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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.
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."
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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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Oh daughters bf- Your posts to me drip with anger and sarcasm, and I don't deserve that.
I won't waste any more of my time on you.
I think everyone needs to calm down! We are on this website for the encouragement of each other & our sailors. How can you take offense to someone pointing out that we could endanger our sailors with something we post? No one doubts the innocence with which the post was made. We all need to remember why we are here. It is Veterans Day after all. My son marched in his first Veterans Day parade held in Virginia Beach. He was elated! That is why we are here!
Kaleigh, I'm glad to hear it.
daughters bf- I am not the only one on here who took your wootang clan comment as an insult. I googled it and could only find a rap group with very derogatory lyrics. If it is a compliment to be called wootang clan, by all means educate us.
Since you keep mentioning our 1st amendment right to freedom of speech, I'd like to remind you that the 9th amendment of the Constitution of the United States clearly says that our rights may not infringe upon the rights of others. That includes deliberate slandering of another person. That's how celebrities are able to sue the press for publishing things they know to be untrue.
As you can see, I honor our entire Constitution by using the freedoms it gives me while keeping the limits it requires in mind.
As for you giving words of encouragement: I've looked up your comments for the past week and see a woman who has a nasty temper and is more discouraging than encouraging. You apologized for your "snotty comments" (your words) a few days ago and you should do it again.
daughters bf- "wootangclan"? Your verbal attacks are highly inappropriate for a group that is all about supporting eachother. We are not free to post whatever we want on this site and that includes tearing down other members.I hope you're banned from posting any further comments.
Div 098...I don't appreciate being called the wootangclan. You don't know me or anything about me. If you read my post it was directed at Marine Navy Mom giving her a compliment. Not starting anything or stirring a pot. Yes, you do have freedom of speech but there is a thing called being polite and respectful and that's what I like to think that most Navy Mom's are. I have been a part of N4M for a long time and have never seen this type of treatment before. I have only experienced tremendous support for one another.
Navy25- Your plaque is beautiful and right on the message! Thank you for posting it!
I hope you don't mind that I also copied it to put on my fb page. :)
daughters bf- What you said to me and 2 other Navy moms was not nice.
I don't know what your 5 second rule is, but my rule is: If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. Feel free to use it.
I guess I was in the back of the van. I didn't know the issue was dropped. Just saw today's comments.
Ship 12 Div 098 daughtersbf...I was not trying to "stir the pot" I was simply making a statement that I thought Marine-Navy Mom had stated things well. I was not taking specific sides although we all do want to keep everyone safe. Seems to me that you calling out specific Mom's is the one trying to stir up the pot. We are all here to support our Sailors and each other...no need to call folks out by name and make accusations when you don't know someone.
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