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Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
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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 Joanne on May 15, 2017 at 5:38pm
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My son is in ship 14 div 197, I didn't get a call yesterday, Then again I didn't think I would. My hopes are for a letter this week from him. He's not very talkative so it will be interesting to see what he has to say.
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Comment by SDmamabear on May 15, 2017 at 5:05pm
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Wow ellen0502 that is fast! My SR left 4/26, got there safely made a call, and to date, still waiting for a form letter. We have a CO making calls for us to RTC today to try to locate. Left a message last week for the recruiter, but still no word. Don't they assign SRs to divisions/ships based on arrival?? Or is it preassigned based on job description? I guess I'm just baffled why everyone seems to be getting their form letters for PIR 6/23 when I have not. My SR is LS. I hope I find out today because I'm anxious to send a letter off. :) Going through Mother's Day yesterday with no word was tough.
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Comment by ellen0502 on May 15, 2017 at 4:27pm
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CryptoDad, sspaws never said she sent letters before the form letter came. She got the form letter within a week of her husbands arrival, and then sent letters.
Her husband has been there since the first week of May, and per a phone call from her husband on Sunday, the RMPO had just finished training.
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Comment by diannep on May 15, 2017 at 3:29pm
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There is nothing wrong with writing your SRs as soon as you get an address. It will make you feel good and eventually your SR will get lots of letters. Having said that, it is best to wait for the form letter address. Occasionally the address the recruiter has is inaccurate....i.e., a SR may be moved to another division, etc. If you DO write from the recruiter's address, check it with the form letter one once it arrives. If the recruiter's was not correct, it is still possible your SR may get the letters eventually but it will take longer.
They will get "fresh" mail quicker than the "held" mail which takes a while to sort through. So don't be surprised if in your first letter from your SR, he/she asks why you have not written! They may write their letter to you before receiving any of the mail.
Once the mail starts flowing, they will write and have their mail collected on Sundays/mailed out Mondays but they will receive mail M-F.
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Comment by CryptoDad on May 15, 2017 at 1:36pm
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So sspaws, you are saying to send letters as soon as you get an address from the Recruiter? Even though they may sit in the mail room for a couple of weeks?
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sspaws, You are correct!
The form letter is sent when the recruits are moved over to their training ship. Once moved, the RDCs pick recruits for the Recruit Petty Officer positions, and one of those is the RMPO (Recruit Mail Petty Officer). It sometimes can take a couple weeks to get the RMPO trained.
The general rule of thumb for first letters is the third week of BC. Sounds like your husband's division is right on the mark. :)
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Wait for the form letter.
By the time the form letter arrives, someone in his division will be trained to handle the mail. Until that happens unsorted mail just piles up,decreasing the chance prompt delivery.
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Comment by SJWit on May 15, 2017 at 10:38am
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My son left on April 25th. I got his box that Friday but still no form letter. I texted his recruiter (he had left the number with me) and got his address and PIR date. He is Ship 3, Division 195. No calls yet either, except for the "I'm here" call the night of the 26th. Not sure if I should wait for the form letter to mail his letters, I've seen comments that the recruiter doesn't always have the correct information. Thoughts? Thanks very much.
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Comment by Sethsmom on May 15, 2017 at 10:10am
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My son is Ship 14; Div 197 - no calls so far. Was hoping to hear from him yesterday, but nothing. I really do miss hearing his voice - It's like going through withdrawal. Anyone from Ship 14 Div 197 get a call?
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Comment by M'smom on May 15, 2017 at 8:51am
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Thank you guys so much. Was getting worried. Miss him so much!!!! I'll pick up a calling card today and send it out. This has been a rough 3 weeks!!!
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