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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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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 CatMom509 on March 1, 2014 at 11:41am
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Good Morning!
"Open my eyes, that I may see
wondrous things from Your law."
Psalm 119:17
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Comment by diannep on March 1, 2014 at 10:23am
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Good Morning!
Ivall: The first few weeks of Bootcamp are tough for your SRs and tough for families too. Being out of contact for the first time, no way to reach them except in an emergency by 3rd party....that is hard in this age of instant connection! But it is good training for when they are in "black out" times of deployment and there is no contact. That first call/letter will seem like Christmas morning to you! Make a list of questions you have, but be sure and let your SR do the talking since they may only have a few minutes before their RDCs tell them to hang up (don't be stunned if their hangups are very abrupt...they know they must get off the phones immediately. Sending a questionnaire to your SR is a great idea....there are samples of these in the "pages" section up above/to the right...or make up your own. They have limited time to write so some really appreciate these!
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Comment by lvall3 (Ship 13 Div 143) on March 1, 2014 at 9:56am
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So I have gotten through another day, on day 11 now. Will PIR ever come? Will that first phone call and letter ever come? It's tough on us, I can only imagine what they are going through.
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Comment by Lisa on February 28, 2014 at 7:53pm
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Ivall3: We live in CT. I come home from work everyday and make a mad dash to the mail box. I can't wait to get a letter from my son! I want details! I want to know what he's doing, if he's happy, has he made friends, etc. etc. I too cant wait for his PIR...i'm hoping the time flies by. Can't wait for his call...I hope if we are not home, he is able to try our cells. My goodness, i would HATE to miss the chance to talk to him. So proud of him but miss him dearly.
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There are lots of Chicago area codes. Also, some who work at RTC may have cell phones that are from other states....and they may let a SR borrow it....so please answer all calls when you have someone at Bootcamp! Don't rely just on that 847 area code popping up, although that is the usual one.
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Comment by mitch7790, SHIP 14, DIV 146 on February 28, 2014 at 6:14pm
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You are so right. Mine called around noon today (we are in NC) and if I hadn't been expecting another call, I don't know if I would have picked up because of the area code. We lived in Chicago for 4 years, and this was not one of the ones I remembered. I will from now on answer everything!
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Ivall3,
My Sailor daughter's PIR was March 8, 2013, year ago--yep it is almost 1 year since she (and I) went through what all you mamas are going through now! So glad I get to work with diannep, ellen0502, Lala, and lemonelephant helping on these groups!!
Well, usually the calls have happened the first weekend after a PIR group is put up by ellen0502, so I like to prepare the moms and families so they don't miss it or don't pick up. Better to be ready than to be surprised or miss it entirely because you don't know what "847" is (or "Pay Phone" or "Government" or anything else).~~ Don't forget to let your family members know too because I forgot to tell my Sailor's sister and she wouldn't pick up, so she had to use another calling card to call her Daddy! (He didn't recognize the area code, either, but he chose to pick up!) We also didn't expect a call so early in the day (it was 8:00 am in Great Lakes).
Calls can come in from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm on the West Coast and 9:00 am to 9:00 pm on the East Coast. Those in the same time zone as Great Lakes will receive calls from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm.
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My son called this afternoon---it was just to get information and very fast, but it was nice to hear his voice. He sounded in good spirits:) He is 22, so probably one of thee "older ones"
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Happy Friday!!
"He has made everything beautiful in its time.
He has also set eternity in the hearts of men;
yet they cannot fathom what God has done
from beginning to end."
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Comment by Sammy on February 28, 2014 at 5:33pm
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My husband is Ship 14 Div 146 - I got his box on Wednesday and his form letter yesterday. No phone call yet but hopefully soon. My husband is one of the older recruits (32) so hopefully he's keeping an eye on all the young ones! ;-)
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