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ALUMNI OF PIR 09/19/2014 TG 45 - 10 Divisions (291-298, 818 and 945)

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ALUMNI OF PIR 09/19/2014 TG 45 - 10 Divisions (291-298, 818 and 945)

This group is for those who have loved ones that graduated from boot camp on September 19, 2014. A place to keep in touch with each other as the sailors continue their Navy journey.

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 105
Latest Activity: Jan 15, 2015

WELCOME to PIR 09/19/2014! 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.

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~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 make your settings for your Profile Page "viewable only to your friends"

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Comment by 2navykids on September 23, 2014 at 12:51pm
Thank you to all the ladies for all the advice it was Truely appreciated and helpful....
Comment by ellen0502 on September 23, 2014 at 12:42pm

I have deleted some posts and am going to ask that the banter stop. Please find a different way and place to work out your personal issues, and please do so. Your "shared SAILOR" needs support from everyone involved in their lives, and does not need the conflict among their own family!!!

There will come a time when your SAILOR is out to sea, you will not have contact with them much, if at all, for weeks at a time, and you all will need to rely on each other for support and any information that one or the other may receive.

Unfortunately, if the banter continues I will have no option, will not play "favorites," and will suspend from this group whoever continues. 

I also apologize for having to post this for all to see.

Comment by diannep on September 23, 2014 at 12:33pm

Marylou:  Thanks for the info re: your PIR stay, especially about the Navy Lodge shuttle.  That is "new" for them...normally Sarge's shuttles serviced Navy Lodge.  Nice to know that it is $2 round trip too since it is $3/each way on the other shuttles (although if someone uses Sarge's and they used his airport shuttle, I believe he takes that person to PIR for free, only charges for the return).\

The info you all post about your PIR experiences is very important to us!  Thanks so much for sharing!

Sorry about the advice of arriving early, but in our case, with 9 divisions at my son's PIR, our bleachers were pretty much filled up before 8 a.m.  So I still think it is wise for people to get there early....traffic is lighter then (even for the shuttles)....we arrived a few minutes after 7 into PIR Hall for my son's PIR and the bottom and top rows in our section were already full. 

Again, thanks for your info!  It was very helpful!

Comment by shanesmom1 on September 23, 2014 at 12:07pm
Thank you I appreciate that.
Comment by diannep on September 23, 2014 at 12:06pm

Ladies:  I would like to add that any personal issues between any of you please be taken off of this public page.  This is not the place for it.  If you would like to private message each other about things, that is up to you.  But we really want to keep negative issues like this off of here.  So sorry there are rough waters here, but please keep this private.  Thanks!

Comment by diannep on September 23, 2014 at 12:04pm

So sorry, 2navykids.  We have heard some bad things about the Ramada in the past, but were hoping it got better. 

Comment by 2navykids on September 23, 2014 at 12:01pm
Not sure who asked but I would advise anyone to NOT stay at the ramada it was dirty their shuttle was a van that took forever to get on and we ended up taking taxi we checked out and went to holiday inn express and still dealing with ramada about charging me full amount....
Comment by Marylou on September 23, 2014 at 9:05am

No problem. 

They also gave early liberty to the sailors staying on at GL for school.  We thought it would be 4-5 hrs but about an hour after we left him, he called and said they could leave and take care of their paperwork later.  so we picked him up and had the whole day with him.  They were also allowed to have liberty at 5 am on Saturday and Sunday so we picked him up and brought him back to the hotel so he could sleep. 

There was much discussion on here about having a 'chit' for the sailors being able to visit the Navy Lodge.  That was NOT the case or an issue.  Sailors came and went constantly and no one at their new base ever said anything about this. I think this issue was over played (on here and on facebook).

As far as the shuttle to graduation ~ If you stay at the Navy Lodge, take their shuttle.  It was $2 per person and that was for a roundtrip ride.  We bypassed all the base traffic at 6:30 in the morning.  It was so much easier than driving and it was door to door service.

Some people said to get to the base early (6:30-7) so we did.  That was not necessary either.  We could have arrived an hour later and had just as good seats without all the waiting on the hard bleachers.

I highly recommend a rental car if your sailor is staying on at GL because you will need someway to pick him up in the morning and take him back at night.  We stayed at the Lodge and it could be done walking but I would never have walked that far.  Taxis get expensive.

Comment by diannep on September 23, 2014 at 8:34am

Thanks for updating us on that, Marylou.  We will be sure to pass that info on to others. 

Comment by Marylou on September 23, 2014 at 8:30am

We had 2 extras at graduation.  They both had to go in the chapel.  Not very many people in the chapel.  No problem getting anyone on base as long as they had ID.

 
 
 

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