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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:
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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.
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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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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 January 24, 2012 at 2:11pm
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Congrats, TNM!!! and to your Doc as well!!
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okay, I don't admit this often, malamama, but I have been known to lie for my children, draw your own conclusions.
story....when my son was deployed on the USS Bataan with his Marines on a MEU (Marine Expedition Unit) Mediterrean cruise...he asked for some of "those" kind of magazines. And being the customer service oriented person I am...off I went....to one of "those" shops down on Congress here in Austin...in I walk...and I'm wandering around, and the clerk finally comes over...and asks if he can help me..and I just tell him I'm the mom of a sailor stuck on a ship and they want magazines...he guides me to one area, and picks out a few, then suggests that I might want to check what was in the "back" room...NO!.....so I bought them, went home, made up the package, and went to the post office, where the woman behind the counter actually quizzed me about what kind of books and mags were in the package...because "they won't let them have those bad magazines', I told her to just mail the package. A man came up to me who had been listening and he said "you mail that kid any damn thing he wants...you did good, mom". So...when my son called, and I told him, he started laughing, and then said next time to invite that woman to put on an uniform and spend months away from home (but not so politely). Then he sent me a photo of "mail day" when 40,000 lbs of mail and packages arrived with the comment..."who is going to have time to search my packages?"
They want food, send them food!!! also a reminder to those whose kids will be there in the heat, send those lotions and creams now, so they won't melt, be sure to put everything in baggies, and send extra zip lock baggies, all sizes, for all things, including laptops, etc.
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Comment by DJones on January 24, 2012 at 8:33am
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I look forward to the day my son is back and safe. I am so excited for you Julie. How nice it will be for you to be able to hug him.
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Comment by Much Trouble on January 24, 2012 at 8:11am
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Thank you, Inga! LOL I LOVE your "who knows?". When my son was over there, TDM posted a link to a video of a project I KNEW my son was working on. I searched that video with a fine tooth comb looking for him, but finally had to admit this mother couldn't find her own child. Sad to say, but the uniforms, (especially if they are in battle gear), helmets, and sunglasses that are usually worn tend to make them all look alike. Heavens...there were times when I couldn't even decide if a person was male or female! It was so nice when other Moms admitted they had the same problem.
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How wonderful, Julie! I bet you are tearing around getting everything "perfect" for his homecoming!!! Don't worry too much...he will be like a kid in a candy store just seeing green grass, trees, and everything else that says "home".
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Julie!!! what exciting news!! real phone..real hugs!!! good for you all!!
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Building in Afghnistan...women Bees!! great story about a rather different grou pof Seabees!
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Ladies, please let me remind you about revealing current locations or any current information about the location of any military units in Afghanistan. OPSEC regs enforced here, thanks. It's for your safety as well as theirs, do not open yourself up to some con man contacting you concerning your child with information he got off of a public internet site.
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So horrific to read of those Marines, and of all of those loss, just looking at those young ages kills my soul, so much potential lost. Prayers every day for all of you...
Inga, MT's right....now is the time to look for the little victories, the fact that you know she's traveling, as well as those days you get the calls, because you know they are safe that day...and we have the hope that since she's going in as a ranking corpsman in that particular unit, she'll be in one of those combat hospitals, well guarded and protected by our troops so our wounded gets the best care. She is well trained, Inga, she trained others well...and now she's doing the job, I bet she is so excited! It's hard leaving us nervous moms, but we all know they love the job, serving with their peers and they are living their lives to the fullest. Is your heart about to burst with pride? welcome to our world!
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Hang on, Inga! It is a bad moment when a Mom realizes her kid is out of reach, but your daughter is still not in harm's way. Savor the time she is in transit...It becomes harder to be cheerful when you watch the news from over there and you find yourself scanning the faces, looking for the one you love. (Yes! You can get through that, also...but it isn't easy.) The door is always open in this group and you are welcome to come here often to share whatever mood-swing you are experiencing. LOL Sometimes you will find the moods swinging in another direction as you sit here and type.
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