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ALUMNI OF PIR 12/13/2013 TG 05 - 8 Divisions (037-042, and 905-906)

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This Group is for those who have SAILORS that graduated 12/13/2013. A place to keep in touch with each other as your SAILORS continue on their journey in the Navy!

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 81
Latest Activity: Dec 18, 2013

WELCOME to PIR 12/13/2013! 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. Edit Edit

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~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 Thewatchgoddess on November 21, 2013 at 2:35pm: Goodness, I sure love letter day! Found out that SR is doing well, the wisdom teeth extraction went well, and he got adopted out for Thanksgiving by another recruits family. I'm so grateful for that!
So, on a different note... Anyone have suggestions for warm shoes/boots? It doesn't exactly get really cold here and I have no clue what I need for PIR.

Comment by diannep on November 21, 2013 at 9:21am: Good idea, munchkinmom, but I think you will find the temp in the PIR Hall comfy! We were there the first week of Feb the year my son PIRed and it was very comfortable inside. However, when that big door opens, it could get chilly until all divisions march in and the door is closed again, so good idea to have these!

Good Morning All !

Comment by munchkinmom on November 21, 2013 at 1:11am: hello everyone. It's been a long day for me. I am hoping for mail tomorrow. I had an idea that I thought I would share. I am hearing that it will not be toasty warm during PIR so I was thinking that it might be a good idea to bring the feet and hand warmers just to be on the safe side. They will pack easy, and if they are not needed, thats even better.

Comment by Thewatchgoddess on November 21, 2013 at 12:31am: 8isenuff, I'm glad you heard from one of your SRs at least. I've got my fingers crossed that you'll get something from your daughter soon. Maybe tomorrow? Wonder if it just takes longer for some divisions to get mail out? Tomorrow should be letter day for me. :-)

Comment by 8isenuff (ET & MM) on November 21, 2013 at 12:03am: thewatchgoddess and dianep, I like both of your suggestions. Thank you! I also got a letter from my son in 038 today. =D No more news from my daughter yet. I am convinced the mail to and from Great Lakes is delivered via Pony Express!

Comment by CatMom509 on November 20, 2013 at 6:05pm: Good Afternoon~~

     "So do not fear, for I am with you;

      do not be dismayed, for I am your God

      I will strengthen you and help you;

      I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

                                                  Isaiah 41:10

Comment by ellen0502 on November 20, 2013 at 2:52pm: HuskerFan, It is very possible that your son is in a push division seeing that he is in the last division of this TG, and knowing that divisions 039/040 are integrated. I would guess that divisions 041/042 got put on hold while waiting for 039/040 to fill (probably waiting on female.

I have seen several post that their recruits were asked to report earlier than expected. I suppose it was due to the RTC not accepting recruits, or holding PIR during the stand down period, and wanting to get them in before instead of after the holidays.

Comment by HuskerFan on November 20, 2013 at 2:05pm: OK, so I have a question, are most of the div grad 12/13 push div or only some of them? Or was that a dumb ques? Sorry. My kiddo is in div 042 and he was told his is a push div. He arrived on 10/22. He was orig suppose to head out on 10/29 but then got a call a few weeks before his ship date and was told he would be heading out a week earlier so he could graduate before Christmas.

Comment by diannep on November 20, 2013 at 12:09pm: Hey, after reading what 8isenuff and The Watchgoddess said....what about making a jigsaw puzzle out of a family picture???? :-) Might be a fun humorous activity for your SR!

Comment by ellen0502 on November 20, 2013 at 11:53am: If your SR is in a push division throw everything out the window that you read about what they are doing day by day. LOL They will do everything that needs to be done for training, and basically in order, but not necessarily as the day by day schedule goes. It is like taking a "normal" week of College classes before a test on Friday and cramming it into two days and the test on Wednesday. :)

Here is an example: You may read that Marlinspike has been on week 3 day 5 for everyone else in the TG, but when you hear from your SR about Marlinspike, and look at the days you are counting, you think s/he is on week 3 day 2, or week 4 day 1. Very possible. :)

Keep counting the training days from what your SR has told you then ignore what every other division (except their brother division) is doing on what day. Their training will be close in days and week, but might not be right on.

I spent the first couple of weeks so confused because what my son said he was doing was following nothing that the others were doing. He ended up in the PIR group a week earlier than expected, and then had 16 calendar day of processing and p hold ( waiting on 60 females, yes 60). His BS ended on training week 6 day 2.