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ALUMNI of PIR 11/21/2012 TG 2 — 11 Divisions (009–018 & 902)

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This Group is for those with sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 11/21/2012.

A place to keep up with each other as their 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: 121
Latest Activity: Apr 29, 2013

WELCOME to PIR 11/21/2012!

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 11/21/2012 TG 2 — 11 Divisions (009–018 & 902) to add comments!

Comment by BMLMOM on October 17, 2012 at 11:00pm: My thoughts and prayers go out to Brett and his family!

Comment by pinkladybug on October 17, 2012 at 10:48pm: Thank you for the info Lala ribbon Queen. Y'all are so helpful. :)

Comment by debnchris on October 17, 2012 at 10:29pm: @ diannep how sad my thoughts and prayer go out to Brett and his family.

Comment by SailorMom59 (son deployed) on October 17, 2012 at 10:23pm: PRAYING FOR BRETT!! please keep us posted, diannep!

Comment by diannep on October 17, 2012 at 10:20pm: Ladies, please pray for one of our sailors, Brett. I have known him his whole life (he is 33) and his mom is my good friend. He is based in Jacksonville FL...he was shot in the stomach today when intervening in an attempted mugging. Is in surgery now...his mom/hubby on the 6 hr drive to get to him. He has a 8 mo pregnant wife and a 1.5 yr old son. Please pray that he will be ok! He was very heroic in this situation...not surprising if you know Brett! Thanks!

Comment by BMLMOM on October 17, 2012 at 9:36pm: Mollybub: my son is ship03/div018 (brother division) and I still don't have a letter, but we've heard they were able to write on Sunday so we should hv something this week.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on October 17, 2012 at 9:35pm: Get there early to get the best seats you can. Technically you could sit anywhere you want. But you want to sit in the section marked for your division in order to get the best chance of seeing your Sailor. The upper rows of the lower section fill up first. in my opinion the lower section has the best seats. Sit as high as you can in the lower section to have the best view and get the best pics. If you sit in the balcony you may need binoculars and will most likely have railing in all of your pictures. We left our hotel at 6:30 am and was parked, through the check in line and in the ceremony hall by 7:30 and were only about 5 or 6 rows from the top part of the lower section. We has 13 divisions.

Comment by pinkladybug on October 17, 2012 at 9:30pm: Can you sit anywhere at the PIR graduation ceremony? Do you have to sit in a certain section? How early do you suggest getting to the graduation ? I understand there will be a large groups graduating on the 21st.