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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."

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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RTC Graduation

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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Comment by Coco on September 15, 2010 at 10:19pm: Hey all,

Jenn was the lady who posted about her boyfriend about two weeks ago. I was finally going to connect her with my son's girlfriend and can't find her on our group anywhere...and she is no longer a friend so I don't know what happened to her. She seemed nice...or was I just dreaming the whole thing. lol life has been crazy.

On a bummer note - my San Diego trip is on hold for now. Turns out midterms are the week right after for his girlfriend and he, I think, is started to deal with reality of his FMTB training starting the following weekend.

Mary - the book is on credit...I have not nor will I talk about it in great detail here cause you are not supposed to promote your biz on N4M and I really like that N4M(especially this group) is about us moms, our lives and our kids...plus it's been such a work in progress that I usually just keep it to myself. But now that its almost real...I need to start having a little fun with it.

Comment by Debbie (Stephen's mom) on September 15, 2010 at 7:40pm: Thanks Michelle, that was a nice offer.

Comment by Debbie (Stephen's mom) on September 15, 2010 at 5:32pm: I think I am passing on this packing party. I hope you have fun!

Comment by Debbie (Stephen's mom) on September 13, 2010 at 8:33pm: Thanks Paula I will take your word she is nice, I did send her a message trying to tell her what my school wanted to do but nothing. Maybe I will just go a different route, I bet she is very busy.

Mary I am so glad you heard from your son, that is always so nice isn't it. Sorry about his cold this is a bad time of the year to have a cold they take forever to get rid of.

I think I am lost about this packing party and all I must of feel alsleep while you were talking. So please fill me in again. Sorry!

Comment by Pat L. in IL on September 13, 2010 at 3:52pm: Coc, For the packing party on Oct. 23, I have posted it on the events page. You can also leave comments there. Does this help?

Comment by MissMySailor on September 13, 2010 at 12:54am: Debbie did you try and "Friend" Molly or join her group? I know new mwmbers joined Friday because people were saying hello and asking questions. She is such a sweet person I know she would not turn away a Navy Mom from the group but maybe she is careful who she friends. If you were trying to join the group let me know and I will post some thing about a friend having trouble joining it may be a glitch in the system but I don't think she is denying you, if she did I think you would get a denied notice. Take care, Paula

Comment by Debbie (Stephen's mom) on September 12, 2010 at 8:27pm: Who is Jenn?

Comment by Debbie (Stephen's mom) on September 12, 2010 at 8:26pm: Coco, lol so funny about your sons room, when my son left for bc I had a ball cleanin his room out. We painted and made it all nice, so when he comes home he will be surprise he will be sleeping in the garage. LOL Only kidding! Well Molly never gt back to me and I requested to be a friend twice so the He?? with Molly. I know what it is like being busy and yes life is so busy, I thought it was suppose to get easier when the kids are gone but it does not seem that way. You are going to have a nice trip too. I am so glad you like your son's girlfriend that is so important.

Comment by Coco on September 12, 2010 at 6:16pm: Does anyone know what happended to Jenn?

Comment by Coco on September 12, 2010 at 6:05pm: Wow! I just spent 20 minutes catching up on posts. so...10/23 and 11/20 - correct. I am on the south side of Chicago should anyone need a ride. Now that this group is becoming more active with Molly and other troop projects - should we start a discussion just for those types of posts? So that reading through posts does not take so long? And it might be easier to quickly find info then.

Debbie I saw you posted on facebook - I am good, just really busy and feeling a bit lost with life in general. Business issues, guy issues and an empty house. I really can't complain just feeling like everything is up in the air. I just finished the final stages of editing for my book so now it goes to the designer to get laid out and then to the printer...and even bigger than that I finally ventured into my sailors room yesterday to clean it up. I discovered why he has never wanted me to go near his sock drawer - must have been over 40 socks without a matching one. LOL.

Paula very cool about your trip. I haven't booked my tickets yet but my game plan is to head out to Camp Pendleton and Disneyland the weekend of 10/1 with my son's girlfriend.