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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
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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.
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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 diannep on May 23, 2013 at 11:48pm
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Jsmom: There are no BattleStations on Fri or Sat nights....and they usually don't let them call until they have completed BattleStations. The next scheduled BattleStations is Monday night, then each night through Thurs night of that week.
Sure hoping that you get that wonderful call soon!
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OOOPS, sorry, ellen. I knew they marched to the gate each morning during the weekend (right?) but didn't know they did that on PIR day once they moved over there. MY BAD! Totally understand now! See? I had been telling people all of this time to wait for their sailor's call to pick up on A School base. But how do they judge how long it will take their sailor to complete their move over there? Seems that some family members could be standing at the gate for a couple of hours?
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Comment by smokeater on May 23, 2013 at 11:25pm
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Catmom- again, I have a tendency to be way to open and say what I want but with that I would never want anyone else to be disciplined for my thoughts or deeds, I do thank you and was never upset with you. I would be upset if they were punished because I think like a Mom. I can't help it. ( If you buy something you kinda would like to see him in it. ) it may not mean anything to other ppl but it does to me. But I'm mom.
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Comment by Anna on May 23, 2013 at 11:16pm
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Just came back from sarges meet and greet. It was so nice sarge and his group are all wonderful people I learned a lot of things tonight and even got to meet a couple of people from this n4m group. Tmorrow is PIR! Sooo excited!
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Comment by ellen0502 on May 23, 2013 at 8:56pm
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If your SAILOR is staying in GL for A School.
After they have moved over to the TSC side for school get to the TSC gate early, before they call you to come get them for liberty for the rest of the day.
The new SAILORS march from their ships to the gate, you can hear them coming from a long way away. If you are there early you can hear them all coming and watch them march to the gate. When your SAILOR calls and you hear the next group starting up in the distance, the anticipation as to whether or not your SAILOR is in the group on it's way, is almost as good as waiting for those doors to open at PIR.
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No, I meant tomorrow after PIR and after they move over to the TSC side, just wasn't clear in my post. I'll fix it and post it again. :)
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ellen means: Try to get to the gate SATURDAY morning! Tomorrow morning is PIR! She was just testing me with that comment to see if I'm paying attention because many times, I'm not! This time, I had a nap first...so she couldn't trick me! :-)
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On our from the lodge, be there shortly.
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Comment by CatMom509 on May 23, 2013 at 5:42pm
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Hello Friends!
"For we are God's masterpiece.
He created us anew in Christ Jesus,
so we can do the good things
He planned for us long ago."
Ephesians 2:10
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Everyone, please try to make Sarge's MeetandGreet tonight, even if you didn't RSVP. Lots of info for you there! The MeetandGreet discussion with details is up above in the Discussion Forum.
Enjoy! Please be EARLY to PIR tomorrow. You won't regret it. Take the earliest shuttle you can. Sarge may have a "shortcut" for you all driving there that involves bypassing RTC, turning around, and approaching it from the other direction which should allow you to turn left right into it. Ask him!
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