Navy Fiscal year, and from the looks of it, it looks to be another large group.

Seeing division 427 (so far) in this group, that means there have been 427 regular divisions, 52 of the 900 divisions, and nineteen SpecOps divisions this fiscal year. That's a lot of new sailors. :)

The next PIR will be TG 1 and division numbering will start over.

Comment by Dustinsmom on September 17, 2013 at 2:11pm: My sons recruiter just called. So excited I got his address. He is on Ship 09 Div 427. I am not sure what TG group he is. I am sure I will get that with the form letter. Just getting the address makes me feel closer to him.

Comment by JKRMommy on September 17, 2013 at 2:03pm: My daughter's recruiter called us and told us ship 12 div 423. USS Triton. I confirmed correct address. She arrived on 9/10. I have about half a dozen letters to send but I'll wait for the form letter to be sure. From what I have gathered from the info on these pages is that her division is near the beginning of TG 52. Her PIR should be 11-8. Some of the others that arrived on the same day filled up the remaining divisions with the last TG so only have 7.5 weeks.

Comment by diannep on September 17, 2013 at 1:58pm: Glad to see you over here now, navywifetiffany! Sorry you have to wait an extra week to hug your sailor though.... :-)

Comment by navywifetiffany on September 17, 2013 at 11:45am: I got my letter on Monday and my husband PIR on 11/08/13 Ship 13 Div 422

Comment by diannep on September 17, 2013 at 9:36am: I am also a N4Moms veteran on here....been helping on the PIR groups since early 2010. My son was at bootcamp in 2009 and actually has now been honorably discharged and is working on his Bachelors courtesy of the GI Bill ....yah! But I just can't pull myself away from this site! :-)

So.....along with the other members of our N4Moms veteran team (names listed at the top of this page), we welcome all to this group and ask that you please look at the info in the 'pages' section under the Members Photo Box up top and to the right. Lots there! Ask any and all questions you have right here and one of us will try and answer!

Form letters and boxes can arrive quickly, but sometimes can take a couple of weeks to arrive. Boxes may come more quickly than the form letters (be sure to check shoes for cell phone and battery...usually in separate shoes!)....form letters are mailed after the division is filled up so later filling divisions (higher numbered divisions) may have form letters mailed out later.

You can get ship/div/address info on your SR from your recruiter, and write then. However, just a reminder of 2 things:

1. The recruiter's address may be different than the form letter since sometimes SRs are moved after the recruiter gets the address. The form letter is the correct one, but even with the incorrect address, your other letters should eventually arrive. If you can wait to mail until the form letter is received, that would be better!

2. The mail is held from the SRs for about 2 weeks after arrival until the training of the Recruit Mail Petty Officer is complete. They usually receive this held mail on a Sunday, can write that day, and have it mailed out on Monday. Mondays will normally be their 'mail out' day, but they can receive mail M-F after the initial 2 weeks.