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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
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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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AECF - FCs and ETs
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For families that have a loved one serving the Navy as an FC or an ET. This is the place to share and learn more about their jobs and schools. For subs - look for the SECF group.
Members: 836
Latest Activity: Aug 6, 2024
Discussion Forum
Anybody out there?
Started by Jules. Last reply by Bandmom Aug 24, 2021. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Current A school at GL for AECF?
Started by BessLynn423. Last reply by ANOsMom Nov 11, 2019. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Anyone graduating A school on 10/26/18
Started by Dena4. Last reply by Anti M Oct 9, 2018. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Comment Wall
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Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on December 15, 2008 at 12:58am
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I believe at least most of our Sailors that are in A school will have the opportunity to take leave at Christmas but there are so many Sailors that will not have that chance.
There has been alot of discusson on this site about a "blue candle" lighting on Christmas in honor of all Sailors that cannot be home for the holidays. I've posted details about this event in the thread above.
Pamela - I am lighting a blue candle in your son's honor this year.
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Yes, another year that I'm saying...it's Christmas already???
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December weddings are beautiful, young love is beautiful!
Cannot wait to see all of the photos Kellie!
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Whooooooa - did I miss that post? You are getting married during his Christmas leave?!!! We want details and photos and heck an invitation to the wedding!! Oh wait...I'm busy that week!!! We will absolutely be celebrating for you and Mickie from afar!
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Kellie, I enjoy your enthusiam - may it live forever!
Millye ...is Claire holding out on us?! Is she waiting to surprise you at Christmas with her orders, tell that Sailor...we are getting impatient!!! (Like she is not!!)
I have cried way too many times today ladies - I'm such a sentimentalist! This weekend we finally kicked it in gear, decorating, shopping, wrapping - my goodness I will have BOTH of my children home in just five days!! So listened to Christmas music all day long and everytime they played...I'll be home for Christmas - the tears would just start. Tears for the fact that our sailor will be home and tears for those that won't have their sailors this year.
Then I am unwrapping precious Christmas treasures and came across two ceramic Christmas mice that Nick gave me when he was just four years old - he was SO proud of those mice! I had to pick up the phone to call him - probably good he did not answer, I was just sobbing with happy memories. I'll probably be crying thru most of Christmas leave.
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Kellie...we heard ONLY Mickie has to be back at 9 pm!!! I just enjoy having you part of this group Kellie...I USED to be a young Navy girlfriend and so in love...now I'm just a ole' Navy mom!!! LOL
Mickie will be home soon and you will have a fabulous holiday together!
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Congratulations John!!! It is so wonderful to see them finish that big leg of school. And to know his destination ---- another Destroyer Sailor in the works!!!
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Oh Lynn, you are a wise mom and that proudly supported your sons who have been so ready to serve. I'm glad that Wade is still pro Navy, he has almost a year invested at this stage. Hoping that his hand continues to improve and we know his future will be bright - military or not.
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Welcome Amanda!!!
We have some other DEP families here that are also part of the AECF program. Congratulations to your son - on top of being proud - you will be a very educated Navy Mom before he even gets to boot camp!!!
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Graduation is very different from A school now Anti M - there were FCs graduating this past Friday that our son had never met before (when back in the day, the class started as a group and finished as a group...together) and now it is a mix of rates - more than just our ETs and FCs. My hubby was surprised at the difference in graduation as well. They still get certificates :-D
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