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Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!
Join groups! Browse for groups for your PIR date, your sailor's occupational specialty, "A" school, assigned ship, homeport city, your own city or state, and a myriad of other interests. Jump in and introduce yourself! Start making friends that can last a lifetime.
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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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 mitch7790, SHIP 14, DIV 146 on February 28, 2014 at 3:29pm
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My son is also Ship 14, Div 146. I got "the box" on Tuesday and the form letter yesterday.
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My son is Ship 14 Division 146 =) Got to speak to him briefly yesterday. So nice to hear his voice. I hope you all get a phone call.
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Comment by ellen0502 on February 28, 2014 at 2:44pm
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I am not diannep or Catmom509 :), but Ship 13 is the USS Marvin Shields.
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Comment by lvall3 (Ship 13 Div 143) on February 28, 2014 at 12:17pm
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I can hardly wait to hear his voice! I figured the call will be next weekend by everything I am reading. My son's PIR is 4/18
Diannep to CatMom do you know the name of the Ship that is 13?
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Comment by diannep on February 28, 2014 at 9:27am
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...AS a N4Moms veteran now....(in post below) ...and DOWN this road before....Sorry about that!
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Ivall3: Calls are very random...there is no way to predict when they will come. They can even tell you they have a "scheduled" call and then they won't call...maybe the division wasn't allowed to make them? Maybe they were, but your SR had watch or an appt and missed it? There are so many reasons, so just keep your phone close to you at all times....even in the bathroom and when stepping outside to get the mail, etc! Calls in the past have been missed during these times! Answer ALL CALLS when you have someone at Bootcamp, even those that you suspect are telemarketers! Get rid of them quickly!
Good Morning All !
Not sure if you were mentioning in your comment below that CatMom's PIR is a week ahead of yours, but she has a sailor! She is on here helping at a N4Moms veteran now that her daughter is a sailor. That is why she is able to help so much...because she has been "this road" as have I! :-)
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CatMom509...sorry just read your PIR is a week prior to mine so I will be looking for his call next weekend which is what I thought it would be. like I said I cant wait. just to hear Hi Mom I love you....
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CatMom509...thank you so much for info on identifying the call but why do you think we will get our calls this weekend?
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Lisa...my son as well is Ship 13 Div 143!I cant wait for his first letter, to hear his voice (it will be so hard to hold back the tears til we hang up), see him in uniform and for his hug! Where do you live?
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Comment by Michelle-Reese's Mom (S14, D146) on February 27, 2014 at 10:10pm
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K10mom - yes! I can't wait. Who am I kidding... I can't wait to just get a letter! I really miss his face so I can't think of much that would stop me from going. :)
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