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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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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 05/24/2013 TG 28 - 11 Divisions (195-204 and 928)
Information
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.
Your current Group "veteran members" are:
diannep
LaLa Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons
ellen0502
♥FireTeamLeaderWife♥ aka FTLW
Betsy, son on Stennis carrier
Craig
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 85
Latest Activity: Apr 25, 2014
WELCOME to PIR 05/24//2013! 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".
Comment Wall
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Comment by CatMom509 on May 21, 2013 at 1:28pm
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Good Morning, Friends~
"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit."
Psalm 34:18
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Comment by Lighthouse3 Div203 PIR5/24/13 on May 21, 2013 at 11:53am
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I'm with you, xoxo_Mariana! At the same time, I am so thankful to God that we got our son's letter today and he passed his PFA and final exam. Psalm 119:116 is on the mark, Smokeater!
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Comment by xoxo_mariana on May 21, 2013 at 10:37am
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Smokeater, tell me about it! My "I'm a sailor" call isn't till tomorrow! Talk about keeping me in suspense till the last minute!!!!
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Comment by smokeater on May 21, 2013 at 10:13am
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Thank goodness our I'm A Sailor calls are today. Not sure how much longer I can hang on. That being said:
PSALM 119:116
Sustain me according to your promises, and I will live, do not let my hopes be dashed. Amen
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Comment by Jsmom on May 21, 2013 at 9:38am
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I don't know about y'all, but I'm so excited and nervous today. I have faith that all the SR's passed battle stations and are now officially sailors, but it's just the waiting, knowing they will get to call today.
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Comment by diannep on May 21, 2013 at 9:28am
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I'm a Sailor calls this afternoon from 201/202//928!
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Amen.....my heart breaks for all out there....especially for the families of the "missing" who still have hope that their loved ones are alive. Prayers that the search and rescue crews have the Lord's strength and guidance to get them through to anyone who could still be alive. God bless those people who work on those crews who put their own lives at risk to find others....and their dogs too! Such a blessing.
Good Morning All!
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LaLaRibbon Queen your right, we need to say our prayers for all the victims of the tornados and their recruits who are worried about them. Let us pray for clear skies today. Amen.
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Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on May 21, 2013 at 8:39am
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Good Morning everyone, I hope today is less stormy for everyone in the path of the tornadoes. My eyes filled with tears this morning watching the news about the school with the missing children. If you live anywhere near those areas keep your phone close by. Recruits are often allowed to make calls home to check on families in the path of devastation like this. We can't be sure they will call but keep your phone close by and maybe even put a message on it saying if this is "John" we are all fine and going to be very mad we missed your call please leave a message and let us know you are good as well and please try to call again or call "grandma/dad/aunt" etc. Or you could leave a different number for them to call and repeat it at the end because they won't have any way to write the number down. I hope you all and your families are okay. Everyone is in my thoughts and prayers. {{{{{HUGS}}}}}
Wow, time after bootcamp sure does fly. My son-in-law's PTS was approved so at least another 5 years in the Navy :)
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My son is a nuke. Still has to go through BS.
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