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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

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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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RTC Graduation

RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021

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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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Location: Tinley Park
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Latest Activity: Jul 27, 2022

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Comment by Coco on August 30, 2010 at 11:02pm: Julie - not deployed yet but I know its coming - he is training to be corpseman. Mary is right we will hang in there with you and some of the other moms have had experience. Is she ship or land?

Debbie...yuck! I don't know how I would feel to have a kid sick and not near by.
Mary - sigh. :(

Crazy past week ladies. My highlight was the USO on Sunday. I just love meeting our military. There were even some guys who flew and had just run the triatholon on Sunday and an international soldier from Pakistan who is training with the army.

I am very seriously thinking about San Diego the first weekend in October so if anyone is interested send me an email.

Comment by Pat L. in IL on August 30, 2010 at 5:47pm: Annie, Also have had kidney stones. It depends on what kind of stone it is. Sometimes changes in diet and increasing water intake can prevent formation. Or it may take medication. Or if you are like me, no matter what the heck I do, they still come back!!!

Comment by Debbie (Stephen's mom) on August 29, 2010 at 7:15pm: Thanks Mary, he did say he was in a lot of pain, which I could be with him. I would only drive him nuts. LOL

Comment by ChitownPat on August 29, 2010 at 5:10pm: Dear Coco-I've only been there for 4 years, but several of the staff have been there 15 plus years. What's the name of your son or at least what is your last name so I can look him up! This is so amazing! Was Kathy Slupik the principal or Glen?

Comment by Debbie (Stephen's mom) on August 28, 2010 at 6:04pm: Paula, that is such a cool picture.

Mary, I know the feeling, but I am glad he was home for a little while.

Talk to Stephen today, he is on medical leave he has kidney stones, so he is in a lot of pain. They gave him something to try to desolve it and lots of pain medicine, he is sleeping alot. I will call him again tomorrow.

Hope all is well!

Comment by Coco on August 27, 2010 at 1:30pm: Pat - Oh what a small world. My sailor graduated from Bethesda Luthern School. How long have you been there?

Paula - So very very cool! What an amazing experience!

Comment by Debbie (Stephen's mom) on August 26, 2010 at 11:02am: MisMy Sailor, yes the ground are beauiful, Samantha had a room facing Lake Michigan for two years, but now she lives off campus. Gets very cold in the winter tho. You nephew is very luck to find a job. I do feel bad for the kids getting out of school not jobs to be found.

Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on August 26, 2010 at 10:52am: I'm going to drive by Augustana this morning! Last spring their football field was the site of a Guinness World Book of Records event. Whitey's Ice Cream, with the help of contest entries, invented a new flavor--Augustana Viking Pride. The community turned out--I took my granddaughters and the Brownie troop. Over 3,000 were all given little cups of the ice cream and had to lick it for a minute. It was harder than it sounds, as I (we) had to lick the ice cream being held by the person next to me as I held my cup for the person on the other side of me. It was video taped; there were Guinness verifiers there. The record was broken, so it will be in the next book. Everytime the girls and I drive by the football stadium (frequently), one of the girls will say, "That's where we licked the ice cream!" My best friend here is from Skokie and graduated from Augie. Yes, she was a Swedish Lutheran in Skokie!

Comment by MissMySailor on August 26, 2010 at 9:46am: Hey Debbie, My nephew graduated from Carthage a few years back. The grounds are so pretty and he got an excellent education and got a job as an accountant right out of school. I know so many graduates that can't find jobs. I hope the economy gets better for our kids.