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Comment by AZKmom on October 7, 2011 at 6:42pm

Hello all

 

Form letter arrived today!!  I was so hoping PIR would be 11/23 not 12/2.  His recruiter guessed it would have been 12/2.  

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 7, 2011 at 4:12pm

Topic on another PIR group...just thought I'd post!

The weeks of BC:

The first week is "P" days, the next six is specific training and classroom time (though they are learning things during "P" days, marching, making there rack etc.), and then the end of the sixth week to the end of BC is BS21, Captains Cup and PIR.

"P" days DO NOT count in the "counting" of days in BC. So 1-1 is the first day after "P" days ends...Saturdays and Sundays do not count either. So, if 1-1 is on a Tuesday...2-1 will be the next Tuesday (and yes a holiday will adjust this...don't ask me to figure it out right now...my head is spinning)

 

What Happens at Boot Camp - Day-per-Day? (Up to week #6

This is from the NavyDEP site. Craig who is an advisor on this site is retired Navy and very active in helping DEPpers and their families prepare for Boot Camp. This was written by one of the recruits to “pay it forward” to those behind her to help them out as Craig and all the others on NavyDEP website.

What happens at bootcamp - Day-per-Day? (Up to week #6)

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on October 7, 2011 at 4:00pm

HI everyone, I am one of the veteran moms here to help answer questions and help you through this experience. I have 2 Sailors, my daughter and son-in-law. I have been helping on this site for over a year. Feel free to ask any questions you like. That is what we are here for. For now start writing those letters. Mail call is like Christmas morning for the recruits and even if they said you didn't need to write much they will change their minds and live for the letters. It is their only link to home and they will appreciate every single letter you write.

Comment by Diana(PO3/IT3) on October 7, 2011 at 3:12pm

Whoa....loads of great info. Thanks to everyone, particularly FTLW and JessicaB for getting our PIR site filled with the necessities. I will add more features this weekend. Fingers crossed a letter arrives today..............

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 7, 2011 at 2:59pm

Welcome Tiffani, Kendra and Jenn!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 7, 2011 at 2:46pm

Letter Writing

Comment by JessicaB-Sailor Mom on April 6, 2011 at 5:04am

Here's how your address should be written

SR, Last Name, First Name, Middle initial
Ship ##, Divison ###
Recruit Training Command
#### Something Drive or Avenue
Great Lakes ILL 60088-####

SR= Seaman Recruit

You may get a ship name, that's not needed in the address but you can use it if you want (my son was on the USS Enterprise...he thought that was cool!) If you use the ship name in the address I think it goes on the 3rd line, under ship/div.

Comment by JessicaB-Sailor Mom on May 27, 2011 at 5:59am

Ya'll as far as writing letters WRITE EVERY DAY...they do not care what you write as long as it's from HOME. One N4M sent her grocery list and her son loved it.
Send info from friends and family, gossip, world news, sports news, keep them up on their favorite sports teams, tv shows. Tell them the funny things your pets or other children or YOU are doing. Try not to be sad or tearful...do let them know you love and miss them but follow that with...I'm proud of you and looking forward to seeing you march through those doors at PIR.
Send them funny jokes and photos....http://www.jokesgallery.com is good...some of them are a little dirty. I sent them to my son and he shared and his division LOVED them.
Cards are fine...try to stay away from colored envelopes. NO musical cards, no glitter, perfume, stickers, NO CARE PACKAGES.
Another thing about letters do not use red ink...they tend to read letters in bed (not suppose to) and at night there is a softly glowing red "night light" that makes it VERY hard to read red ink. The red light is used on ships when they go to "darken ship" as red can't be seen across the ocean like white can. That is why there is a the red light on at night...
Recruits receive mail every day (except Sundays and holidays, just like the rest of us). They begin getting mail as soon as their Mail Petty Officer (the recruit assigned to collect and distribute mail), is trained. Because the mail is controlled by federal law, the MPO must complete a federal training course before s/he can handle the mail. Sometimes this takes a couple of weeks, but not usually more than three.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 7, 2011 at 2:15pm

I will be posting this periodically...it will also be available in the Discussion Forum area up above...in addition there will be a short version of it along with a link in the Text box area.

Community Guidelines and OPSEC

Hello Everyone.

Safety for your SR (future Sailor) and you!

LAST names are NOT allowed anywhere on this site.

FIRST names ARE allowed but I, and some of the other “veteran” moms, will most often advise you not to use them. This is a public forum and anyone can read the posts-they do not have to be a member (if the group is set to private, the public cannot read but all N4M members can-so all you have to do is join) While they use their last names in BC (in fact they don't usually, if ever, find out each other’s first names until the end of BC), the RDC's know who they are and can then, with the right amount of info, link them up to you. So, let’s say you use your last name in your N4M name, post a picture of your SR...easy to match up...and so on.

Why does that matter? Your SR's are trying to get through BC with as little undue attention as possible. "Fly under the radar", so to speak. There have been reports from moms of their recruits being matched up with them. Some are just identified…some get IT (Intensive Training), I am guessing this depends on WHAT is posted…I know of one mom who said that her son had to do 5 push-ups just for every time she posted!

The MOST important reason for being discreet is OPSEC-Operational Security. This is a way of life for us now. It will be for your Sailors career and for some of them, even more so, depending on their individual security clearance. Some moms have mentioned that even today after years they do not know EXACTLY what their sailor does.

SPECOPS...definitely need to be VERY careful.

Here is a link to the "Community Guidelines" for N4M:

http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/navy-for-moms-n4m-community

 

Here is the link for "OPSEC is everyone’s responsibility" specifically:

http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=3342

 

Here is a link to the video on OPSEC on this site:

http://www.navyformoms.com/video/opsec-internet-safety

Please take the time to review this information.

Thank You.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 7, 2011 at 2:12pm

Diana - Thank you for starting the group!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 7, 2011 at 2:12pm

Diana - Here are the links for the CD clocks and weather. I will send you the instructions on how to embed them in your inbox. 

Count Down Clocks and Weather

Countdownclockcodes.com

Freeflashtoys.com-countdown-clocks

Weatherlet.com/weather-widget

 

 

Weatherforyou.comGreat Lakes,Illinois

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 7, 2011 at 2:07pm

Hello GRoup!

FTLW here! My sailor PIR'd back in May. So, I'm still kinda a newbie "veteran"! This site helped me so much through the Boot Camp experience, the veteran (some say seasoned) moms especially! There will be several more on here soon who have been around a lot longer to help out. They are great, sweet and uplifting...ask away, there are NO stupid questions!

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