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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.

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~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 Tiffany's Mom Ship 09 Div 427 on September 28, 2013 at 11:10am: I hope they do get leave time that would be awesome

Comment by diannep on September 28, 2013 at 10:34am: Torie: The A Schools go on Standdown during the Christmas Holidays usually so, yes, they usually get some leave time home. The timing and amount will be determined by the A School.

Comment by diannep on September 28, 2013 at 10:33am: Good Morning all! Sad days will be replaced with celebration in just a few short weeks when you are hugging/celebrating with your new sailors! Hang in there!

Comment by Tiffany's Mom Ship 09 Div 427 on September 28, 2013 at 8:44am: I miss my daughter so much. I didn't get a letter this week hoping next week.

Comment by Craig on September 28, 2013 at 2:46am: USS Arizona - Ship 14 --- The complete story (95 pages)

- Do you have a sailor on the USS Arizona ship-14?
- Want to see the barrack (ship)?
- Did you know the USS Arizona barracks (ship-14) is named for the USS Arizona lost at Pearl Harbor Hawaii?
- Did you know the Navy had three warships named the Arizona, but only the USS Arizona (BB-39) that was lost at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, was named after the U.S. state of Arizona?
- Did you know that there were over 1/2 of the casualties in Pearl Harbor Hawaii on December 7 1941 occurred on the USS Arizona?
- Did you know the entire band members on the USS Arizona lost their lives?
- Did you know that by law every U.S. Navy warship is required to have two ships bells? What happened to the two USS Arizona ships bells?
- Who class ring was found to be welded to a bulkhead from the concussion and heat of the explosion?
- You'll know more by reading this document than your sailor...
Guaranteed....

Ship_14_USS_Arizona_The_Story_and_History.pdf

Comment by Craig on September 28, 2013 at 2:40am: USS Marvin Shields - Ship 13 --- The complete story (112 pages)

- Do you have a sailor on the USS Marvin Shields ship-13?
- Want to see the barrack (ship)?
- Did you know the USS Marvin Shields barracks (ship-13) is named for the only Medal of Honor Seabee winner?
- Did you know he left behind a 21 year old wife and a 6 month old daughter?
- Did you know you can see President Johnson presented the Medal of Honor to Mrs. Shields and their 2 1/2 year old daughter, Barbara. It's kind of moving. Look at video starting at 12:50. It's cool, but sad....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uauvkMGWhDU
- You'll know more by reading this document than your sailor...
Guaranteed....

God bless you, Petty Officer Marvin Shields, "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" John 15:13 (KJV)

Ship_13_USS_Shields_The_Story_and_History_Part_1_of_2.pdf

Ship_13_USS_Shields_The_Story_and_History_Part_2_of_2.pdf

Comment by Craig on September 28, 2013 at 2:29am: USS Triton - Ship 12 --- The complete story (96 pages)

- Do you have a sailor on the USS Triton ship-12?
- Want to see the barrack (ship)?
- Did you know USS Triton barracks (ship) is named for two famous submarines (and the only barracks at Great Lakes named for submarines)?
- Did you know the USS Triton SSN-586 was the only submarine to have a presidential suite?
- Did you know it was the 1st nuke submarine taken out of service?
- You'll know more by reading this document than your sailor...
Guaranteed....

Ship_12_USS_Triton_The_Story_and_History.pdf

Comment by Craig on September 28, 2013 at 2:25am: USS John F. Kennedy - Ship 9 ~~~ The complete story (89 pages)

- Do you have a sailor on the USS John F. Kennedy ship-9?
- Want to see the barrack (ship)?
- Did you know all four Kennedy brothers were in the Military (3 Navy, 1 Army)?
(Joe, Jack, Bobby, Teddy)
- You'll know more by reading this document that you knew your whole life...
Guaranteed....
Ship_9_USS_John_F_Kennedy_The_Story_and_History.pdf

Comment by iHeartmySailor⚓ on September 28, 2013 at 12:07am: Cshells- I know the feeling. I thought going into my fiancé's room and curling up on his bed would make me feel better it made me just cry. He left me his t-shirt he was wearing and took it with me when I went home. I don't even like going in his room when I visit his mom, it makes me more sad & depress. I cried for the first two weeks but I continue to write daily to still feel connected and left it out what I have in mind but never write anything to cause him to worry or be sad at the same time.
Hope you find some thing that can help you be at ease through this... I often visit this forum and always looking forward to new posts. Thanks everyone for all your support.

Comment by nancy611 on September 27, 2013 at 11:25pm: Got my son's letter today1! He wrote it two days after he arrived. said he likes boot camp and things are going well. His sister got a half written letter-not even signed stating bootcamp is terrible. I am assuming that letter was written while he was "waiting" and hadn't started PT yet. When I talked to him on the phone he sounded frustrated that PT hadn't started. I am guessing that is the time period he wrote his sister. HOpe all is going well for ship 12 div 424