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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:
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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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For parents and loved ones of deployed and deploying military personnel...Aghanistan/Iraq and any and all war zones. Please introduce yourself on the main comment page.
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Latest Activity: Jul 14, 2020
Anderson Hall is in San Antonio, on the campus of Fort Sam Houston...the place where future corpsman will learn their trade.
"Doc" Christopher Anderson served with Marine 1/6.
(He also went to Basic and to FMTB with my son. TDM)
Corpsmen on the job in Afghanistan:
Helpful Links:
It provides access to services and resources at the national, state and local levels to support recovery, rehabilitation and community reintegration.
Absentee Voting Link Get info here on registering to vote and absentee voting.
Navy Individual Augmentee Information "IA"
Ombudsman Registry Find your sailor's unit and contact information
Seabee Info Web site Answers to many questions about deployment, etc even if your sailor is not a Seabee.
Fleet and Family Deployment Navy Facebook
Online Program Helps Military Vote Absentee
Guardian Angels for Soldiers Pets Facebook Page
Dogs on Deployment One-Stop Resource page for military members to turn to for advice and direction to all pet-related needs. They also are looking for fosters for pets whose owners are being deployed.
****Red Cross and Help for the Military, Emergency Notificaton Link to the Red Cross Military Assistance page, on the left is a list of links to important sites, including the phone numbers if you need to notify your deployed loved one of a family emergency. This note: Beginning June 13, 2011, at 8:00 a.m. EDT, all military members and their
families can use one number- 877-272-7337 (U.S. Toll Free) to send an urgent
message to a service member. The change means that all military members and
their families can use this single number to initiate an emergency communication, regardless of where they live.
Coaching Into Care works with family members or friends who become aware of their Veteran’s post-deployment difficulties—and supports their efforts to find help for the Veteran.
This is a national clinical service providing information and help to Veterans and the loved ones who are concerned about them.
Defense Center of Excellence information and help for TBI and PTS for active military, vets and their families.
After Deployment... This web site is VERY useful to service members, family and loved ones after the return of a loved one from deployment.
VAWatchdog.org Very useful links for our vets and their families.
Secondary PTSD Resource Link For families and loved ones of a soldier/sailor/Marine/airman with PTSD.
Facebook Support for OPSEC An online resource for OPSEC regs and questions concerning safety in social media web sites.
Graphic Novel Helps Corpsmen Cope with Combat-related Stress
Links to those sending packages to our deployed sailors/soldiers/marines/airmen:
Molly's Adopt A Sailor Group Join the group, or just read for ideas on what to send to your deployed kid.
Jacob's Program Another group of volunteers sending packages to our deployed folks.
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To all who drop by! WELCOME! please post below so we can get to know you. If you send a message around to 'all members' , we CANNOT respond. So, please introduce yourself below, and remember to not share dates or specfic movements by any military unit on the board! Thank you!! and again WELCOME!!
Discussion Forum
Son in Spin Boldak
Started by rysony. Last reply by rysony Mar 14, 2012. 40 Replies 0 Likes
Care Packages - lists of items, how to order priority boxes and how to fill out customs forms
Started by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom. Last reply by millon4 Oct 2, 2012. 29 Replies 1 Like
Sailors in Afghanistan with boots on the ground
Started by Ruth, Gun's Mom. Last reply by TexasDocMom Sep 18, 2010. 18 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by TexasDocMom on May 22, 2012 at 9:42am
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docs mom! congrats!! such good news! but I doubt if you're used to it, it'll wear on you...please don't forget we're here next year!
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Enough is Enough by Jean Synodinos Listen to my friend Jean, and her line "the day I learned to pray..." Also listen to "Nothing But Love'.....it's what I wish for everyone of you!
We know the celebration of our young heros returning means more are leaving for deployment, at least for right now (end of war Dec 31 2013, THANK YOU!!) so keep an eye on your notifications and touch base with each new mom and/or dad or spouse as they find us.
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Comment by DJones on May 22, 2012 at 7:36am
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Susan, I guess when I married for "Better or Worse", I stood by that statement. As ALL military spouses can agree, you just do what you have to do and get on with it. I've been through so many deployments. My husband use to work out of Lakenheath, England with special forces and was gone all the time. It was hard and most of the time I had no idea where he was or what he was doing. You just cope and stay busy. When it is your own child, it is so different. I always thought my husband is a grown man and can take care of himself. When my son went to Iraq he was only 19yrs old and an HN. I kept thinking he was still just a boy and not much experience. I cried all the time when my son was gone. This was his last deployment EVER. He is enrolling in a local community college and getting out in 7 months. He wanted to stay in, but they won't move him from his unit and says he cannot take any classes because they are always training and in the field. I did age a lot from this deployment. The stress shows. Two years til my hubby retires and we can move on with our 2d phase in life. I will remain on this site until EVERY one of our men and women are home. I also start my CNA course next month. My goal is to work at a VA. It is my way to give back to those who have served. I cannot begin to tell you all the passion I have for our military. What a sacrifice they make along with their families. Hang in there all of you...the end will come and you will be so happy to have your loved one home safe. BTW....when my son deployed to Iraq, I kept having visions in my head of a guardian angel tattoo. I never had one, but felt such a strong urge to have it. So....my husband designed it and I got a Guardian Angel on my back with my son's initials and above it it says, "Corpsman Up." I can't explain it but it gave me peace after I got it. It was a month before he left. I am not a religious person at all.
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Comment by ktssong on May 21, 2012 at 11:30pm
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Dj...I'm with everyone else. Just reading that you are so happy he is home made me cry too. I can't explain it but the ties on here even though we haven't met, just knowing that all the moms here feel what I feel then I feel what you feel when that gratitude for their safety is there. Thank you for sharing your joy. We are happy with you. Let you son know we are happy he is home.
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Comment by Much Trouble on May 21, 2012 at 9:52pm
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DJ....YES!!!!!!! Isn't the relief wonderful? I bet you are smiling a goofy smile, all the while you are crying. I know you would have liked to have been there...but the important thing is he is back here. I agree with MalaMama...Every time I hear of another making it back home, I'm beside myself with joy. On this board, your kids have become one of my kids, and every homecoming is very special.
Susan...Keep hanging in there...I know every day they are gone is a day too long, but before you know it, you will be getting ready for your oldest son to return home.
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Thinking of you, Susan...
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DJ, I'm crying with you! I remember those tears so well, such relief. I knew he was home, I spoke with him on the phone, but at 6 am the next morning, I opened my email to the photo another Navy mom took and there he stood, big grin on his face, eyes alight, and I cried, all day long, such relief. I cannot wait until every single mom and dad, spouses all have that cry....when they are all at home.
Secondry PTS seems to me to be the reaction we have to our loved one's PTS, the changes we make in our lives to attempt to control it, to "help" them, etc...and their burden becomes ours, leaving no one to get help. I think.
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MY boy is home and with his gf. I got to talk to him at the homecoming. He sounds great.. I cried so hard when his gf said he's there. Such a relief. Felt like a heavy weight lifted off of me. Now if we can just get all of them home.
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Ktssong...At the top of this section (under helpful links) there is good information about secondary PTSD. Basically, it states that if your Vet has PTSD...you (or other family members) can "catch" it.
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DJ...I'm so happy for you...Now you can exhale. Please don't abandon us...this group needs Moms like you to reassure the new moms coming in.
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