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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
...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 ellen0502 on March 25, 2013 at 2:08pm
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Tinkerbell, Your SR may have them sent home (not very often), but most will have them at PIR. I don't think they even get them until the week before, or the week of PIR.
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Comment by melindy on March 25, 2013 at 2:07pm
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@ Tinkerbell. We pick them up at PIR from what I've read
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Comment by monica_newnavymom (ship03div154) on March 25, 2013 at 1:59pm
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Missing my SR today :( Praying these next few weeks will not be too painful and that PIR gets here quick for all SRs.
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Comment by Tinkerbell on March 25, 2013 at 1:25pm
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Question for you veteran parents. When the SR's get their pics taken do they get sent home or do we have to wait till PIR to see them?
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Comment by diannep on March 25, 2013 at 1:17pm
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Too funny, Debi.... :-)
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Comment by Ty's mom on March 25, 2013 at 1:17pm
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Debi that is very funny!!!!
Good morning everyone!!
Only 24 days left!!! I cannot wait!
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Comment by Debi on March 25, 2013 at 1:03pm
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When it comes to the uniforms I'm going to get the biggest chuckle..my current SR is none to happy that they will be in dress blues for PIR because he thinks the white ones are the best..his twin who leaves in June for BC is none to happy that he'll have to wear dress whites for PIR because HE likes the blue ones better..I finally get to see them both in the NWU's and they can't scold me for dressing them alike..I can just tell them to blame the Navy! LOL
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Comment by D'sMomMary on March 25, 2013 at 10:35am
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when I saw my son in his "sailor suit" I just thought, oh how cute they are! (we often dressed him in sailor suits when he was too small to argue with us, my husband was a sailing instructor) But when I saw him next morning at Midway, in his peanut butters, yep, I lost it. SO hoping my future-DIL's mom can get time away from work to go see her graduate!
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Comment by Martie on March 25, 2013 at 10:10am
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Can't wait to see my daughter in her uniform!
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@Martie, how sweet and it brought tears to my eyes too! 24 days! so excited. A little down as we didn't hear from our SR's. I am sure they are all well and just busy trying to reach their goal April 19th!
Have a wonderful day!
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