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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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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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Discussion Forum
Any Meet and Greet For Navy Moms In the Chicago area?
Started by Amorresperroz. Last reply by Amorresperroz Jul 25, 2016. 2 Replies 0 Likes
mailing our sailors a box...
Started by Theresa. Last reply by Pat L. in IL Aug 9, 2013. 3 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by Debbie (Stephen's mom) on May 24, 2010 at 10:24am
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Thanks Ladies, I will have a wonderful time, I cannot wait to get on that plane and then get off that plane. LOL Long flight! I will have lots to share when I get home.
Annie have a great time and give your sailor a big hug from me. Take lots of pictures.
Laura cannot wait to see you pictures.
Diane, hope things work out, I did not know they were having problems, it has to be hard to be separated for such a long time. I will keep them in my prays and thoughts.
Hi Michelle and Paula!!!
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Well Michelle keep us updated, I hope he gets his first choice also.
Everyone have a great weekend! I am leaving Tue. LOL Can't wait!
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LOL I will be thinking of everyone while I am with my son, LOL Just wait until I bore you with all of my pictures and I will talk and talk and talk about my trip, you will say enough all ready. LOL
Hey Michelle, how is your son doing?????? Where does he go next?
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Good I would love to see pictures. Ok, lovemysailor I will tell you everything I know about Paris, I bet she is going to love it. Diane how is your son doing?
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LOL Paula, I have Stephen's dog join the club and I will have her for 4 yeas. LOL Good for your daughter, how exciting for her. I know you are busy, when we get together you will need lots of drinks.
Mary, your little boy is all grown up now. LOL You are going to see him that is wonderful, we are getting to see our sailors, nothing better then that.
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Michelle I knew he would do great, you should be proud of him.
Annie, have a wonderful time, we will have to talk when we both get back from our trips.
I leave on the 25th, I only have 5 more days of work YEA. Well I iron all of my clothes and they are all ready to go.
Lewismom I have voted many times already, that would be so wonderful.
Hey Pauls, getting ready for your daughter to come home, I cannot wait, how exciting for you.
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Comment by Coco on May 16, 2010 at 6:30pm
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Ladies...we are all soooo quiet! Don't know about any of you but I'm so on overload! Tried Salsa dancing this week. I am seriously considering dance lessons.
Yesterday was Armed Forces Day at Navy Pier and I volunteered with the USO...so much fun to see all of the new navy grads and then families with kids from all of the services! The USO gave every kid two free DVDs - there little faces lit up every time!
Plus on Friday/Saturday my PR friend and I got navy mom Molly from the other N4M group an interview with the Portland NBC station. She did sooo good! It was her first TV interview! Check it out and vote vote vote for the next two weeks....please! $50,000 is up in the air and that could ship soooo many packages to our kids overseas!
http://www.kgw.com/news/Portland-woman-creates-huge-morale-support-...
VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.refresheverything.com/mollysadoptasailor
THANK YOU!
Yes LOL if you haven't figured it out yet...I was crazy school mom who was PTA president...When Lewis went in four months ago I never would have dreamed I would be at it again. LOL - it keeps me busy for the moment. Now if I could just meet a guy...during all this...LOL again.
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Congrats Michelle!
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Comment by MissMySailor on May 13, 2010 at 6:37pm
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Hi all,
My son did not forget me on Mothers Day!!!!!!!!!
I got a call from him yesterday he sai he loved me and thought of me on Mothers Day but he is out on a practice run getting his Qual's and they just got cell signals so they were allowed a 2 minutes call to their mothers.....
I knew he was out so I was not hurt just missed him, knowing he was thinking of me and a call yesterday not when he returned was special to me. I am a smiling still!!!
I read here every day and I feel like we are such a great group again thanks for having me.
To those having Sailors coming home have a great visit with your kids it goes by too fast.
Take care all,
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Michelle he is going to do great, don't worry, I wonder where he will go after school?
Becky I am so happy for you, your sailor is coming home, how great is that, we need to see pictures, lots of pictures.
Annie, you are the leaving the 27th, that is right around the cornor, how long will you be gone? Well I have 8 days of work left and 14 days before we leave, I cannot believe it is here.
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