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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

CLICK MEforN4M's Community GuidelinesandOPSEC.

~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 Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on October 30, 2013 at 5:25pm: Just letting you all know I am still here lol. Some of you will be happy to know I have an appointment to get my computer worked on YAYAYAYAYAYA lol

Comment by Sharon (Ship13/ Division 037) on October 30, 2013 at 3:12pm: Still no personal letter nor phone call. I know it's coming I'm just getting impatient I guess. I just want to know how he's doing. But I'm sure there are a lot out there still waiting also.

Comment by diannep on October 30, 2013 at 3:08pm: 97 SRs! Wow! They will lovs many of those, and then gain some from previous PIR groups (who had been delayed in training) back. Hopefully, they will be able to mail out their letters on Monday! :-)

Comment by 8isenuff (ET & MM) on October 30, 2013 at 1:48pm: Jackiemons, is 14 div 040 an all female division then? I have a daughter in that group, too. Congrats to your daughter on her assignment. :-)

Comment by JackiemonsVA on October 30, 2013 at 1:40pm: Had a conversation with daughter today. She said "Mom" then there was this long silence, I thought I had lost her, kept saying hello. She finally said "I'm not hurt." Then I figured out she was just emotional. We cried then she pulled it together. She needed information. Said there were 97 women in 040. She is the Mail Petty Officer just told today but hadn't got trained yet so they haven't gotten mail in her division yet, but they just got there last week. Said the first PT test is Friday, said they got 15 minutes to eat, but it was good. Said they weren't able to write yet, but most have been writing after lights out, so when they can mail they will be ready. I think that was about all the info I got to share. Who all have SR going to DamFolk, VA for A school??

Comment by NWKate on October 30, 2013 at 12:44pm: i love seeing all the new names on here! welcome everyone and cant wait to meet you all!

Comment by CatMom509 on October 30, 2013 at 11:52am: Good Morning!

"Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God."

Romans 15:17

Comment by RG/socal on October 30, 2013 at 10:14am: I'll be bringing my SR's 17year old brother to PIR... pulling him from school a week before finals. They are very close, but I still had to talk the younger one into it, and my SR was reluctant to have us there to begin with. I know, in the end, we will all be glad I made my choice. Flying from California...

Comment by diannep on October 30, 2013 at 8:07am: I agree with CatMom, Tiffany. Not only would it be wonderful for your new sailor, but your kids will never forget it. It is truly a lifetime experience. I say...take them!

Good Morning All ! I posted a BattleStations (final test!) discussion above for your info! Be sure to click on the links at the end....interesting videos.

Comment by CatMom509 on October 30, 2013 at 4:27am: Tiffany,

PIR is a once in a lifetime milestone in your future Sailor's life, so if your family can afford it, I would say to bring your other two children with you. The PIR ceremony is something they will probably not experience again (unless another child of yours decides to join the Navy later.) As long as you don't plan to take your Sailor all over the place when he'd rather have a nice meal, long and private shower, and relaxation with your family in some comfy clothes you bring for him, he would probably like to see his siblings!

Take a peek at one of the PIRs being livestream on a Friday morning starting at 9:00 am. The most exciting part for me was when the divisions march into the graduation hall!!