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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 bklyndgirl on September 22, 2013 at 4:32pm: Nanvm no my son should be either staying in Great Lakes or going to San Antonio for hm (corpsman) a school

Comment by CatMom509 on September 22, 2013 at 4:28pm: Hi Friends!

      "Though you have not seen Him, you love Him,

       and even though you do not see Him now,

       you believe in Him and are filled with an

       inexpressible and glorious joy,

       for you are receiving the goal of your faith,

       the salvation of your souls."

                                                    I Peter 1:8-9

Comment by CatMom509 on September 22, 2013 at 4:28pm: mlw9210,

When my Sailor daughter graduated PIR in March, there was also a group of Sailors flying to San Antonio from Midway Airport. The first group flew out at 6:00 am. All the Sailors flew on Delta Airlines that day, which was Saturday. My daughter flew to Pensacola for IT A school.

There has been a recent group that flew to Pensacola on Sunday though.

Comment by CatMom509 on September 22, 2013 at 4:20pm: sunshinefam,

Join the Fort Lee or Culinary Specialist groups (or both) and ask when most of those Sailors flew in or you can just book until Sunday or Monday to make sure you will be there the whole weekend in case your future Sailor ends up in holding at Great Lakes before they fly to Fort Lee. Maybe you can write your SR to see if he/she knows now whether they will be in hold or fly out on Saturday/Sunday.

Write this question down to ask your SR the next time they call you or just ask in the next letter and ask them to specifically respond to that question. I've written all kinds of things in my letters and my Sailor daughter mostly did not give me direct answers to my questions!

Comment by CatMom509 on September 22, 2013 at 4:13pm: NanVM,

No, all the SRs from Ship 9, Division 427 will not end up at the same A school. They are all different ratings (jobs) and only the ones with the jobs taught at a particular A school will go to that A school. For example, all IT (Information Systems Technicians) and aircrew related Sailors fly to Pensacola.

Comment by sunshinefam on September 22, 2013 at 3:54pm: I begin looking for flights to attend the PIR. However, I would I find out if my SR will be leaving to go to A School in Fort Lee Sat or Sun ?

Comment by NanVM on September 22, 2013 at 3:53pm: I just shared the Ship 9 "USS John F Kennedy" info with my husband, a Navy vet who served on an aircraft carrier in the 70s. He likes that his daughter is "assigned" to the USS Kennedy which is also an aircraft carrier. I'm sure our SR likes that--she wasn't to serve on an aircraft carrier for real. :)

Comment by diannep on September 22, 2013 at 3:20pm: I should add that the two airports are about 35-40 minutes apart.

Comment by diannep on September 22, 2013 at 3:18pm: They can actually fly out of either OHare or Midway. If you want, you can ask on one of the San Antonio groups on this site which airport their sailors flew from, but that doesn't ensure yours will fly from the same one.

Comment by NanVM on September 22, 2013 at 3:07pm: Thanks bklyndgirl and ellen0502. I kind of thought the names were symbolic. But I like the way Navy Boot Camp is getting them into the mindset of being on ship. Another question? Are all the Ship 9 Div 427 SRs headed to the same place for A school? My SR is headed to Pensacola.