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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
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
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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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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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Son in Spin Boldak
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Care Packages - lists of items, how to order priority boxes and how to fill out customs forms
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Sailors in Afghanistan with boots on the ground
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Comment by Debby on July 11, 2009 at 4:52pm
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I just tried to set up MotoMail but my Army son's unit isnt listed.. they havent been there long so I wonder if that's why? I'll check again later...
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Comment by CTmomof3 on July 9, 2009 at 7:55am
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Jeannie,
Thanks for that tidbit of info. I took a quick look yesterday and only found FPO listed under Navy. I'll have to check under Army when I get a chance. today
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Comment by TexasDocMom on July 9, 2009 at 12:25am
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Motomail was initially set up for the Marines in Iraq, but rapidly moved to include any deployed US military personnel with an FPO or APO address. Their guidelines read : Family and friends of Marines serving at an operational location in Iraq, are entitled to use the MotoMail service to send letters (MotoMails) to Marines at designated locations in Iraq and Afghanistan. USMC MEU's on board ship may also be eligible to received MotoMails. In some cases US Army units co-located with Marine Units may also be eligible.
What has changed is now I see there is a way for the deployed Marine/sailor/soldier to reply, two -way! that's different from when I first used it. It would have been handy when my son was with the MEU because there was a long line on the ship for phones and computers, so emails were few and far between. Then there was the thing with the idiot sailor who told my son he wasn't "really Navy" because he was a Field Corpsman with the Marines, so he had to wait until every one else had an email address before he got his. I hear his Marines handled that for him and he got an email address just a bit quicker than that! He said the lines were so long for the phones, he felt bad taking a spot because sailors with families needed to call home. And I said...:"what are we?? chopped liver?"...he meant the ones with little kids.
I'll try to remember to ask him next time he calls how long the motomail takes and if it works like it sounds like.
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Comment by JJ on July 9, 2009 at 12:06am
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FYI: This may help answer some confusion with the motomail issue. Both the Navy and the Marines are under the Dept of the Navy. Though our Marines do NOT like to admit it, they really are part of the Navy. The Marines are taught to fight and kick butt. They are usually the first in, with the Army coming in a close second. Our Navy are the ones that guard our seas, under, on and above, hence Navy Air not Air Force. Air craft carriers are Navy with our fighter jets on deck and many times our Marines are aboard. The Navy will "deliver" our Marines if needed.
The Navy is the only branch that the enlisted ranks are different from all the rest. So, if someone says that my daughter/son is a Lieutenant in the Navy (2 stripes on the sleeve along with the double bar on the collor), it is equal to a Captain in the other branches. And if they are a Captain in the Navy (4 stripes along with the eagle on the collor), that is equal to a Colonel in the other branches. If you want more information on the enlisted ranks, please check the Internet under Department of Defense Rank Insignias-Officers Rank. It really answers a lot of questions regarding the standings (ranks) of the Navy compared to the other services.
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The email is sent to a master server, then on to one close to your sailor, then downloaded and printed. If your sailor is "out" then it is taken to him. I'm sure they do not run each individual letter, but make a run every so often, with supplies or whatever. If he's there on base, he should get it pretty quickly. At least that's how I think it works.
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Oh wow really I'm going to try it. They will get the letter within 24 hrs or so even if at an FOB?
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No, my son isn't a Marine, he's a Corpsman. It's being used by alot of military families, if your son has deployed address, it's a go.
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Ok I've never heard of moto mail so I looked it up. It appears it's only for Marines is that true?
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I've used it, used it when my son was deployed with an MEU onboard ship, and used it when he was in Iraq. Didn't really "need" to, but wanted to know it worked and it did...
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