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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

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OPSEC - Navy Operations Security

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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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RTC Graduation

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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Comment by MeredithsMom on April 17, 2010 at 9:12am: Congratulations to you and your son flyboymom! Our daughter wings next week. Exciting times!

Comment by Betty Midwest Mom on April 16, 2010 at 12:07pm: I agree - None of my "real friends" have children doing what my son is doing. I feel there is a definite bond for all of us in this group. Thanks to everyone for just being there...

Comment by lou2949 on April 14, 2010 at 7:19pm: Am praying that all the families and friends of those lost are given strength in the days and weeks ahead....they are all in my prayers.....

Comment by MeredithsMom on April 14, 2010 at 4:41pm: The pilot is retired Navy or Air Force under contract to fly. There is an instructor who is Navy. And 2 NFO student aviators. In IFS the pilots/instructors also are almost all contractors.

The news article I just read identifies them. Not sure I should state the names here. I will copy them if you think it appropriate.

Comment by AH on April 14, 2010 at 12:11pm: My understanding of some of the training squadrons are that the mechanics on the planes are civilian contractors. The Sim instructors are also civilian. I would question that the plane was being flown by civilian contractors but I don't know about NFO's. Possibly one of the Sim Instructors is also a pilot? In any event... very tragic and my thoughts and prayers go out to the students and pilots family and friends and to their squadron mates as well. This affects all of them as well as us.

Comment by Paymaster on April 13, 2010 at 9:01am: Spotty news has always been a grip with me. Speically when my son was on deployment to the middle east. The news would say there was a military crash, but would not say the branch of the service or what type of aircraft went drown. You'd search all the news services for info and get nothing. You didn't want to leave your phone for fear of "THE" call.

Where I work another lady had a son who was a jet pilot and mine was helo pilot. Our co-worker would know when we had hear of a crash and how we would go into our new search mode.

My prayers are with the families. God bless all.

Comment by Helomom on April 12, 2010 at 11:37pm: Crash - http://www.pnj.com/article/20100412/NEWS01/100412013. Everyone needs to hold these families tight in their prayers tonight.

Comment by Paymaster on April 11, 2010 at 8:14pm: Flyboymom.....My husband wore a sports coat to the winging, my daughter and I wore suits.

Comment by lsP3Orion on April 11, 2010 at 7:40pm: Hi Navy Dad - believe me when I say you will see every type of attire at the actual winging ceremony from shorts/flip flops to suits/ties! So I guess, anything goes - but my feeling is that no one seems to dress up anymore for nice occasions. We did dress up, felt that was the most appropriate with the aviators in their dress blues and for the special occasion - our son was winged on 2.26 and husband was in a blue suit/tie; grandfather was in a sport coat/tie and they were all complimentary to my red blazer of course :) The morning is very casual though as you get to get in the sims and tour the base; we changed before the 3:00 ceremony back at the hotel - it's a great day - enjoy it!