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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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ALUMNI OF PIR 04/18/2014 TG 23 - 7 Divisions (143-148, and 923)
Information
This group is for those who have loved ones that graduated from boot camp on April 18, 2014. A place to keep in touch with each other as the sailors continue their Navy journey.
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 53
Latest Activity: Feb 18, 2015
WELCOME to PIR 04/18/2014! 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
Division 147-148
Started by Liz. Last reply by ellen0502 Apr 15, 2014. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Division 147-148
Started by Liz. Last reply by ellen0502 Apr 15, 2014. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Ship 03 (USS Hopper) Divisions 147and 148 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by ellen0502 Apr 15, 2014. 28 Replies 0 Likes
Ship 13 (USS Marvin Shields) Division 143 and 144 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by ellen0502 Apr 9, 2014. 5 Replies 0 Likes
PERTINENT PIR TIPS!
Started by CatMom509. Last reply by CatMom509 Apr 7, 2014. 7 Replies 2 Likes
Ship 14 (USS Arizona) Divisions 145 and 146 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by T-mom (ship 14 Div 125) Mar 20, 2014. 18 Replies 1 Like
^^^^^BATTLESTATIONS: THEIR FINAL TEST ! ^^^^^
Started by diannep. Last reply by Leach73 Mar 5, 2014. 7 Replies 1 Like
Comment Wall
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Comment by k10mom (Ship 14, Division 146) on February 27, 2014 at 10:04pm
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Michelle I most definitely will be at graduation, Can't wait. Was just at my sons Marine BC last month. Are you going?
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Comment by Lisa on February 27, 2014 at 9:48pm
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hi Everyone! so excited to have his PIR date and see other moms with kids in Ship 13 Div 143. It just feels good to see others w/ their kids in the same place. I just can't help but wonder what he is doing...can't wait to get a letter, hopefully it will have details! We sent a few already and my friends and coworkers are writing as well I told them to simmer down...we have 7 more weeks to go!
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Comment by Michelle-Reese's Mom (S14, D146) on February 27, 2014 at 9:46pm
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K10mom - my son is also Ship 14, Div 146! Thus has been the longest 9 days! LoL will you be going to graduation?
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Hi everyone! Just got my letter today my daughter is Ship 14 Div 146
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just got my sons form letter today ship 14 div 145...so excited for him..
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Comment by CatMom509 on February 27, 2014 at 6:44pm
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Hey everyone, I want to give you a "heads up" to be prepared to receive calls from your SRs this weekend! The call will show up as "847", "Pay Phone", or "Government" or anything else that may be unfamiliar. If it is a sales call, just politely tell them "No, thank you."
During this time in Boot Camp, please keep your cell phones charged, ready, and with you all the time---upstairs, downstairs, out in the backyard, in the bathroom, out to get the mail, of course, out on errands. If you are going to a loud restaurant or a movie theater, remember to put it on "vibrate" and put in your pocket or some place you can feel it. They will call during the week for security information (no chit chat), but the weekends are the "update calls."
Some who don't receive calls may be because their SR was on watch. If you know you are going to be in an area with no reception, you can record a message to your SR encouraging them~~
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Greetings Everyone!
"There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven."
Ecclesiastes 3:1
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Comment by lvall3 (Ship 13 Div 143) on February 27, 2014 at 6:11pm
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Anita, sorry for the delay. Yes I understand the box and then a couple of days later the from letter wow emotional! I can't wait for his first phone call, my cell I slid to my side 24/7! This is my baby also..oh Ship 13 Div 143
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Comment by Leach73 on February 27, 2014 at 4:46pm
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Shariabe - my daughter is in Ship 14 Div 145 too. From one mom to another, Congratulations and yes this is tougher than I thought but thank goodness for N4Ms and all the support and encouragement we find here. I'd be lost without it! God bless our SRs!!
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Comment by Anita(Zach's mom) on February 27, 2014 at 4:30pm
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Sorry Ivall3 if you were talking to me! I am holding up ok. Thought I was doing really good until Tuesday when we got his box. I was unpacking it and found his Boston Red Sox hat that he was never without and I lost it!! What division/ship is your child in?
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