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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.

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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

...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 04/24/2015 TG 24 - 9 Divisions (153-160, and 924)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 04/24/2015. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.

Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 62
Latest Activity: Aug 6, 2015

WELCOME to PIR 04/24/2015!ROUP.

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N4M's Community GuidelinesandOPSEC.

~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 CatMom509 on March 20, 2015 at 11:48am: Happy Friday!

     "It is God who arms me with strength

      and makes my way perfect."

                                          Psalm 18:32

Comment by joefranksmom on March 20, 2015 at 11:27am: catmom509 & diannep: Thank you! I will start calling today.

Comment by diannep on March 20, 2015 at 10:42am: Cricket: You can write to your SR and ask him to put in the substitution. They get to update their guest lists about a week before PIR.

Comment by Cricket on March 20, 2015 at 10:40am: Hi! I have a question for the alumni parents - has anyone had to ask their SR to make a change on the access list for graduation? We received the letter and four people are listed, but one of them will not be able to attend so we wanted to try to make a substitution, but I sure don't want to cause any grief for my son. Is it better to just leave it alone? Thanks!

Comment by diannep on March 20, 2015 at 10:14am: No care pkgs can be sent to the SRs during Bootcamp. In fact, they can get in trouble for these! My son had that experience when someone, to this day we don't know who, was trying to be kind and sent him holiday goodies (Christmas time). He got grilled by his RDCs on who sent it....it was from a vendor and had no name included in it. He had no clue...once they were convinced that he knew nothing about this, they kept the pkg (he saw them eating the goodies later in their office!) and he was ok.

If your SR asks you to mail them something, and they have cleared it with their RDCs, that is ok. Some send mole skin (for their blisters....from boots) --- a few at a time in a letter so as not to make a thick letter (which has to be opened then in front of the RDC and the SRs want no attention like this) and all are allowed to send contact lens and makeup (both should NOT be sent unless/until requested by your SR....they cannot use either of these until picture time and PIR time). The rule of thumb is not to send anything unless your SR requested it because they can get in trouble.

Cards (white envelopes preferred, some RDCs make a big deal about colored envelopes, but not all) and letters are welcome up there! In fact, they LIVE for mail! So send lots of those!

Comment by Noodle's Mom on March 20, 2015 at 9:22am: Someone said we can sent care packages to our sons/daughters, any ideas what to send? Also, I've been lucky enough to receive 8 calls from my daughter since she left 3 weeks ago. Even though some were brief, it was nice to hear her voice.

Comment by diannep on March 20, 2015 at 7:18am: RobinsMom: Keep calling them....you all have some time here. They get cancellations! Meanwhile, people need to book somewhere else, but if Navy Lodge is really where you would like to stay, keep checking back with them (call rather than check online). There is usually no penalty for anyone to cancel a room up to the day of arrival in most cases.

Good Morning!

Comment by CatMom509 on March 20, 2015 at 3:48am: joefranksmom,

I just posted below you on a recommended hotel I stayed at!!

Comment by RobinsMom96 on March 19, 2015 at 11:07pm: No rooms in Navy Lodge. We called last Sunday.

Comment by diannep on March 19, 2015 at 6:46pm: Navy Lodge (book in your SR's name if you do not have military ID!), Springhill Suites, Courtyard, Residence Inn, Holiday Inn Express. Call the last 4 hotels directly and ask for the Navy Grad discount. Navy Lodge has a good rate already.

Navy Lodge is about a mile or so from RTC; the other 4 are about 4-5 miles away, but close to Sarge's MeetandGreet held the night before PIR for you all. All good hotels!
We ask all to check TripAdvisor.com before booking a hotel....to see the reviews! Some other hotels in the area may not be so great!