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ALUMNI OF PIR June 23, 2017 TG 33 - 11 Divisions (193-202 & 933)
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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp June 23, 2017. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 66
Latest Activity: Jun 28, 2017
Welcome to the group! 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.
~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 change your visibility settings for your Profile Page (MY PAGE) to "Just my friends".
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Comment by M'smom on June 8, 2017 at 10:34am
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I just got a letter from him.... Explaining his Library rules for A school and a very short note.
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Comment by My Little Bird on June 8, 2017 at 10:22am
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Haven't heard from my son since when...I know they had their final PFAs this week...I know I won't hear from him next week because if BS, so I guess I won't see him until PIR.
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Comment by Sethsmom on June 8, 2017 at 10:15am
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@M'smom - I am right there with you. Anxiously awaiting to board that plane!
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15 more days until we get to see our "Sailors"! If you haven't noticed, I'm doing the count down, like I'm sure all of you are doing! It seems like the time is going slower than usual. I just can't wait to see that handsome face again!!!!! Seems like it's been forever! Hope you all have a great day!
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Comment by CryptoDad on June 7, 2017 at 6:53pm
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Does anyone know if mail will be forwarded to the A schools once our sailors have left boot camp?
The RTC mail room does not know which one of the dozens of A schools to forward your letters to. They average 1500 to 2000 undeliverable letters each week, so be sure to have a return address on your envelopes to get them back to you.
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Comment by Auntie on June 7, 2017 at 2:22pm
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Chronicles16, my nephew is Ship 12 Div 194. Thanks all for the note not to write after the 16th. I'll go into overtime in writing now. Also SailorsLIMom great idea on the diary.
Regards to all,
Auntie
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That is so helpful, thanks a lot ellen0502. Our daughter was our at-home tech consultant so we'll be sure to ask her at PIR how to use FB messenger. A school will seem more like college in terms of access. It's really sobering to think of how hard it must have been before the modern electronic era, when families would have to go months before hearing anything about their loved ones who were serving. We are fortunate!
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Thanks again...you have given me some good options for contact after bc!! We do (or we did) utilize fb messenger while he was away at college, so I am familiar. I did not know they have email - is that recent?
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Comment by ellen0502 on June 7, 2017 at 12:44pm
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SailorsLIMom, Not a naive question at all.
They will in general have email access with their own computer, and I know some, if not all, ships have some kind of a mail center with a computer. When your Sailor is deployed, you can also use FB messenger.
When out at sea it is by satellite so no interruptions, and there are times they do not have access for obvious, and not so obvious reasons.
I use FB messenger most of the time. You can have real time chats! If deployed overseas FB messenger is also a "free" way to talk to your Sailor, both by text and by "phone".
You will come to love the little green light on FB messenger when your Sailor is deployed. You might not be talking to them very often, maybe even weeks, but it lets you know they are still out there. :)
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I keep this running diary and send it off every few days. It's really boring though. Now that they have email, it's easy to send that even though they can only read it between 0700 and 1300 on Sundays (if then). Yes, only a VERY few days left (of this part, at least).
Experienced Navy moms: how do we contact them when they're on a ship? Do they have email access, like now? It seems that this would be classified though Excuse the naive question!
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