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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

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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ILLINOIS N4M

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Who wants to make an Illinois N4M site with me? Calling all Illinois Sailor families.

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Latest Activity: Apr 7, 2021

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Comment by SandySea on July 31, 2012 at 9:27am: Hey everyone!

Carol--I know what you mean about cabin fever. I guess we get a double dose this year--one for heat and one for cold.

NM*Il--Sanmor is a wealth of information on Whidbey Island. She knows all the insider stuff and more! My son will be haeded there after A school too, sometime in September we think..

Hope all your sailors are well and happy.

Comment by carols_kitchen on July 31, 2012 at 9:21am: Is there more than one Frankfurt in IL? The one I know is near Jefferson Co., down south.

We have a Molly's Adopt a Sailor mom who works close to Widbey Island.

All others--sorry I haven't been on here much. Think it's this summer has given me cabin fever, and just not been on our page enough. Hope all is well with everyone.

Comment by Thetwoj on July 31, 2012 at 9:06am: Emily, Frankfort is about 30 miles south of Chicago and East of Joliet. I'm about an hour and a half from GL.

Comment by Sanmor on July 30, 2012 at 11:26pm: my sailor is an AM with VAQ 134

Comment by Sanmor on July 30, 2012 at 11:25pm: Hi NM,

What would you like to know, do you know which squadron your sailor is going too??

Comment by NM*Il on July 30, 2012 at 10:48pm: Sanmor It was so nice to see in writing that someone else has a sailor in Whidbey Island. Just today I was told my sailor will be sent there after A school. Do you have info to share about the base. What does your sailor do there?

Comment by Thetwoj on July 30, 2012 at 9:04am: Hello Emily, I'm in Frankfort. Welcome.

Comment by Fancy Nancy on July 29, 2012 at 6:15pm: Hi Emily! Welcome to the group. I am in Woodstock--not very far from Rockford. My son had his PIR on 7/13 and is waiting to be sent for SB school. He might be leaving on Saturday.

Comment by Jenn_NicksWifey on July 28, 2012 at 11:08pm: Hi Emily! I'm from Rockford. My hubby is in A School at Great Lakes right now.

Comment by Sanmor on July 28, 2012 at 10:47pm: Hey Greenoak, I am right in between bloomington and peoria. I am from loch lomond and worked for Nato, my husband got stationed on our depot, he was not stationed in dunoon, but went there to pick up mail etc.

This is too funny, we were over in bloomington to have lunch with other mums lately, wished you had came.