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ALUMNI OF PIR 11/22/2013 TG 002 - 12 Divisions (011-020, 802 and 902)

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This Group is for those who have SAILORS that graduated 11/22/2013. A place to keep in touch with each other as your SAILORS continue on their journey in the Navy!

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 131
Latest Activity: Sep 13, 2017

WELCOME to PIR 11/22/2013! 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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forN4M's Community Guidelines and OPSEC.

~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 Navymom810 on October 1, 2013 at 12:19pm: It received the box today, but no letter inside!!! Just his belongings!!! Does the letter come separate??? UGH!!!

Comment by diannep on October 1, 2013 at 11:17am: narob: Speaking of that....my son was there for the Christmas holidays back in 2009. I was such a "newbie" that I had no idea of rules on mailing them things. I was only mailing letters. But apparently, someone mailed him a care pkg....(I think it could have been one of his former teachers?). It was from a vendor, and there was no name included in the box that he found. He was "grilled" by his RDCs about it...who sent it? What was in it? etc...He had NO CLUE. So he had to open it in front of them....it was full of Christmas goodies! Of course, he could have none (although we have heard of SRs who were made to eat ALL of them at once!)....later, my son saw his RDCs in their office, enjoying those goodies! :-)

Moral of the story: Nothing but letters/cards sent to SR! Other than contacts and makeup, which they are allowed to have for PIR....but don't send unless your SR requests these and label the outside of the box/envelope.

Comment by narob01 on October 1, 2013 at 11:13am: Scootersmom, at least you didn't send a box of cookies. I hear that can be a real disaster. lol

Comment by diannep on October 1, 2013 at 11:04am: scootersmom: No worries....most of the RDCs may not care either way. We just suggest it "just in case." Believe me, receiving the cards from you will be worth any razzing he gets! They LIVE for mail! He may not get them for a while....when did he arrive at RTC?

Comment by scootersmom94 on October 1, 2013 at 11:01am: Oh boy...I think I may be in trouble...well he will be ....maybe.... I jumped the gun and put 2 cards in the mail already and they didnt have white envelopes.....I wasnt thinking....NO stickers or glitter tho.....I hope he remains under the radar.... Oh he's gonna kill me......the rest will all be white I just hope its not too late. Maybe they will get lost in the mail or misplaced cause I sent them early.....

Comment by diannep on October 1, 2013 at 10:52am: LIVESTREAMING THE PIR SERVICE ON THE INTERNET

RTC has set up livestreaming of the PIR service for those who will not be able to attend the PIR service. This will start at 8:45 a.m. on the morning of PIR. Here's the link:

http://navylive.dodlive.mil/

www.livestream.com/navytv

Video will display under Live Events.

Comment by diannep on October 1, 2013 at 10:48am: Welcome to the new members of this group ! So glad that you found us. Please scroll back through the pages here and read comments for info. Also, look under the MEMBERS PHOTO BOX up top...under it, you will see "PAGES" where there is lots of info. Please read through it.

Ask any questions you have on here! Glad you are here!

Comment by diannep on October 1, 2013 at 10:46am: And, Shesh: Your N4Moms veteran team loves helping on here! We love it when sailors graduate and their family members decide to stay on to help! :-) When I go on Bootcamp Moms, I will see a few who had graduates not that long ago commenting on there. Wonderful! :-)

Comment by diannep on October 1, 2013 at 10:45am: Cards are allowed....but we suggest white envelopes. Some RDCs don't "care for" colored envelopes and may give your SRs a hard time! :-) Letters/cards are like gifts to your SRs, so send them often!

Yes, Shesh: They usually start receiving their mail about 2 weeks after arrival...after training of their Recruit Mail Petty Officer. The time to train is different for different divisions. Usually they get their first mail delivery on a Sunday (held mail) and then receive it M-F after that. However, they can only mail out letters on Mondays.

Comment by Shesh on October 1, 2013 at 10:25am: I read somewhere that they don't start receiving their mail until about three weeks.

One of the SR's is trained in mail delivery and it takes about that long.

Is this true, veterans?