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Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!

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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

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 03/20/2015 TG 19 - 9 Divisions (113-118, 807-808 and 919)

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...AND LOVED ONES!!

This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 03/20/2015. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.

Your current Group "veteran members" are:

diannep

♥FireTeamLeaderWife♥ aka FTLW

LaLa Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons

ellen0502

Craig

CatMom509

Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 52
Latest Activity: Nov 3, 2015

WELCOME to PIR 03/20/2015! PLEASE See the PAGES section for Informational Posts about BC and PIR. PAGES is underneath the Members Photos. PLEASE scroll down this page here to find the Comment Box to post a reply to the PIR GROUP.

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N4M's Community GuidelinesandOPSEC.

~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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Comment by diannep on February 17, 2015 at 5:08pm: Sarah's Mom: YES, you can! Be sure to ask your sailor which airport and what time their flights are. Most people get out there in the wee hours of the morning, since that is when the sailors are bussed there to wait for flights. YES, you can give her the laptop. Hopefully it will fit in her Navy-issued backpack. They will have a large seabag, garment bag (uniforms)---both checked luggage, and their backpack to keep up with.

If she has other personal items she would like and no room for them, yes, you can ship them to A School.

Comment by Sarah's Mom on February 17, 2015 at 1:04pm: Hello

Does anyone know if after graduation and there flying out to another state can we meet them at the airport to spend a little more time? also We purchased a laptop she needs for school can we give it to her at the airport...If not do we ship it later? I want to thank everyone for all there help. Not sure how i would handle this with no one to talk to, thank you all Mom's we are all going though the same thing....Talking to our Sailor's even for 3 mins is a great relief. thanks again for any info.Sarah's Mum

Comment by CatMom509 on February 17, 2015 at 11:57am: Good Morning, Friends!

     "Because of the Lord's great love we are

      not consumed, for His compassions never fail."

                                                Lamentations 3:22

Comment by diannep on February 17, 2015 at 10:31am: Good Morning!

Comment by Zoo Mom on February 17, 2015 at 12:26am: MamaKats- No call here from 808. :(

Comment by Another Navy Mom on February 16, 2015 at 9:41pm: Prebuds is on the A-school base which is literally right across the street from bootcamp. The guys will move there right after graduation and can be picked up from that base a few hours later but they have to return each night just as previously stated.

Comment by diannep on February 16, 2015 at 9:21pm: MamaKats. I assume he is staying in GL for A School? If so, then he will have Daytime Liberty with you on Friday (after moving onto that base....Liberty usually starting mid-afternoon), Sat. and Sun. He will need to return to that base by a set time (usually 8 or 9 pm) each night.

Comment by CatMom509 on February 16, 2015 at 3:27pm: Greetings on this President's Day~~

      "Therefore thus says the Lord God:

       'Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation,

        A tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure

        foundation; Whoever believes will not act hastily.' "

                                                            Isaiah 28:16

Comment by diannep on February 16, 2015 at 9:47am: Good Morning!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on February 15, 2015 at 6:37pm: It is also a good idea for marrieds' to consider taking advantage of SGLI for their Spouse.

My Hubby did this for our Family. While nothing can replace the loss of a parent...the cold hard fact is that finances can and will come into play. He knew he would still have to work but some extra compensation would help so that he would be able to take a position that allowed him to be around for our children.