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ALUMNI of PIR 11/09/2012 TG 52 — 12 Divisions (363–372, 823 & 952)

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This PIR Group is for those members that have loved ones who will be graduating Boot Camp on 11/09/2012. A place to gather information, share concerns and get support as your Recruits start their Navy careers as future Sailors.

Your current Group "veteran members" are:

diannep

LaLa Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons

ellen0502

♥FireTeamLeaderWife♥ aka FTLW

Betsy, son on Stennis carrier

Craig

sjtina

Cor

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 122
Latest Activity: Aug 8, 2016

WELCOME TO PIR 11/09/2012!

OPSEC OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmost importance. Please take the timeto read the OPSEC and Community Guidelines. A quick note here: Last Names of Sailors/Recruits are not allowed on this site. If it is in your username you will need to change your username. If yours is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended. First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember 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. It is also a good idea to make your settings for your Profile Page "viewable only to your friends".

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You need to be a member of ALUMNI of PIR 11/09/2012 TG 52 — 12 Divisions (363–372, 823 & 952) to add comments!

Comment by Jodi-alumni Ship 4 on September 25, 2012 at 10:08am: Karens, I requested to join your group. This is a different set up than before but as long as I can get to your group it will be okay. The shepherd is my new "baby". We got him last spring after my son signed his DEP papers. He's such a big baby but ya gotta love him (except when he's destroying everything!!). I saw on your page you were discussing letters. When my son was at bc all the other divisions were sending letters but the 818 wasn't. I can remember checking the mail everyday after Wednesday-I figured that if they wrote on Sunday, mailed on Monday the soonest I would get a letter would be Wednesday-and by Saturday I still hadn't received a letter and it really hit me hard. I went on our discussion page and found that a mom had just talked to her son. They had been so busy that they weren't able to write but he told her everything was going great. It was such a relief just to get that little bit of information. So Moms, let the other moms in your division know if you hear anything. Sometimes that will make her day!

Comment by Leahann on September 25, 2012 at 10:06am: I booked at a hotel on sat. and then read the reviews on it and canceled on sun. I booked at a different one yesterday hope it's a little better than the first one lol. I looked into flight prices for 5 of us and it is a little pricey. Now we are thinking of renting a car and making the 12-13 hr. trip. Checking on the price of that today. I'm so sorry to hear about the SR's that have been injured or set back. Hang in there moms. Is it bad that I'm hoping not, but half way expecting mine to call with an injury? She was always such a clutz growing up lol.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on September 25, 2012 at 10:04am: I will be opening up Division Discussions in a little while...stand by...please direct everyone to the PIR group...PLEASE do not go and form separate Groups just for your Divisions.

Comment by karis on September 25, 2012 at 9:36am: thank you diannep, I will check into that group!

I am so sad for him right now but he sounds very determined to get back at it.

Comment by Calirose on September 25, 2012 at 9:16am: Think I posted once on the site Karens would like to chat more with others in that div tho. Jodi go to Karens page and respond to group maybe we will get more activity on that site. Sometimes just too much stuff here for me to sort thru.

Comment by karens (alumni ship 13-Div 366) on September 25, 2012 at 9:12am: I started one but don't seem to have any activity on it so I just stay with bootcamp and PIR . BTW Cute german shepard!

Comment by Jodi-alumni Ship 4 on September 25, 2012 at 9:09am: FTLW, am I missing something? On my screen there are no discussions except the main one. When my son was at bc there were separate groups for each division but I don't see that anywhere here. I'm here for my son's best friend-he lived with us before he shipped out and has no family to support him. He's in ship 13, div 366. I thought I would join that group but I can't find it.

Comment by skyler(ship14 DIV 368) on September 25, 2012 at 8:54am: thank you so much :)

Comment by diannep on September 25, 2012 at 8:45am: skyler: You can book a hotel now....we advise you not to wait on the hotels because some book up. There is a very liberal cancellation policy, usually up to the day before arrival (or day of arrival) to cancel.

karis: Please be sure to join the following group if you have not already...for support. Just go to GROUPS tab up top and put in:

RCU SHIP 04 DIV 2341

You will meet up with others there who have SRs recovering.