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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

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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."

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RTC Graduation

RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021

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Amphibious (Gator Navy)

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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

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Comment by Margaret_ProudTexasMomof2Sailors on March 23, 2010 at 8:27pm: Good evening ladies. I guess this is the right spot for me. I have a son who just graduated A school and this Sunday, he heads to San Diego and is assigned to the USS Bonhomme Richard. he is a CSSN.(Culinary Specialist E-3) I know that his ship is out to sea at this time, but I read that it is heading home. He has a younger brother who is also a sailor, but is at Camp Pendleton for FMTB.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on March 22, 2010 at 1:19pm: Just go here: http://www.google.com/alerts and type in what you want to follow (remember to put quotation marks around each name or phrase that has multiple keywords, i.e. "USS Carl Vinson"). You can also check out the FAQ's about Google Alerts at http://www.google.com/support/alerts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer...

Comment by Anti M on March 16, 2010 at 1:23pm: Shirley, I meant for specific ships. You and I and our old hands might know better, but I worry when we get newer folks who don't realize everything here can be read by the world.

Ships and subs have very different ports to visit. A lot depends on where the entire strike force is going, and if a ship is going somewhere on their own. Common ports include Hong Kong and Australia; although hubby never made it to Oz! Yokosuka and Saebo in Japan. The Dubuque used to be homeported out of Sasebo. If they're going on station in the Persian Gulf, there's places en route. Dubai and Abu Dhabii. Singapore maybe. Thailand too. Even Diego Garcia. I don't know if they still go to the Philippines since we closed our bases or not. Guam, again, I don't know. But every WesPac changes.

Comment by matthews_mommy on March 16, 2010 at 1:00pm: It was so great to finally hear from my husband. I was a well deserved port not only for them but for us to get to get to talk to them.

Comment by Anti M on March 11, 2010 at 11:50am: There's a variety of ports where ships can go on WesPac. The ships rarely go to all the same ports each deployment, so it is really hard to guess exactly. Plus, the port calls can change as operational needs change. 20 years in the Navy and my hubby never made Hawaii on his wespacs, and that's a common port.

Not mention, this is really bad OPSEC discussing ship's movements, even potential ship movements.

Comment by matthews_mommy on March 11, 2010 at 11:30am: im not sure exactly were they go but i do know its over on the west coast and they go to all the places that the west coast ships go.

Comment by matthews_mommy on March 11, 2010 at 10:40am: hello Johana, Zac mom you son and my husband are in the same strike group so they are the same places. what rate is your son.

Comment by matthews_mommy on March 10, 2010 at 11:59am: Hello everyone my husband is on the ashland so anyone else with anyone on there let me know.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on February 26, 2010 at 11:13am: Just a note: "Diane Haig" is a front for an Australian law firm soliciting business in a lot of groups on N4M today; ignore or even delete if possible.

Comment by Anti M on February 25, 2010 at 7:49pm: For non-spouses to get info from the ombudsdman, the sailor normally has to give permission beforehand. The number should be on the ship's site. Can't hurt to ask.