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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

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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 05/18/2012 TG 27 — 8 Divisions (151–156, 813 & 927)

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For those graduating on 05/18/2012. Let's all connect here and share!

Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 85
Latest Activity: May 15, 2016

Welcome to PIR 05/18/2012

OPSEC, OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmost importance. Please take the timeto read the OPSEC and Community Guidelines. A quick note here: Last Names of Recruits/Sailors are not allowed on this site. If it is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended. First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember someone can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture.

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Comment by diannep on May 20, 2012 at 7:10pm: Yes, Momship. As FTLW said...we want to make sure our info is up to date so please post your tips! And stay on here to help the other newbies if you can!

Comment by diannep on May 20, 2012 at 7:09pm: SharpMom: YAH! We welcome you to help us...and any others on here since you are ALL N4Moms veterans now!

Comment by Sharpmom2012 on May 20, 2012 at 6:30pm: PIR was great! I was so happy to see my beautiful Sailor daughter. Wish we had been able to have more time with her but it is great that we will be able to talk to her more frequently now.

Lala, I had a lot of people ask me about the ribbons. I told them about you and your website. I will be back on to help with newbie mom's now that I am a "veteran" mom. Hope everyone made/makes it home safely from PIR. It was great meeting everyone.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on May 20, 2012 at 5:20pm: Momship - Yes please! We try to keep our info as up to date as possible, so whatever tips you have or if things have changed..please post. If you are not sure...go ahead and run it by one of us privately first!
You...and all the rest of the members on this PIR are now " veterans"...We welcome you!

Comment by Momship on May 20, 2012 at 5:12pm: Once again I want to say thank you to all the veteran moms who help all us newbies. I am still in awe with PIR. I have 5 little tips that I would like to pass on to those who have yet to arrive at great lakes. Just making sure that it is ok for me to post on the upcoming pir groups.

Comment by JanRN on May 20, 2012 at 8:24am: Oh ladies we got the tshirt fold demo too-lol!

Comment by JanRN on May 20, 2012 at 8:23am: PIR was awesome! A wonderful experience for everyone! The bands were great. The only disappointment is we only got to see him Friday until 7pm(he had to be back in ship by 7:30pm and we could go to the airport saturday(got there at 3am and said goodbye at 6am as his flight left at 630.I personally think the Navy should allow liberty for ALL SAILORS until Sunday-it was just not enough time!!!

Comment by Queenann ship 04/Div 152 on May 20, 2012 at 2:53am: It was great. An excellent ceremony and a proud mom. Thanks ladies for all the support. I met some other moms whom I told about this website, they wished they knew about it before. Lala: many thumbs up for the ribbons, I directed them to you. We wore them proudly.

Comment by Momship on May 19, 2012 at 6:25pm: Wow, not home yet, wonderful experience. Thank you veteran moms<3

Comment by flgirltwo on May 18, 2012 at 9:44pm: What a fantastic day! And I only cried twice! Once when they marched in and I got to see my "baby" right in front of me! And then for some strange reason while they were singing anchors aweigh! haha! Maybe just leftover ones! We had a quiet day and yes! Watching him fold his t-shirt, uniform - demonstrated how he folds his pillow, etc. Talked for hours! Nice early dinner and more relaxing! AND his flight doesn't leave until 1:15 tomorrow afternoon, so we get to spend time at the airport with him! SOO Happy!