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ALUMNI OF PIR 02/03/2012 TG 11 — 10 Divisions (053–060, 804 & 911)

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This is a place to come together and support one another thru this journey regardless of who your SR is.. we are all in the same place.. PROUD and excited for our new chapter of life! Welcome to the Navy family!!

Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 119
Latest Activity: Feb 6, 2013

Welcome to PIR 02/03/2012!

OPSEC, OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmust importance. Please take the timeto read the Opsec and Community Guidelines. A quick note here: Last Names are not allowed on this site. If it is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended. First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember someone can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture.

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Comment by Noemi(Ship 12, DIV 054)Colin<3 on December 16, 2011 at 12:32am: I send my Fiance a holiday card with a red envelope today. And i didnt mean to. IT came like that . :(

Comment by Noemi(Ship 12, DIV 054)Colin<3 on December 16, 2011 at 12:30am: I have a question, I read this thing on what to expect on dec BC, Its this true . I r

"No, recruits can NOT receive holiday gifts or care packages - unless you want to send a gift card, which they can't use until after graduation. Have your holiday celebration BEFORE they leave, or after PIR. You can send a greeting card, but make the envelope plain white and no musical cards. Some RDCs will harass sailors who get mail that "stands out." RDCs want to be home with their families for Christmas, not babysitting 80+ fresh recruits, so they may have a pretty bad attitude toward recruits at this time."

Comment by diannep on December 15, 2011 at 9:17pm: Springhill and Courtyard are right next to the Walmart shopping center with restaurants, etc. Sarge's MeetNGreet is nearby. Don't hear Courtyard mentioned much on this site. Residence Inn is right up the street. Very nice and pet friendly!

If you all want to send any family pics, scan them on the back of your letters rather than sending actual pics. I did this when my son was there and he loved it. He especially liked the piks of the dogs! They have very little space to store actual pics.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on December 15, 2011 at 9:13pm: Did we ever find out about sending Christmas cards? ...last I "heard" was NOT to send them.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on December 15, 2011 at 9:12pm: eljac913 - Yay on the letter!

Each RDC is different. The Family Guide from RTC will tell you it's okay to send pictures...most RDC's don't mind them either...but then there are some that do. It is good that your SR warned you. Any other divisions...just go with what your SR tells you..like I said most don't mind but ALL pictures will be looked at by the RDC's for content. They DO NOT open the recruits mail but if it is bulky or larger than usual they will be asked to open it in front of them.

Some also do not allow newspaper clippings etc. we advise you to scan them and copy them onto the backs of your letters. I did this with cartoons, jokes etc.

A gentle reminder that plain white envelopes are best. No colored, glitter, stickers and musical ones will bring on IT...so a no-no!

Comment by diannep on December 15, 2011 at 9:10pm: Camo-Mom: The 900 divisions are the performing divisions. They are the band, drill team, choir, and have other functions like attending to the speakers at PIR, etc. They perform in other PIRs besides just their own. The 800 divisions are all Special Ops divisions. All other division numbers are random and include various jobs that SRs are headed for after bootcamp/school.

Comment by eljac913 (Ship 12 Div 053) on December 15, 2011 at 9:02pm: They are real letters, 2 pages mine was and my son is not a writer. He did say not to send pictures.

Comment by eljac913 (Ship 12 Div 053) on December 15, 2011 at 9:00pm: I got a letter today also. Very exciting! We are moving along.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on December 15, 2011 at 8:45pm: Here is another Mr. Bean...this one really made me laugh because there is a Border Collie about three and a half minutes into it.