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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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A place were we family members with Sailors on amphibious boats can come and talk ask questions and just hang out.. so anyone out there with a loved one on a amphibious jump on in lets share stories..
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Latest Activity: Jul 6, 2023
Discussion Forum
How to Communicate with a Sailor on Ship Deployment
Started by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom. Last reply by 10mileloop Jun 18, 2017. 17 Replies 0 Likes
Tiger Cruise
Started by Margaret_ProudTexasMomof2Sailors. Last reply by hope4answers Dec 27, 2016. 23 Replies 1 Like
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Comment by kab on May 8, 2011 at 8:19am
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Happy Mother's Day to everyone -- from a beautiful morning in SE Michigan (finally)
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Happy Mother's Day to all of you Mom's!
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I have an 18 month old grandson running around in NC. Dad is a Marine and Mom is a Navy vet. I surfe miss not having them closer. Oh well, that's military life. And my son is in Korea teching English to elementary & middle school age kids. So he is really far away. he has been there since July, so coming up on a year. Our family says this is a "deployment" for him. Easier to deal with that way. All of you have a great Easter!
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Comment by LindaB on April 22, 2011 at 5:36pm
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Johanna, Yes, my son wasn't on the Mesa Verde for the last deployment, but many of the people on board were. That was a short turnaround for them. When my son got to the ship, he was told it would not deploy until 2012, and the CO talked about sending him TAD to another ship for a while to get more of his quals. Then they found out last fall it would cover the San Antonio's deployment in July. Then in early March they were told they would deploy March 23. There was a real rush to get ready.
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My son has been on the Mesa Verde since early September. He hasn't been home since Christmas. We went up to Norfolk to see him the weekend before they deployed, and then I got to see him for about 10 minutes at the port in Morehead City while the Marines were loading.
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Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on April 19, 2011 at 7:57pm
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You can get Navy Wife shirts too. They also have a sterling Navy locket ($39.95), and a Navy dogtag ($5.95 incl chain, zipper pull or keychain, and choice of silencer color) that you can customize; I'm doing one for a friend, whose son is deploying, with her favorite quotation. I have no connection with this company, just like sharing cool Navy stuff I find! :) http://www.navypictures.net
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$24.95 (two dollars more if you want ladies' fitted style) and $5 shipping. The owner is Richard Ruth, email rruth@navypictures.net if you have any questions...
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Amphib moms, I was ordering a Navy dogtag today and came across these "Proud Navy Mom" shirts - the company will put any ship on, just have to ask (I emailed and asked for the Kearsarge, and he responded almost instantly!) ~ Proud Navy Mom ship t-shirts
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Welcome Lynne! Hope we can all help with any questions you might have.
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Here's something good to know about ...
Friends and family can create a free Rocketlife 20-page (60 photo), cargo-pocket size personal photo book and the USO ships it to any APO, FPO or MPO address, all for free ~
http://www.uso.org/uso_rocketlife_photo_books.aspx
or go directly to http://uso.rocketlifeproduction.com
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