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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:
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.
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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ALUMNI OF PIR 02/10/2012 TG 12 — 11 Divisions (061–068, 805, 806 & 912)
Information
This site is for families and friends of Sailor Recruits with PIR, February 10, 2012. This is a great way to share information, concerns and to connect as we continue the journey through bootcamp to PIR and beyond.
Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 149
Latest Activity: Mar 27, 2013
WELCOME TO PIR 2/10/2012!
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OPSEC
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COMMUNITY GUIDELINES
Countdowns
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CLICK ME to go to the Recruit Training Command Website
Discussion Forum
Ship 04 Div 806
Started by Mindy4boys (ship 04 Div 806). Last reply by GoatLady (USS Theodore Roosvelt) Mar 13, 2012. 210 Replies 5 Likes
More Feb. 10, 2012 PIR Photos
Started by Maile0829 (Ship 04, Div 806) Feb 17, 2012. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Ship 2 Division 912
Started by lydzma (Ship02 Div912). Last reply by rostrum Feb 16, 2012. 119 Replies 2 Likes
Ship 04 Div 805
Started by drummerboy. Last reply by Navy Ballerina Feb 10, 2012. 129 Replies 2 Likes
Ship 11 Div 062
Started by SharonL. Last reply by Juliefrog68 Feb 9, 2012. 271 Replies 3 Likes
After PIR - Liberty & Friday and Saturday Departures
Started by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW. Last reply by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW Feb 9, 2012. 11 Replies 3 Likes
SHIP 11, DIV 066
Started by suz1. Last reply by LorriBic Feb 9, 2012. 289 Replies 5 Likes
Ship 07 DIV 064
Started by memphis.mom SHIP07 DIV 064. Last reply by Evasshopping Feb 8, 2012. 103 Replies 1 Like
Ship 11 Div 068
Started by foreverandalways3511. Last reply by franomine Feb 7, 2012. 86 Replies 4 Likes
division 11 061
Started by jrbmom19. Last reply by MissNora Feb 7, 2012. 21 Replies 0 Likes
SEAL/SWCC
Started by sjtina. Last reply by Roxiegirl Feb 5, 2012. 95 Replies 2 Likes
We have a Sailor.... Yeah , just got the call....
Started by bluesparkle. Last reply by Katiem Feb 3, 2012. 3 Replies 0 Likes
^^^^BATTLESTATIONS:THEIR FINAL TEST^^^^
Started by diannep. Last reply by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW Feb 2, 2012. 0 Replies 1 Like
my daughter is in this group
Started by nancyp10. Last reply by nancyp10 Jan 30, 2012. 1 Reply 1 Like
Family Guide and FAQ RTC Website
Started by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW. Last reply by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW Jan 28, 2012. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Ship 11 Div 067 Any moms??
Started by Kitty. Last reply by chihuahua 067 Jan 27, 2012. 37 Replies 1 Like
Do you post photos? You should know about GEOTAGGING (OPSEC issue)
Started by zStratMom. Last reply by DarcieR (Ship 11 Div 62) Jan 25, 2012. 6 Replies 0 Likes
Ship 11 Division 065 - Let's meet here!
Started by PopwouldbeProud Ship11 Div65. Last reply by PopwouldbeProud Ship11 Div65 Jan 25, 2012. 35 Replies 3 Likes
The Divison Group Colors - Complete list - We make a nice rainbow.
Started by DarcieR (Ship 11 Div 62). Last reply by DarcieR (Ship 11 Div 62) Jan 23, 2012. 26 Replies 4 Likes
Comment Wall
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Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on December 21, 2011 at 2:16pm
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Welcome Who, I haven't seen you on here in a while. Good to see you are still around :-)
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Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on December 21, 2011 at 2:12pm
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Welcome Who!
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Comment by PopwouldbeProud Ship11 Div65 on December 21, 2011 at 12:14pm
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Good morning everyone! If you get your form letter and find that your son is Ship 11 Div 065, please join our group. It will be fun to meet at PIR!
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Comment by Who on December 21, 2011 at 11:58am
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Good Morning All,
I would love to help with any questions you may have while your son/daughter are in boot camp. I have been in the navy almost 3 years and know that the worst part is not knowing. Hang in there.
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Comment by ShowMeSailor on December 21, 2011 at 11:14am
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Is anyone else in this PIR group going to be MC?
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Comment by diannep on December 21, 2011 at 9:56am
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Good morning, all. Off to Juno Beach (90 miles north) with sailor son and nephew for the day to enjoy beach time and a getaway----so off the site until tonight. Have a great day!
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Comment by Oceans3 on December 21, 2011 at 9:53am
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Good morning all! The 'let it snow" google thing is cool, I will share that with my students today. Hope everyone has a good day!
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Go to google and do a search for Let it Snow.... It is so cool :-)
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Yes...I am still lurking...hubby working late so I am up...I forgot to post this and it will be posted directly on the main pages here periodically for the first few weeks as new members join the group...sorry for the delay...y'all are doing great though!
Community Guidelines for N4M's and OPSEC
Safety for your SR (future Sailor) and you!
Sailors LAST names are NOT allowed anywhere on this site. If your last name is different from your sailors it is still not recommended.
FIRST names ARE allowed but I, and some of the other “veteran” moms, will most often advise you not to use them. This is a public forum and anyone can read the posts-they do not have to be a member (if the group is set to private, the public cannot read but all N4M members can-so all you have to do is join) While they use their last names in BC (in fact they don't usually, if ever, find out each other’s first names until the end of BC), the RDC's know who they are and can then, with the right amount of info, link them up to you. So, let’s say you use your last name in your N4M name, post a picture of your SR...easy to match up...and so on.
Why does that matter? Your SR's are trying to get through BC with as little undue attention as possible. "Fly under the radar", so to speak. There have been reports from moms of their recruits being matched up with them. Some are just identified…some get IT (Intensive Training), I am guessing this depends on WHAT is posted…I know of one mom who said that her son had to do 5 push-ups just for every time she posted!
The MOST important reason for being discreet is OPSEC-Operational Security. This is a way of life for us now. It will be for your Sailors career and for some of them, even more so, depending on their individual security clearance. Some moms have mentioned that even today after years they do not know EXACTLY what their sailor does.
SPECOPS...definitely need to be VERY careful.
Here is a link to the "Community Guidelines" for N4M:
http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/navy-for-moms-n4m-community
Here is the link for "OPSEC is everyone’s responsibility" specifically:
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=3342
Here is a link to the video on OPSEC on this site:
http://www.navyformoms.com/video/opsec-internet-safety
Please take the time to review this information.
Thank You.
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In the beginning, they can only write on Sunday which goes out on Monday. But later, they can write more often and mail out more often. Just depends. My son's letters always arrived on Thursdays. So don't know if he only wrote Sundays or if he decided not to write other days if allowed to. I was just thankful to get those letters as he had told me before bootcamp that he wouldn't be writiing....not his thing!
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