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ALUMNI OF PIR 11/25/2015 TG 03 10 Divisions (019-026, 801 and 903)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 11/25/2015. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 62
Latest Activity: Dec 1, 2016

WELCOME to PIR 11/25/2015! 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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~OPSEC OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmost importance.

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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.

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~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 Punkysmomma on October 13, 2015 at 12:23pm: Proud Navy Mom.....even I have tears reading your comment! How awesome to hear from your daughter. I wish I could hear from my son. I haven't heard anything other than the little "love ya" he squeezed in on his form letter. I just pray he is ok and things are going well. I guess I figured I really wouldn't hear from him at all, but hearing that some of you hot calls just makes me want to hear his voice more. ..and know he's ok. Just wanted to thank everyone for all their positive thoughts and morale...you keep this momma strong!!

Comment by VirgoMom904 on October 13, 2015 at 12:12pm: Proud Navy Mom - Thats so awesome! I hope I get a call too. I bet our daughters definitely know each other. Do you know if they all got to call home?

Comment by VirgoMom904 on October 13, 2015 at 11:54am: Thank You everyone,all the info really helps. I will definitely ask her to write the days on her letters. Have any of you received any personal letters yet? Im still waiting for one

Comment by Proud Navy Mom on October 13, 2015 at 11:51am: I just received a call from my girl. As soon as I picked up the phone and said HELLO she started crying. She was crying and I started crying and am still crying but it was ALL happy tears. If you knew my girl you know she don't cry and get very emotional but she said she is so happy and she loves it and is the best decision she has ever made. That makes me so happy to finally hear. I'be been having high anxiety of not knowing how she was doing. She sounded good.

She also told me that they were supposed to call this past Sunday but they all lost privileges. So, if you were waiting on that call that is why. She said she might be able to call on Sunday and that this Sunday she will be able to write letters. I hope this information helps.

She said that the girls from Ship 11 DIV 019 and 020 are bunking together and the boys are across the hall.

I am so happy that I got to hear from her and hopefully they won't get their privileges taken away this weekend.

Have a great day everyone!

Comment by diannep on October 13, 2015 at 8:13am: Here is a link to Stevens restaurant in Gurnee. Not sure if they will be serving Thanksgiving dinner, but we have heard good things about this restaurant, especially for steaks:

http://www.stevensofgurnee.com/

Comment by diannep on October 13, 2015 at 8:09am: My son was at Bootcamp starting Thanksgiving week....years ago. He was also setback one week. His time at Bootcamp was almost 11 weeks. That was because of the week setback and the large number of holidays that he was there for.

Comment by diannep on October 13, 2015 at 8:08am: VirgoMom: This should be Training Week 1 for this PIR group. Some will be starting Training Week 2 at the end of the week....the rest next week. Remember, there are 6 actual training weeks. They do BattleStations on 6-5 (week 6/day 5) normally. They PIR during week 7. Some divisions have a week from BattleStations to PIR; others will just have a couple of days. Like FTLW said, it is best to get the week/day count from your SR--write it on your calendar so you can keep up. Remember the weekends and holidays do not count at training days. There are 8+ weeks to Bootcamp, but only 6 training weeks.

Good Morning All !

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 13, 2015 at 2:16am: Does your head hurt now?!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 13, 2015 at 2:16am: This TG will Have THREE Federal Holidays.

Columbus Day (today), Veterans Day - Nov 11 and Thanksgiving day (changing the PIR date to Wednesday :-D)

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 13, 2015 at 2:14am: Boot Camp Days ~ How to Count them...

Boot Camp is anywhere from 7.5 to 9 weeks (longer around Holiday time in Nov to Jan), actual weeks of time there.

The following is all generic and based on an "ideal" scenario of 8 weeks.

"Week 1" is "P" Processing days...usually about 5 days could be longer.

"Weeks 2-7" are Training Weeks. (There are 6 Training weeks)

"Week 8" is the final week and PIR. P days are counted P1, P2, P3 etc. up to 5. Any P-Days after 5 are termed P-Hold and can go up to two weeks.

Days of Training (DOT) are counted W1D1...Week1 Day1. W2D1 is Week2 Day1.

Weeks are counted up to 6.

Days are counted up to 5.

Thus the last DOT is W6D5.

Here is an exemplar based on a recruit whose W1D1 day is on a Wednesday. (I'm not starting with P days since they can vary)

W - W1D1

Th - W1D2

F - W1D3

Saturday and Sunday do not count in the counting of "P" or DOT days. These are "hold" days.

M - W1D4

T - W1D5

W - W2D1

So, this Recruits Day 1 will always be on the Wednesday...except if there is a Federal Holiday. Then, it pushes it forward a Day.

So,...the above Recruit has Day 3 on Friday...Monday is a Federal Holiday...it is treated like a Sunday. Now, T is Day 4 instead of M...and you start counting from there again. W - Day 5... Th - becomes Day 1.

Saturdays are not officially counted training days but there is usually some kind of training going on.

Sundays the Recruits are on Holiday Routine. This means that between the times of 7AM and 1 PM - the Recruits are given "free time". Usually, attend Worship services,to take a longer shower, shave for the females - they are not allowed to shave for until that first Holiday Routine. That happens the first or second Sunday that they are in their Permanent Ship.) and write letters. They should be caught up on their studies and tasks though. So most will complete that first.

Federal Holidays that are non-religious are treated like Saturdays.

Federal Holidays that are religious are treated like Sundays.

Again neither is counted in the DOT.

When you write your recruit...ask them to write the actual date and the DOT next to it if you would like to try and keep track of where they are :-)