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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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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
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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 03/21/2014 TG 19 - 9 Divisions (111-118 and 919)
Information
This group is for those who have loved ones that graduated from boot camp on March 21, 2014. A place to keep in touch with each other as the sailors continue their Navy journey.
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 71
Latest Activity: Sep 10, 2014
WELCOME to PIR 03/21/2014! 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.
~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"
Discussion Forum
Ship 13 (USS Marvin Shields) Division 111 and 112 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by Praying for Hunter Mar 23, 2014. 83 Replies 10 Likes
Ship 09 (USS John F Kennedy) Divisions 117 and 118 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by wickwook Mar 19, 2014. 30 Replies 7 Likes
PERTINENT PIR TIPS!
Started by CatMom509. Last reply by CatMom509 Mar 17, 2014. 14 Replies 0 Likes
Ship 03 (USS Hopper) Divisions 115 and 116 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by Lovingmysailor(SHIP03 DIV 115) Mar 16, 2014. 9 Replies 6 Likes
^^^^BATTLESTATIONS: THEIR FINAL TEST ! ^^^^
Started by diannep. Last reply by diannep Mar 14, 2014. 7 Replies 0 Likes
My son is also in DIV 112,
Started by cjsmom. Last reply by ellen0502 Mar 8, 2014. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Coming from California
Started by LisaAnn. Last reply by ellen0502 Mar 5, 2014. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Ship 02 (USS Reuben James) Division 919
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by ellen0502 Feb 22, 2014. 37 Replies 1 Like
Ship 09 Div 118
Started by wickwook. Last reply by ellen0502 Feb 18, 2014. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Ship 14 (USS Arizona) Divisions 113 and 114 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by ellen0502 Feb 14, 2014. 4 Replies 2 Likes
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Comment by Jennifer on February 12, 2014 at 4:43pm
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The weather this year has been horrible....Praying it all melts before March.
As far as sending my Valentine in an all white envelope....too late as it is in a red envelope, but I think everyone knows he's married....when we talked on the phone he told me his accent has drawn a lot of attention as my husband was raised in Paris and French is his first language-English is his Fourth (he speaks 5) and was a translator for the Associated Press prior to deciding on a career change so he has gotten LOTS of personal questions from all sides to find out his background and he has a copy of my passport and has been showing that off before bed (which was a pretty creative way for him to have a picture for bootcamp)
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Comment by CatMom509 on February 12, 2014 at 3:28pm
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Lala,
Prayers for you and your family to be safe and for your community to be protected too~~
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Hello Friends!
"In his heart a man plans his course,
but the Lord determines his steps."
Proverbs 16:9
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Comment by diannep on February 12, 2014 at 9:32am
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Stay Warm, Lala! Glad you are prepared and don't have to leave your house!
Good Morning All !
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General BattleStations info to read through:
http://navyformoms.com/group/pir03212014/forum/topics/battlestation...
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Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on February 12, 2014 at 12:40am
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Sorry I have not been here today. It snowed all day yesterday and then it went away, woke up to snow this morning and then it went away. We are expecting 10-14+ inches of snow in the next two days (I am in North Carolina). So I spent the last two days getting ready to be snowed in for a while. I got a lot of work done, went to the post office to ship goodies, rented 3 movies and went to the store and bought milk and bread so we should be good lol. I bet everyone in Atlanta is staying home so they don't have a repeat of last week. this storm is going to be much much worse that the last one. I hope you all are somewhere warm and cozy :)
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Cards are fine, but preferably in plain white envelopes! No stickers/glitter/writing on outside but mailing info. Just to not draw attention to your SR!
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Comment by amareinpace (Ship 14, DIV 114) on February 11, 2014 at 10:43pm
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I sent two Valentine's day cards to my husband, one from me and one from our daughter.
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Teetsmom, if we are not supposed to send them then it's too late for me as I already mailed my husband a card for Valentine's day, if he doesn't get it then I'll buy him another one after bootcamp but if there is a chance he could receive it then I'm taking it because I want him to know I'm thinking of him while he's gone.
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Comment by DocMom94 on February 11, 2014 at 10:20pm
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Hello everyone. I was wondering if any of you were sending valentines cards to your SRs'. I bought a card to send to him and my husband didn't think it would be a good idea. He was a Marine and any time they got cutesy things sent to them in the mail they would get picked on by their instructors. Just wondering what folks in this group thought. Thanks.
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