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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

Cor

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 Felicia TEXASNAVYMOM on November 4, 2012 at 7:18pm: @SkyeA Yes, it can happen it happened to my son's recruit mate from HS. He left July 31st, was put in Navy infirmary Sept 4. He was shipped home friday night. He can enlist if he wants to with Dr. Waiver, but otherwise he was given an honorable medical discharge. My husband says that if you do not have good bone density, this can happen. He says children today play too many video games and that to have good bone density you need to be active, like we were when we were kids. I asked his mom how it all happened and she said from all the marching. He was flat footed too. :0( I just feel sorry for him, and his mom. And..I am just having a bad day all the way around...I don't want to depress everyone. I would just like a letter or something from him. However, he is not the type that likes to write.

Comment by SkyeA(ship02/div904) on November 4, 2012 at 7:12pm: What that can happen?!?! Omg what if that happened to my husband??

Comment by Felicia TEXASNAVYMOM on November 4, 2012 at 7:10pm: I am one of those helicoptor moms everyone talks about and usually doesn't like, but I am having a hard time turning off my helicoptor blades.

Comment by Felicia TEXASNAVYMOM on November 4, 2012 at 7:09pm: I am really down today. I can't imagine if I was one of those parents who had not received their letter yet. I have never been away from my son that I was not able to text him or something. Some days are good, others are bad. This is a bad day. I am sure others of you are having the same emotions. I am especially apprehensive after having one of his hs classmates come home from bootcamp with fractures in feet, knees and hips. I know I would have heard if something was going on with Jared...but...I just wish I could text him.

Comment by Linda Rae on November 4, 2012 at 6:22pm: Well, if your daughter is in ship 11 div 031, then my son is in div 032. That's great since that's the address that I used. Thanks for your help ladies. I was concerned that he wouldn't get my letters. It would be so nice to get a phone call just to hear him say he's doing okay and "everything's cool". It'd also be nice to hear that he can come home before going to "A" school in Corey Station. I guess you can't always get what you want!

Comment by bamanavymom on November 4, 2012 at 5:49pm: @fireteamleaderwife- my daughter is in ship 11 div 031.

Comment by RanesMom(Ship02Div905) on November 4, 2012 at 5:11pm: diannep - I actually got the idea from another mother here on N4M, so I cannot take the credit....but the cupcakes were a big hit at Rane's party.

Comment by bclmomct on November 4, 2012 at 4:28pm: Seems to be no Meet & Greet for Sarge on 12/21. Do you think he might be gone for Christmas then? Just wondering. Everyone has made so many comments about it. Would hate to miss it, if it is happening.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on November 4, 2012 at 4:21pm: I'm back...on phone. Ha, Ha...that IS what I meant diannep...TY!

Comment by diannep on November 4, 2012 at 3:50pm: Ok, to clarify. They will house the females from the integrated divisions together and the males from the same divisions together. I know that is what FTLW meant...but since I'm "old and mentally fuzzy"...well, sometimes :-)....I don't always interpret things right! Just didn't want anyone thinking that their daughters are sleeping in same barracks as their male counterparts!