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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:
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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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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Care packages for new graduates (a school)
Started by Cali's mama. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Mar 19, 2021. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Looking for current information for my daughter on what's allowed for care packages..idk if it matters that she is in the great lakes location or not..ship 7 div 136...lonely mom with confused tears lol
Bootcamp arrival Sept 8, 2020??
Started by Stephanie0725. Last reply by bhmom Sep 26. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Hello! Got the call that my daughter made it to bootcamp quarantine last night 09/08/2020. Looking for other moms out there on the same timeline. Sadie is my baby, only daughter, and only child in the military. I think I am going to need lots of…Continue
PIR DATE: December 13, 2019
Started by Donita. Last reply by Donita Nov 5, 2019. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Anyone else’s recruit have a PIR date ofDecember 13, 2019?Continue
Arrived at boot camp October 2nd
Started by Donita. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Nov 5, 2019. 26 Replies 1 Like
Hey everyone- my daughter left for boot camp October 2nd. I missed a call from her last Friday telling me that her graduation is December 13th. I feel like the worst mom in the world for missing her call. Really didn’t expect her to call so soon but…Continue
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Comment by JayDee659 on January 30, 2021 at 6:52pm
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The Superm72 breathe! My daughter (also a Nuke) says it can happen so one should always be vigilant. But with that being said she hasn't had any issues. The people in her shop will help her watch out. She will berth with other female Nukes. Do you know what ship she will be on? PM me. We can chat. Just don't panic.
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Comment by thesuperm72 on January 30, 2021 at 6:03pm
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Hi ladies! Hope you're all having a great new year so far! I came on here today for some encouragement. My sailor daughter has been in for almost a year and a half. She'll finish up training in July/August and then be deployed on a carrier. I was on a FB group today, and read some very disturbing information about how women are treated and I'm freaking out. One mom recounted how sexual assault is common and if they speak up, they're treated even worse. Please, please, please tell me this is less common than was made out to be? I need to know my girl is safe (I know things happen, but it shouldn't be common). Please help me balance this with good. I'm fully freaked out and praying my heart out. But the stories are floating in my head. Thank you so much for being here and letting me share.
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Comment by Blondie on December 25, 2020 at 12:41pm
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Merry Christmas! We have 5 inches of fresh new snow from last night. 17 degrees, windchill 7.
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Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on December 25, 2020 at 11:25am
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Comment by Shoosh on November 2, 2020 at 7:24am
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JayDee659 oh my goodness!! Your poor girl!! Glad the staples are out but that must have been a horrible experience.
We got snow on Friday and Saturday was super chilly. 28 degrees at trick or treat. BRRRR....We never get any kids, so I stopped buying candy. I did, however, go to the grocery store yesterday morning hoping to pick up a couple of bags 1/2 price. Would you believe there was NOTHING?? So strange!! Guess someone is telling me I don't need the chocolate haha.
Happy Monday!!
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Shoosh, I'm glad to hear that your daughter has a PIR date and is getting ready for the next step! You must be excited for her to be at A school when the contact between us and them is much easier.
You're right, the communication they have between mom and dad is totally different. Women understand women.
How was everybody's Halloween? We had ZERO trick or treaters (not unexpected) and now have 500 pieces of chocolate to consume. Today it's incredibly windy out, seems more like fall.
Not sure I mentioned it, but my sailor took 6 staples to the head last month. Some numb nut left a tool locker open and she apparently closed it with her head. The corpsman was about to start stapling (which he'd never done before) when fortunately a senior medical officer walked in, saw what was happening) and asked the corpsman if he'd ever stapled before. My daughter said she turned into a teaching session on how to staple a scalp. Then they limited her to restricted duty, unable to stand or walk more than 10 minutes at a time. It's over 1/2 hour walk from parking to her ship. The Navy is genius! Fortunately the staples are out and it's all over with now. Oh, and they put the staples in without any local Geeze!
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Good morning and Happy Sunday!! I haven't posted here in a while, but thought I'd update you all.
My SR was sent to ROM 5 days before her PIR along with 11 others due to 2 of them testing positive for COVID. She called her dad last night and he missed the call, but her message did say she finished ROM and starts back up training tomorrow and has been reassigned to Ship 4 Div 006. So that is a PIR of 11/12. I was hoping she'd jump right back in and PIR this week, but maybe this is better. She'll be able to work on her runtime.
Note: her dad said she sounded awful in her message, and then forwarded it to me. Ha - if only he heard the last two calls. She sounds amazing!! And strong!! They save the tough stuff for their mamas, they know we can handle it :)
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I saw this in one of my facebook groups – “if you have Verizon as your phone carrier they have rolled out a program that automatically takes the Unknown and Potential Spam calls and sends them to your voicemail. This has already been placed on your account. You can call Verizon or use the My Verizon app to opt out of this services. If you have the app you can go to Contact Us and choose We’ll Call You and put Other as reason and choose Call Me as soon as possible.”
This is especially important if you have an SR in bootcamp or a sailor deployed. You don’t want to miss any calls!
I don't know about other carriers but I can vouch for this happening with Verizon as I have Verizon.
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Comment by Anna on October 6, 2020 at 4:29pm
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Shoosh,
I'm so glad you got to hear from your girl. It's true that those phone calls can be emotional for them. I'm glad you were able to stay strong for her. It will be different once she gets through bootcamp and communications between the two of you will be so much easier!!!!
LadyBluefire,
That is some picture!!! I can just imagine what could be in those flood waters!!!! Really hoping you get to see your sailor march even if it is a modified PIR!!!!
Oleander,
Congrats to your girl on completing her training and getting out of P'cola!!! I know sometimes my sailor girl wishes she could leave there!!! She went through the shooting in December, moving her offices twice because of that. Then the hurricane caused damage to the house she is renting and the offices they are in now!! The bomb threat didn't affect her directly but it's just another scary moment for that base. And now we have Delta warming up in the gulf to hit the coast!! She admitted to me that she feels like she is suffering some PTSD issues when she hears certain noises. There is still quite a bit of debris piled around from Sally and she's concerned that could become projectiles in heavy winds caused by Delta. Just not a good place to be until it goes past!!!
JayDee,
So happy you got to talk to both your girls on your birthday!!! I hope you had a great celebration and made more special memories!!!!
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LadyBlueFire omg!! What a picture!!!
I'm hoping right along with you to see them on 10/23!!!
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