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ALUMNI of PIR 11/16/2012 TG 1 — 9 Divisions (001–008 & 901)

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This Group is for those with sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 11/16/2012.

A place to keep up with each other as the journey continues.

Your current Group "veteran members" are:

diannep

LaLa Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons

ellen0502

♥FireTeamLeaderWife♥ aka FTLW

Betsy, son on Stennis carrier

Craig

Location: Great Lakes IL
Members: 103
Latest Activity: Sep 26, 2017

WELCOME to PIR 11/16/2012

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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Comment by Jojo(Rich'smom)S11D005 on October 31, 2012 at 7:13pm: diannep- I just got of the phone with him!!! I'm so excited they allowed him to call to check up on us. Thank u Navy :)

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on October 31, 2012 at 6:09pm: I looked for MSI and couldn't find anything except Museum of Science and Industry lol. Maybe someone else will know what it is.

Everyone remember that the time changes Saturday night/Sunday morning for most of us. Still a ferw places that leave it the same all the time. What a concept lol.

Comment by diannep on October 31, 2012 at 4:51pm: Jojo: Here's hoping that he won't call for a couple of days...when hopefully the towers are more consistent with their signal!

Erika: No worries....the letters will be forwarded to the new "ship."

Comment by Jojo(Rich'smom)S11D005 on October 31, 2012 at 4:11pm: Mike'sMom 09-001- Thats amazing! I can't imagine how proud they all are at that moment.

My cell (the only number my SR will use to call me) is on and off due to towers being in and out - the after math of Hurricane Sandy :( I really hope I don't miss a call :( I will be so devastated....after this week...I really just need to hear his voice.

Comment by DebbiL on October 31, 2012 at 1:48pm: I heard from my SR today - he said they moved out of the USS Kennedy to consolidate in anticipation of the holiday shut down (?) I'm guessing that means that ALL SRs from the Kennedy are now in the Arizona.

Also, does anybody know what MSI stands for? He mentioned something about that (MSI Grad?) but didn't explain the acronym.

He got the rating he wanted! He is an ET (phone home!) He went on to say that they did a PIR drill in their dress blues - it made him feel very proud and almost like a real sailor! :)

Comment by Erika314 on October 31, 2012 at 1:14pm: Thanks diannep- i'm just so confused on why div 001 moved to the USS Arizona, my SR is in Div 002 and I have not heard amything yet about Div 002 and I sent letters up until yesterday to his old address. ;)

Comment by diannep on October 31, 2012 at 12:19pm: PAMom: We use to be able to post BattleStations dates back in 2010 and part of 2011. But then RTC decided we couldn't do that anymore. The reason being that they want you all to start practicing OPSEC which includes no discussion of ship movement until after the fact...and they want you to consider BattleStations, which is done on a "mock" ship (very realistic!) to be like ship movement during deployment. They asked all not to post the dates on N4Moms or FB....we can only private message them.

Of course, BattleStations is their final test and then they are sailors! Here is the link to explain more about it:

http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir562011/forum/topics/battlestati...

Comment by diannep on October 31, 2012 at 12:14pm: Erika: Brother divisions (which can include integrated divisions) train together...and do BattleStations together. The only thing that is separated with integrated divisions is their barracks.

Comment by Erika314 on October 31, 2012 at 11:40am: So I guess no one knows if both brother/sister divisions move together or seprate. I would think together because of battle stations?! Guess I have to wait on a letter from my SR tomorrow...

Comment by Jojo(Rich'smom)S11D005 on October 31, 2012 at 10:27am: SEA's mom - THANK YOU for the info. I was super worried.

LaLa - thank you...compared to the pics I see on the internet and TV...we were soooo fortunate!