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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
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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."
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ALUMNI OF PIR 04/11/2014 TG 22 - 9 Divisions (135-142, and 922)
Information
This group is for those who have loved ones that graduated from boot camp on April 11, 2014. A place to keep in touch with each other as the sailors continue their Navy journey.
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 87
Latest Activity: Mar 28, 2018
WELCOME to PIR 04/11/2014! 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
Basket Raffle at Sarges Meet and Greet for PIR 04/11
Started by StacyLHR (14/136). Last reply by ARD0605 Apr 16, 2014. 64 Replies 4 Likes
Ship 14 (USS Arizona) Divisions 135 and 136 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by StacyLHR (14/136) Apr 15, 2014. 134 Replies 3 Likes
Ship 02 (USS Reuben James) Division 922
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by boconavymom Apr 13, 2014. 10 Replies 0 Likes
Ship 09 (USS John F Kennedy) Divisions 139 and 140 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by Do's support(S09Div139) Apr 11, 2014. 131 Replies 5 Likes
Ship 11 (USS Kearsarge) Divisons 141 and 142 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by shannon Apr 6, 2014. 57 Replies 1 Like
Ship 03 (USS Hopper) Divisions137 and 138 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by DonnaG Apr 5, 2014. 26 Replies 4 Likes
PERTINENT PIR TIPS!
Started by CatMom509. Last reply by CatMom509 Apr 2, 2014. 12 Replies 4 Likes
^^^^BATTLESTATIONS: THEIR FINAL TEST ! ^^^^
Started by diannep. Last reply by ellen0502 Apr 2, 2014. 12 Replies 2 Likes
Ship 02 USS Reuben James Div 922
Started by Proud mom of Victor. Last reply by ellen0502 Apr 2, 2014. 1 Reply 0 Likes
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Comment by Terrib on February 23, 2014 at 5:05pm
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I don't know about the rest of you, but I enjoy seeing the countdown clock at the top of this page! I've marked my calendar too... excited for PIR, and seeing my son! Making plans!! SHIP 14 DIV 135.
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Comment by CatMom509 on February 23, 2014 at 4:07pm
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Good Day, Friends~~
"Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens,
Your faithfulness to the skies."
Psalm 36:5
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Comment by StacyRenee on February 23, 2014 at 4:00pm
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I have a question. I have a 13 year old that may come to graduation with us, but not going to the ceremony with us. Does anyone know if there Is something that is kid friendly they offer for kids while we are at the graduation?
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Comment by Kimba on February 23, 2014 at 3:49pm
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Just booked rooms at the SpringHill Suites. Got a heads up from another Navy Mom whose son graduated in 2012. They have a living room so we can all hang out with a couch, fridge, desk etc. Her son loved this and I'm sure mine will too. They have a Navy Graduation Rate $99/ night. It is about a 10 min drive to the base. Thought I would share this with you all
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Comment by diannep on February 23, 2014 at 2:56pm
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For those reserving rooms at other local hotels, be sure to call the hotel directly and ask for the Navy Grad rate which will save you some money. The hotels that have received good reviews on here include:
Springhill Suites, Courtyard Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Residence Inn....all close together (about 4-5 miles from RTC), with shuttle service available to PIR (through either Sarge's service or book at the hotel for the local service...same price). They are also very close to Sarge's MeetandGreet, held for you all the night before PIR.
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alwsmft: Because of what ellen shared below, we always recommend staying at Navy Lodge, especially if your sailor will be flying out for A School since that probably will happen the day after PIR. Plus, the sailors have been on a base for a L O N G time....so they are ready to see the civilian world for awhile. Navy Lodge is a great option for all since the price is right, it is close, the staff is friendly, and you have all you need there! You are also given a NEX pass to shop with w/out your sailor having to be present in a smaller NEX nearby.
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Comment by ellen0502 on February 23, 2014 at 2:21pm
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alwsmft, The Navy Gateway Inn and Suites is on the TSC base and you can stay there PIR weekend. If someone in your party does not have a military/Dod ID, you have to go through a background check and get "approved" in order to stay on base. and even then you are limited to where you can go on the base without your sailor. Your SR is the one who "sponsors" you to stay on base.
Your sailor will also have to apply for a special permission chit after PIR, to visit at the hotel (or even enter the hotel), it can be given, denied and taken away. There is no shuttle to PIR, and you cannot walk to PIR, as they are separate bases.
The Navy Lodge is about a mile from base, and is located in family housing. You can stay there, and your sailor can visit without any special permission. The reservation needs to be in you SR/sailors name, and when you call you need to let them know you are coming for graduation.
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Comment by StacyLHR (14/136) on February 23, 2014 at 2:07pm
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vrybsymom, barffy222, and mitchsmom: loved hearing that all your SRs were poditive and that 14/136 was a good group. :)
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Comment by alwsmft (Ship 14 Div 136) on February 23, 2014 at 1:15pm
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Is staying on base an option for the PIR or do we have to stay in a local hotel? Anyone know? If so, how do we go about reserving it? Thanks!
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Haven, t got real call yet. I see others in 14/136 have... If they only get one call, he may have called his Dad instead. I did get to o speak to him briefly Friday because they were working on his security clearances (for CTR) and needed family full names. It was a short call, but he sounded really good and said it was. :)
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