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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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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.
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Any faimlies with sailors on carriers? My son is just going to report to the Nimitz... just thought it would be nice to get to know other parents whose sailors are on them and how much contact do you get?
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Comment by Nancy on June 26, 2012 at 12:44am
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Hi guys! My son is on his first deployment with the Nimitz. What's RIMPAC?
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Comment by Dana (David's Mom) on June 16, 2012 at 5:12pm
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My son is on the Nimitz, an EM (nuke) and they are headed to Hawaii then RIMPAC.
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Comment by PattiMacQ on June 12, 2012 at 9:02pm
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YVW! I was at walmart today and there is koolade and hawaiian punch brands
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Comment by Colleen in PA on June 12, 2012 at 7:19pm
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Thanks Patti, my son doesn't want the sugar free stuff. The Mio is liquid and you only need a few drops at a time. I will check the Koolaide. My daughter's fiance is deploying soon and I may send some to him.
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Also if you have a local chapter of Blue Star Moms they are helpful with ideas!
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my son requested his favorite homemade cookies. Colleen I think koolaide makes single serve packs.
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Comment by proud4son85 on June 11, 2012 at 11:55pm
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roz, my son likes poptarts LOL.
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roz, my son says to send snacks! He also likes the water mixer, called Mio, I think. Says it tastes better that other types with artifical sweeters.. It is hard to find ones with sugar and not artifical sweeters, which both my sailors do not like. They like to get about anything in a box. My son wanted air freshners to hang in the berthing spaces!
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Comment by roz on June 4, 2012 at 2:44am
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Thank you Colleen, I found the page and had given
tons of ideas on what to send my son.i really appreciate
the help, excellent job! I feel a lot better now. I was at a loss
at first I didn't know what to do get my sailor. He's been
asking me to send him a box but I didn't want to send anything
they're not allowed to have. Thanks again.
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Hey Roz, for care pkg ideas, look under the discussion sin the USS Enterprise CVN65 group. My son is on that carrier and I got ideas for there. It is listed as care package ideas
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