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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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ILLINOIS N4M
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Who wants to make an Illinois N4M site with me? Calling all Illinois Sailor families.
Members: 402
Latest Activity: Apr 7, 2021
Discussion Forum
IL Navy Moms
Started by FitBunny. Last reply by chcabr90 Jun 9, 2017. 7 Replies 0 Likes
Hello Illinois N4MS Memorial Day is vastly approahing, are they any Moms interested in meeting again?
Started by MAMA_C. Last reply by MidwestMomNancy Jul 15, 2016. 16 Replies 0 Likes
Can someone point me i nthe direction of the facebook group?
Started by navymommia. Last reply by Pat L. in IL Jul 29, 2015. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Hi! New to group
Started by Kyle'sMom (Karen). Last reply by navymommia Jul 15, 2015. 32 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by Sanmor on September 4, 2013 at 12:19am
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Thank you Pat, been over 3 for me. Hate having moments of weakness, but creeps in now and then. :-)
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Comment by Pat L. in IL on September 4, 2013 at 12:12am
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Sanmor, After 5 years, it still surprises me when out of the blue you just have a day when you JUST MISS your sailor so much. Usually it takes about a day and then I pull up my big girl panties and get on with it.
((((((HUGS))))))))
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:-) thank you BethD, it will, just having a moment of weakness. Will find my strength come morning probably. <3
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Comment by BethD on September 3, 2013 at 11:49pm
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a BIG NMH to you Sanmor......hope everything gets better!!!
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I don't normally ask for anything, but tonight I really need a n4m hug, can't say why, but kinda need one :-)
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Sorry Lisa, it is in the events. It is Oct 12 at 1pm in Applebees on Veterans :-)
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Comment by Lisa on September 1, 2013 at 10:08am
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What is the date and time that we are meeting in Bloomington for lunch?
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Comment by AJ's-Mom on August 29, 2013 at 6:56pm
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I wish I could join you in Bloomington but I'm taking my daughter for a college visit. Maybe next time!
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Comment by medic mom on August 29, 2013 at 5:08pm
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Lunch at Applebees sounds great Sanmor. Yes gals I have been enjoying having my son home. It was a great welcome home for him. He was surprised. I was grateful to have had Sanmor there too. I have a week and a half left with him before he goes back to California. Hope some of you central Illinois moms can make the Bloomington lunch. Always great to get together.
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Sorry for be AWOL for a while about this lunch in Bloomington. Been busy lately since I joined the Heart of IL Blue Star Moms and being a fund raiser for them for care packages that go out in just over a month. I was also honored to be allowed to go to Peoria Airport last Saturday to help welcome home Jennifer Shea's Sailor home from Deployment. Was awesome since one of our blue star moms is part of the Patriot Guard, and she arranged some of them to also be at the airport, was awesome.
Okay I am going to put this lunch in the events, shall we say Applebees on Veterans in Bloomington at 1pm???
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