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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 outi on October 24, 2013 at 6:14pm: Are we allowed to give them cell and clothes...?

Comment by outi on October 24, 2013 at 6:13pm: My son sent me a date too,Div.426..

Comment by nancy611 on October 24, 2013 at 5:36pm: Got a 3 page letter from my SR today- got a Sharpshooter ribbon! passed several inspections. Sounds great. wanted me to bring "goodies" (fall baking) to him. He also asked for civilian clothes (definitely underwear) lol. Next week they start firefighting and the gas chamber. Div 424. CAn hardly wait to hug him again!!

Comment by tricialynn on October 24, 2013 at 5:24pm: I also have the date his battlestation begins. I can't figure out how to send a friend request from my phone to message the woman who keeps up with a schedule for them.

Comment by tricialynn on October 24, 2013 at 5:22pm: My SR is in division 421. I can't believe we only have two weeks left! This website had been so helpful during this time!

Comment by ellen0502 on October 24, 2013 at 4:40pm: kirty89, WooHoo underwear! No more tighty whities!!! He will get his Mt Dew after BS, and probably more than one. :)

Comment by kirty89 on October 24, 2013 at 3:49pm: Got a letter from my son today and for those of you who are wondering what day ship 14 div. 426 is according to my son they started 5-1 on Monday the 21st and beginning their fire fighting week. My SR sounded so positive and said his only request for us to bring him is his underwear LOL and a Baja Mountain Dew (his favorite drink). He also said that "Hell Week" wasn't as bad as he thought and that he earned a marksman ribbon during "Live Fire". I can't be more proud of him!!

Comment by CatMom509 on October 24, 2013 at 2:28pm: Hello Friends!

     "God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

      Therefore, we do not fear, though the earth give way

      and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

      though its waters roar and foam and the mountains

      quake with their surging."

                                                             Psalm 46:1-3

Comment by diannep on October 24, 2013 at 2:14pm: Grayce: My estimation is that your division will be doing BattleStations at the beginning of PIR week...no worries...the only big thing that can trip them up is if they fail their final (3rd) PFA. Then they have to work hard to pass before PIR, but most get it done. If not, they stay in FIT DIVISION until they pass (or run out of chances :-( ), do BattleStations, and head straight to A School, no PIR once they pass their PIR date.

Comment by diannep on October 24, 2013 at 2:09pm: push divisions have less time to get all done, but they do it! They will kind of have their own schedule...ellen can explain more since her son was in a push division.