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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)

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ALUMNI OF PIR 05/31/2013 TG 29 - 10 Divisions (205-212, 811 and 929)

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ALUMNI OF PIR 05/31/2013 TG 29 - 10 Divisions (205-212, 811 and 929)

This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 05/31/2013. 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: 70
Latest Activity: May 31, 2016

WELCOME to PIR 05/31/2013! 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.


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~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 MomThatLovesHerSon on May 18, 2013 at 11:38pm

Hi all,

I'm getting so excited about PIR!! 

My son is a nuke and is ship 14 div 211.  Who else is a nuke mom here? 

Did anybody get a call on Mother's Day?  I did not. 

I think that they started Week 5 last Wed. 5/15/13.

Comment by diannep on May 18, 2013 at 10:42pm

For those SRs who don't have money to pay for their pictures, they can order and wait for you to arrive for PIR, and then pay next to the NEX after PIR.  If they pay while in bootcamp, they have the choice of mailing the piks home or holding them there and giving them to you after PIR.

Comment by MomThatLovesHerSon on May 18, 2013 at 10:41pm

Veteran moms:

Since Saturdays and Sundays are not part of the DOT's, what do they do all day on Saturday and after 1:00 on Sundays?

Thanks.

Comment by MomThatLovesHerSon on May 18, 2013 at 10:38pm

Correction:

Several hours ago I posted that I got my 3rd letter this past Thu. on 3/16/13 !!!! 

That should have been 5/16/13 !!!!  Oops!!!!

Thanks CatMom509 for noticing that so I could post this correction!!  I don't know why I typed that!!  ha, ha !!

Clint's mom ship 02 div 929 - Thanks for the information about ordering pictures.  My son has plans to order the pictures.  He was planning on using his check card.  I hope he is able to do that.

diannep and CatMom509 - Thanks for the information about the USO.  I guess we'll just see what it's like when we get there.

Comment by CatMom509 on May 18, 2013 at 9:02pm

The Midway USO was tiny and packed to the gills with Sailors who didn't have families seeing them off.  There wasn't any food in there--no room at all!  Also, that's where the Sailors are allowed to leave their travel paperwork files on the counter and their backpacks stacked outside the office on top of each other.  The Sailors can then go off with their families to get something to eat and visit the many airport shops~~

Comment by Karyn Gabella on May 18, 2013 at 9:00pm
Hi guys, just got a 30 second call from my son. He asked me to send one of his blank checks to him so he can order pictures. He said he wrote it in a letter but his RDC said by the time I get the letter and send the check back it might be too late. Just wanted to let everyone know in case you need to do this. Said he would be able to call after battle stations that is happening in a week.
Comment by CatMom509 on May 18, 2013 at 8:57pm

MomThatLovesHerSon,

5 hours ago, you posted that you "haven't been on N4Ms lately, I got my 3rd letter from my son this past Thu. 3/16/13 !!"   lol!!

Comment by diannep on May 18, 2013 at 7:48pm

Great story that occurred at yesterday's PIR:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-navy-couple-surpris...

MomThatLovesHerSon:  They normally allow families to be in there too, but the airport USO's tend to be smaller, so it may depend on how many are there at one time.  Worth a try!

Comment by MomThatLovesHerSon on May 18, 2013 at 7:41pm

Another question:  my son said in his last letter that there is a USO room at the airport where they can go and watch TV and I think there is food in there for them, but he is not sure if other people can go.

Do you veteran moms know if family members can go in this USO room with our SRs?

Thanks CatMom509 for posting the Bible verses!  I appreciate it!

Comment by MomThatLovesHerSon on May 18, 2013 at 6:55pm

Hi,

CatMom509, what do you mean I'm still in March?  I don't understand.

Yes, I am very excited about PIR!!

 

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