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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.
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 Much Trouble on May 9, 2011 at 10:29pm
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John is wise to allow "snow days" ...if they are early or on time, wonderful, but most often there is some kind of delay that can make you real frantic. Plus...there is no way to be absolutely sure. When my son got to his actual leave date, the plane broke down and they had to wait an extra 24 hours. Then, they are often flown somewhere else where they can have a long (several days) layover.
As far as OPSEC is concerned, I always had my son's location only as in Afghanistan and I was very vague about the dates. "Time getting shorter", "soon", and "anxiously waiting" were as close as I got to being specific. In fact, I think I waited a day or two before I said he was back. (Okay...Part of that was me being a good girl...but I must admit, the largest part was I was terrified I'd jinx his safety if I said anything ahead of time.)
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Comment by Dan's Dad (John) on May 9, 2011 at 8:18pm
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Thanks TDM. I wasn't sure about the EWP being the same as FMF. And like snow days in the school calendar I built in extra weeks into my count down.
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Comment by TexasDocMom on May 9, 2011 at 7:09pm
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I don't know that FMF and the Expeditionary Warfare Pin are the same thing. FMF is a qualification earned as corpsmen serve greenside with the Marines. FMF:Fleet Marine Force. My son is working right now, but I'll call him later and have him explain it all to me again.Link to Warfare Badges
As far as I can determine, earning FMF means on to the next thing, lots of times it's the basis for new assignments, not necessarily green side either...and pretty critical for promotion and to remain in the military as well. When my son made FMF, there were others that did not, and left the Navy when their enlistment was up.Please understand that the "due dates home" are not exact...they can vary as much as two weeks....and please do not post or refer to them here, especially as the time draws near. Your sailor's unit rep will be in touch with you to tell you when "the" day actually is...and please do not share that information here. I think I had over half a dozen phone calls and the actual date changed 3 times in those phone calls over 10 days. A sandstorm can throw a big monkey wrench in the whole thing...
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Congratulations Patrice, the FMF pin is something every greenside sailor covets. I'm down to 175 days.
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I'm sorry Chief!! I used to mark down the time of day I'd see my son online and then try to be at the computer that whole time. Got a lot of family history done during his deployment...
He is okay, he's obviously in safe and sound some place so breathe...you will hear from him soon. Screw those stupid phones, that's so frustrating!!!
But you know he's thinking of you!! let me know if you need bond money.
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Boys can be great! or like this: Mother's Day by boys
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My corpsman is safe and sound in San Antonio, but working this weekend...so even those of us with sailors close by have long days on holidays. I know as soon as your sailors can get to a phone, they will call. They know what day it is...and they are thinking of each of you just like you are thinking of them. Thank you for your service, moms...
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Comment by vettespace on May 8, 2011 at 7:25pm
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Took my mom out to eat today and we had warm sour cream chocolate fudge cake with vanilla bean ice cream for dessert...I should have gotten a to go dessert for y'all...:-) Happy Mother's Day!
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Hi Carol, sorry to see you here LOL. I had forgotten C was deploying today. Haven't been online much this weekend. Stinker Dan never called, oh well no news is good news, Carolyn is taking it well considering we heard thru his gf he would be able to call sometime this weekend.
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Hey, Carol! welcome...to the group nobody wants to join...but then nobody seems to leave....Is your son a corpsman? don't need to mention with what unit he is deploying, we attempt to obey OPSEC regs here, so there is not a connection made of who is connected to whom by any one looking to do any harm in any way to our kids or our families connected to them.
Someone is usually home, so remember, you are not alone...we cry on any level, laugh, screech and pitch hissy fits in Walmarts...please, join us!
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