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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
...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 04/12/2013 TG 22 10 Divisions (143-150, 809, 922)
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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 04/12 /2013. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 85
Latest Activity: Feb 11, 2014
WELCOME to PIR 04/12/2013!
~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 March 21, 2013 at 5:38pm
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No, Abucking. No last names are allowed on this site. I know they have them on FB, but that creates problems sometimes! Here is the info about what is and isn't allowed on this site:
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir04122013/page/n4m-s-community-g...
If you are looking for others in your division, you can put the initial of the last name and the city/state they are from and hopefully a family member is on here and will contact you.
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Comment by Abucking on March 21, 2013 at 5:11pm
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Got a great letter today! Looking for some Navy Moms from 143. Is it okay to list SR's last names here?
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Comment by ellen0502 on March 21, 2013 at 2:34pm
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The good rule of thumb is don't expect a phone call, but look forward to one at any time. Consider yourself blessed if you get more than the "I am here call", the "I am still alive" call (about halfway through), and the "I am a sailor" call.
It is true, the closer to PIR the more the "No news is good news" rule of thumb applies. Training becomes a little more intense, more to do, final tests are given etc.
Keep your phoned handy your phone may ring, but if it doesn't, it is a good thing. It means your SR is moving along just fine, they are passing their test, passing their inspections, and doing exactly what they are supposed to do.
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Comment by KansasNavyMom on March 21, 2013 at 2:15pm
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Hi Melanie! So glad you got a letter! Thanks Navymom315 for the news. And I like the idea of "no news is good news". I can get my head around that! Hope everybody has a good day!
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Comment by Navy89 on March 21, 2013 at 11:15am
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Hi NavyMom315! He said they are working very hard! Qualifying at the gun range sometime this week. Doing well on their inspections. He is very pleased about how their division is coming together. All are looking forward to PIR.
Happy 21st birthday to Tracy's son!
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Comment by Melanie on March 21, 2013 at 10:50am
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Letter Day!! He too said they have been working hard for inpections! This is hell week, so they don't have much time for anything else, but it sounds like things are going well! Yeah!!
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Comment by Navy2011Mom on March 21, 2013 at 10:46am
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I'll share this -- take it with a grain of salt because it came from my older son and I don't know if he was just trying to make me feel better or what. He finished RTC last March and he said for me not to expect more calls from our SR. He said that from here on out it gets really intense and busy, so I shouldn't wait at home on the weekends hoping my SR will call. He said that my SR knows my cell phone number if he happens to get an additional phone call, but that no phone call is actually a good thing. That it means our SR is doing well with no problems and he's just busy doing what he needs to do to get to PIR. Okay, so that's my thought as to why we aren't receiving phone calls. Again, not sure if that's right, but it actually made me feel better for some reason. Hope it helps some of you as well...
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Comment by NavyMom315 on March 21, 2013 at 10:00am
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Navy89 Hi. My son is in the same division. Have you heard anything that they have been doing? My son is a man of few words. I was just happy he even wrote a letter.
Happy 21st birthday to your son Tracy.
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Comment by Craig on March 21, 2013 at 9:05am
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Man this is great! ~ha....
I will NEVER look at y'all sailors the same in their PT gear... They're Minions !!!
Send this to your sailors, they will get a huge laugh....(for those that don't know, Minions are from the Universal Pictures comedy movie "Despicable Me"...)
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I'm working on it! Thanks
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