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Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!
Join groups! Browse for groups for your PIR date, your sailor's occupational specialty, "A" school, assigned ship, homeport city, your own city or state, and a myriad of other interests. Jump in and introduce yourself! Start making friends that can last a lifetime.
Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak
All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.
Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC
...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.
OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind. In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships." OPSEC is everyone's responsibility.
DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.
DO be smart, use your head, always think OPSEC when using texts, email, phone, and social media, and watch this video: "Importance of Navy OPSEC."
Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021
Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.
Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.
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Should I be concerned?
Started this discussion. Last reply by TheRocksmom Sep 15, 2015. 1 Reply 0 Likes
My son had his first meeting scheduled with his recruiter. This is a recruiter that came to his high school. My husband and I wanted to attend the meeting with him so since we also have 4 young…Continue
First meeting with recruiter
Started this discussion. Last reply by CryptoDad Sep 11, 2015. 8 Replies 0 Likes
We are meeting with my son's recruiter for the first time. Any suggestions of questions I should ask? Thank you!
Meeting New recruits before Bootcamp?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Mom of NavyBaby Jul 19, 2015. 9 Replies 0 Likes
Is it at all possible to meet new recruits for your area that will be enlisting at the same time? My son won't be going to BC until next year but he would like to meet a few people from our area…Continue
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Yes, to increase PERSEC make change 2. If you are associated with your recruit in any way (and you are), then your name should not be visible to anyone.
If your son gets a ship date, go to the discussion, Things to Do in the Last Month before Your Future Sailor Leaves for the RTC. At the bottom are links for each of the months, join the one for the month that your then future Sailor ships.
Amy, I see you have changed your Username so that it no longer contains your full name, but you need to change it again since it still contains your last name; you also need to change the URL to this page. Make changes 1 and 2 at the bottom of OPSEC and PERSEC (Making Changes to Your Profile) (clickable link) to take care of that. (If you are using a Smart phone, you will need to switch to Desktop View to make change 2.)
Also make change 3 while you are there so that this page is no longer open to EVERYONE (Anyone) with access to the web.
There may be other changes you need to make as well, so read and consider each of the changes.
Another change that I recommend that is mentioned in change 1 is to change the ZIP code to one that is not easily associated with your future Sailor.
If your son has a ship date, you can change "Thinking about joining" above to "Waiting to leave for Boot Camp." You can make that change on the same page when you change the ZIP Code.
Welcome to NAVYForMoms!
You will find this site very helpful and full of members who are eager to answer your questions. Browse around the site and check out the forums, groups, blogs, photos, videos, and even the other member profiles!
If you haven’t already, please make sure that you review our Community Guidelines to learn the “Do’s and Don’ts” of the community. Also, check out this Internet OPSEC Safety Video and this Survival Guide for NavyForMoms Newbies that was created by one of our members.
Enjoy your time here! I look forward (along with the community) to reading more about you! :)
-Tiffany