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Choose your Username. For the privacy and safety of you and/or your sailor, NO LAST NAMES ARE ALLOWED, even if your last name differs from that of your sailor (please make sure your URL address does not include your last name either). Also, please do not include your email address in your user name. Go to "Settings" above to set your Username. While there, complete your Profile so you can post and share photos and videos of your Sailor and share stories with other moms!
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.
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:
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 1/18/2013.
A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.
Your current Group "veteran members" are:
diannep
LaLa Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons
ellen0502
♥FireTeamLeaderWife♥ aka FTLW
Betsy, son on Stennis carrier
Craig
Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 94
Latest Activity: Jul 2, 2014
~OPSEC OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmost importance.
~N4M’s also has Community Guidelines just like any other social media.
~Please take the time to read the OPSEC and N4M’s Community Guidelines.
~A quick note here, from the N4M’s CG’s:
• Don’t Jeopardize the Safety of Our Sailors: Remember OPSEC (Operational Security) (Don’t Sink Ships With Loose Lips) This site and all content posted on it are viewable to everyone on the Internet. This doesn’t mean you can’t share things about your Sailor – but too many details can put Sailors in harm’s way. The following are examples of red flags and should not be shared within this community either by posting or sending via a Group message:
• Sailors’ last names. This includes your username if you share the same last name as your son or daughter.
Some Suggestions:
~If your last name is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended for you to use in your username for your own personal security. This is your option. It is also not a good idea to use an email address as your username for personal security reasons.
~First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember, everyone can see it and someone can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture to not include your Recruit at least for the duration of BC. Again, your option
~It is also a good idea to make your settings for your Profile Page "viewable only to your friends".
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Got my call!!! My daughter is in Div. 062. She is officially now a United States Navy Sailor!
Thank you so much to all that have provided information and encouraging words. I really appreciate all of it.
62 is supposedly calling now
The week before my sons PIR there were six that were removed from his division and brother division and sent to FIT for failing the final run and floating portion. They had all called home and said they would probably not be graduating. This was upsetting to all involved, not only those leaving but those watching them leave.
The Monday before PIR and the day of BS those in the ship heard the RDCs yelling "Hustle up. You got two hours to get your stuff stowed." Those in the ship had no idea what was going on, and then in walked all six of them, they had all passed their final tests (a couple of them just that morning) and were there to participate in BS that night. There was quite the celebration when they walked in. Not one of them was able to call and say they had passed before they did BS that night. Needless so say there were some very surprised people on the other end of the phone the next day when the I am a sailor calls came in.
Everything is being done for them right now that can possibly be done to make sure they pass their final tests. The RDCs really do care that all make it through this, and will give them all the help they need every opportunity available to pass.
Saying a prayer for all of you. "No news is good news" and finger crossed too..
zaksmom: Not sure what time they would do the PFA, or even what day. I know the NO NEWS is killing you! But try to go on that as "good news" at this point! Wings on his feet!
I'm a Sailor calls could start in the next hour or so. Phones handy! We think that possibly 061-064 went through last night? Time will tell!
Deserrai praying for your SR (and you).
So sorry, deserrai: There were BattleStations last night, so hoping she will call you this afternoon. Sometimes the people who answer the PAO phones are helpful, sometimes not. Did he even look up her status, or did he tell you right away that he couldn't do it? Hoping that you get some info soon!
Well, I got someone on the phone. He said he can't divulge her status and to standby. Not much help, but pretty much what I was doing anyway.
I'm not canceling anything until Thursday morning because that is when my flight is. I'm holding out hope that she will pass. I'm fairly confident she did not pass yesterday because when she called Friday she specifically said she would call Monday if she passed. I tried to call that number and got a mailbox is full message. I will try again later. Thank you for the information.
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