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ALUMNI OF PIR 12/21/2012 TG 6 - 11 Divisions (031-038, 803 & 904 -905)

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This Group is for those with sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 12/21/2012.

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

sjtina

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Information PAGES LINK for PIR 12/21/2012

Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 110
Latest Activity: Jul 15, 2024

WELCOME TO PIR 12/21/2012! 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.

CLICK ME 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 your 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 deniseMatt'smom on November 4, 2012 at 9:08pm: Felicia, I just read your post, I know exactly how your feeling, no son no letter, no idea what's going on!!! I just want tomorrow to come so I can check my mail...or call the recruiter....Matt is the 5th of our 6 kids but he is very special to me and he is the only one who choose this path..The older kids don't understand why we want to hear from him soooo bad, they keep telling me he's fine....Just wait till it's their turn to send their child off...they will only understand then!!!
Hang in there, we all here for you!!!

Comment by deniseMatt'smom on November 4, 2012 at 8:58pm: Sixftblnd how do you know for sure this is your sons grad date if you haven't gotten your letter?

Comment by diannep on November 4, 2012 at 8:10pm: ...oh, should add that my son and I stayed in Williamsburg for the two nights...he loved getting out of the barracks for a while!

Comment by diannep on November 4, 2012 at 8:08pm: Felicia: So sorry you are having a bad day, but can understand why with what happened to your son's friend (so sorry! ) and not hearing from your son yet.

As far as him not liking to write, let me tell you. My son told me before he left (back in 2009) for bootcamp that he wouldn't write, didn't like to, but would call. Well, I got at least 5 letters from him...each 2 pages long! They so "long" for contact with/from home that most will write. So....keep the faith! My son's letters are a treasure because he hasn't written one since then (no need once he could text again!).

Bootcamp is so up and down emotionally. It gets SO MUCH BETTER when they are in A School and you are in contact again. Your "helicopter blades" can be rotating again then (HA!) but not like before. The Navy "owns" your son then...so they are the first parent! Having said that...it is not all bad because just like any good parent, the Navy provides for your son and looks out for him....yes, with lots of rules, but that's ok...most of the time :-).

Last year, my son was missing his 3rd Thanksgiving with us because of the Navy. But he was in VA....and I decided to fly up there, last minute. Just couldn't bear to think of him not having a Thanksgiving dinner with anyone (he had been invited the yr before to attend one at a Navy4Mom's house who lived 3 hours away (hubby is Coast Guard officer)...he went and had fun....but had to return the next day to a lonely barracks. I was so glad I went up there...we had a regular dinner (not Thanksgiving) at Ruby Tuesdays....and the next day, a sailor buddy of his (also alone for Thanksgiving---but I didn't know that until the next day or would have taken him to dinner with us)...joined us to sightsee in Williamsburg and was a wonderful tour guide since he was a history buff. It was wonderful.

This year, my son is finally home and will be with family for Thanksgiving. His last one with us was in 2008. Hard to believe but it is the way of the military! We were blessed to have him home for Christmas in 2010 and 2011, but he was in bootcamp in 2009 for Christmas. Sigh.....

Anyway, rambling here....just know...better days are coming for ya!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on November 4, 2012 at 8:01pm: Oh that's true diannep...I forgot that the other one asked about earlier was specifically 32.
Any "heads up" folks? :-)

Comment by diannep on November 4, 2012 at 7:57pm: LindaRae: Guys/girls can be in the same division. Does anyone know if both 31/32 are integrated (guys/girls in each)?

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on November 4, 2012 at 7:46pm: I completely agree with you LaLa...said it beautifully, as usual :).

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on November 4, 2012 at 7:32pm: Hang in there Felicia and everyone else as well. It is really too soon for them to be writing regular letters just yet. And even those who would normally not write letters will begin to do so. They live for mail call and they miss everyone at home enough to make almost all of them write at least a little bit. The first few weeks are the hardest for you and for them. the first letters can seem very down but it gets better and the the letters get better each week. I know it's hard not to worry about injuries and sometimes stress fractures do happen but most who get them do heal pretty quickly with rest and are able to continue on in boot camp. I have been on this site since April of 2010 and this is the first time i have heard of anyone having so many fractures at once. Just keep sending encouraging letters and if you are a praying person a little prayer for them would be good as well. Most of them are ready for this and have been working out before they left so they should be fine. They and you are all in my thoughts and prayers.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on November 4, 2012 at 7:29pm: Meet and Greets will be updated. Sarge may have been waiting to see what was going to happen.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on November 4, 2012 at 7:25pm: TY bamanavymom!
This means that Div31/32 are integrated divisions. They have males and female recruits together forming up each division, though they are housed separately.
Go with whatever your Form letter says for an address unless you hear specifically from your SR otherwise.