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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:
Choose your Username. For the privacy and safety of you and/or your sailor, NO LAST NAMES ARE ALLOWED, even if your last name differs from that of your sailor (please make sure your URL address does not include your last name either). Also, please do not include your email address in your user name. Go to "Settings" above to set your Username. While there, complete your Profile so you can post and share photos and videos of your Sailor and share stories with other moms!
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.
Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak
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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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.
Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.
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ALUMNI OF PIR 05/31/2013 TG 29 - 10 Divisions (205-212, 811 and 929)
Information
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.
~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 18, 2013 at 1:30am
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For those of you looking for a special gift for your SR-soon-to-be-Sailor, please check out www.pirgifts.com . They have Challenge Coins, which are a military tradition. Craig, who is one of thei administrators on Navy for Moms, designed the ones that are connected to the ships at RTC. The name of your SR's ship is right next to the ship number in the Discussion section. When you click on one of the coins, you will be taken to a page where there is a video about Challenge Coins. This would be a special gift especially connected to their Boot Camp days! Another really sharp coin is the Core Values one in the section where 70 other coins are available--it has cut outs and a diamond cut beveled edge. These coins are no longer given out by the Navy to the Sailors, so it is up to friends and family.
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Comment by Hayden's Mom 12 207 on May 17, 2013 at 11:17pm
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Comment by Jana on May 17, 2013 at 8:48pm
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Welcome NVYDAD and Mamamary
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Comment by chrissmom (ship 13 div 209) on May 17, 2013 at 2:36pm
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Lala... Can u please put your link up for your ribbons. I can not find it??? Hope everyone is having a great Friday. Only two weeks left and I have started to make my list for things not to forget !!! I can't wait!!! Does anyone know when battlestations would be or if we get a phone call after and when??
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Sol,
Click on Diannep's name, this brings you to her page. On the left, click Add as Friend and a little box will open up for you to comment what you need. If it's a Battlestation date, please include your SR's ship & division number. She will respond with a message. Please read that message before you hit Accept or it will go away. You don't have to hit Accept at all if the BS date is all that you need, but be sure you read the info.
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Nvydad,
The parking pass does not have any names on it. If your SR did update the list, he should have either verified it in one of his letters or on a phone call which he "may" be able to make soon if his division has earned another reward flag. Keep your phone handy today~~
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Happy Friday All!!
"The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge,
and the ears of the wise seek it out."
Proverbs 18:15
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Comment by NVYDAD on May 17, 2013 at 12:24pm
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Thank you all for the warm welcome! I do have one concern; there was a change in guest which I have notified my son about; he has not yet confirmed that he has taken care of the name change. Do any of you know if the Pass we are to download next week will have the names of guests on them or is it just a generic parking pass with no names? I'm hoping the pass has names so I can see if he updated the list.
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Comment by annitad04 on May 17, 2013 at 12:20pm
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@NVYDAD - Welcome aboard and in total agreement with Hayden's Mom.
@Hayden's Mom - AMEN! And DITTO!
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NVYDAD..welcome!
It is great to have you on board! I know in my family my husband lets me handle all of the networking and communications..he always asks me, "What are we doing this weekend?"..he knows I am the planner..he just goes with the flow. I finally had to ask him when he was going to write our son and he said, "You already tell him everything, what could I add to that?" But I had to remind him that when our son reads my letters it is my voice he hears..you could write the exact same words, but it would be your voice he hears." Needless to say, he wrote a beautiful letter and mailed it out that night. In general, I think men handle this change in a family much differently than a mom does. No matter what..we are all here to support these wonderful kids who have made the awesome decision to put that uniform on and serve! Oh May 31st just can't get here fast enough..have a great weekend my Navy Family :)
Pages (13)
- N4M’s Community Guidelines and OPSEC
- SHIP/DIVISIONS ~~ What are they and how do they fill them?
- What ARE They Doing in Boot Camp? Synopsis, Videos and a Day-by-Day account (up to Week #6) from a Sailor. PLUS-Boot Camp for Dummies!
- Calls from your SR
- RTC Website and RTC Family Guide links
- Writing Letters ~ Jokes and Fun Stuff to include in your letters/Contact Lenses and Make-Up
- PIR: What to Wear/Bring and Tips; PIR Reference Group/Forum links; GPS for RTC
- Flags and Pennants that your DIV can earn while at BC
- After PIR – Liberty; Sailors Departures from RTC/USO Info
- DIVISION TSHIRTS
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