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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.
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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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Raising an Honorable Son
Many talents and interests but the Navy has offered him direction.
Nothing compares to seeing your child set their sights on a goal and have the conviction to do the work to fight for it.
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He Did It!
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 8:29am 4 Comments 0 Likes
After many episodes of arguing, poking, prodding and re-testing, the studying has paid off. Today Thadeus made sure I was the first person he told that he had passed the Nuke School Entrance Exam.
Thad left this morning for MEPS to take his exam. This wasn't his first attempt to qualify and he knew he was running out of opportunities to reach his goal. He would tell his friends; "My whole entire future is in the hands of this one exam." While that is a bit of a teenage…
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- It was positive and maturing. Our relationship has grown stronger.
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Interesting choice of names for this site. We are all undergoing change all the time:)
Come join us on the NJROTC group also.
Welcome aboard! Come join us on the Indiana group page. Congrats on the Nuke, from one Nuke mom to another...you have one special boy. You may also want to start reading on the Nuke group page. There will be a lot of helpful information there.
My son has been in the Navy for 5 years. He is a lieutenant (a nuke officer) on a submarine. I have gleamed much from him over the last 5 years. Congratulations to your son - he will have a bright future ahead of him. Because he is very, very young I would like to offer a word of advice. First, please tell him you are very proud of him, just qualifying for the program is indicative of his intellectual capabilities; however, don't put extraordinary emphasis on being in the program because many do not make it through. Some are simply too young and not prepared enough to go through this rigorous program. Since he is still in high school, have him go back and bone up on math and physics. He needs to learn discipline big time. Secondly, let him know gently that if he should not make through the program, it's not an indication that he will not be an excellent sailor with other opportunities at his disposal. If he can do nuke, he can go Information Technology (IT). He should start preparing for bootcamp (and you too).
Go over the information in this survival guide. Good luck to both your son and you.
http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/survival-guide-for-navy-for-moms-newbie
Welcome to Navy For Moms!
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.
Enjoy your time here! I look forward (along with the community) to reading more about you! :)
-Colleen