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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
...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
Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind. In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships." OPSEC is everyone's responsibility.
DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.
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 04/19/2013 TG 23 7 Divisions (151-156, 923)
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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 04/19 /2013. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 62
Latest Activity: Nov 17, 2013
WELCOME to PIR 04/19/2013!
~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 Bangie0172 on March 6, 2013 at 3:17pm
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was anyone else ship 3 div 153 - i've already forgotten! thx, angie b
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Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on March 6, 2013 at 3:03pm
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AndrewB/Mom, could you please edit your post to not include a last name? (I'm assuming that is a last name). If you would like to send the name to the other ladies on here, you may certainly do so in a private message. Unfortunately, under the suggested things that we should not share on here, are the SR's last names. Thanks! You can just delete the post and add it again without the last name. :)
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Comment by boompa on March 6, 2013 at 2:58pm
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Andrew B mom, I hope they know each other too. I also hope the mail gets to them quickly and the storm did not delay it. Looking forward to meeting all the families from div 156. So far I believe I have everyone from ship11 div 156 as a friend. But I am praying for all the PIR SR's on 4/19/2013 and their moms and dads. I believe our dads have a tough time too. So excited for our sons and daughters and proud.
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Comment by kymberlin on March 6, 2013 at 2:53pm
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Sarges sounds great! We fly in Thursday landing at 8am. Funny, I have a list going in my office of the boys names and referencing where y'all are from and A school location best as I can figure out. I can inbox if anyone is of interest. Sorry, I'm a bit OCD lol
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Comment by AndrewB/Mom on March 6, 2013 at 2:21pm
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Good Afternoon,
I think everyone is ordering the ribbon with their last names, div and flag- I know I am going to order it that way and TJC'smom already did-just to let everyone know and ship 11 div 156 group-lets meet at sarge meet and greet thursday night if you can-that will be great!
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Comment by mynavygirl2 on March 6, 2013 at 1:29pm
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thanks for your help everyone. hey, debi, when did your SR have their PIR?
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ok...figured it out. well, at least the weather looks better today in Chicago!!!
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Comment by Debi on March 6, 2013 at 1:18pm
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momofsix...click on lala's name in one of her posts..it'll take you to her page. Then on the right side there will SEND A MESSAGE when you click that it'll say you need to be her friend...click send friend request and tada the website does the rest :)
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I put my SR's name and division number. I did that for 2 reasons...1. my last name is a wee bit long for the ribbon and 2. I will have another set of PIR ribbons to order once my SR's twin heads to BC. I don't want to get them mixed up :)
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thanks Lala. i will send a friend request as soon as i figure out where it is and how to send it!!hahaha..
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