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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
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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."
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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 donna93 on May 16, 2013 at 9:56pm
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I also got a letter today. He sounded so good and talked about having a couple more weeks to go and also talking with other SR's about the foods that they all missed. So glad all our SR's doing so good and looking forward to PIR.
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Comment by Jana on May 16, 2013 at 9:31pm
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HaydensMom More good news I knew your son would tell you a little bit more My heart is filled with JOY Continued success to all our SR's
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Comment by Hayden's Mom 12 207 on May 16, 2013 at 8:52pm
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Oh Jana I am so happy for you!
This is such an awesome time for our SR's! My boys letter was SCREAMING with excitement..all personal goals and challenges met..A great week for their division and he said the RDC's were very proud of them..so much so that they got to have music while cleaning their compartments and they took them to the NEX for an hour!! He loves how close 12/207 has become and is looking forward to fire fighting and damage control training. Good things ahead..HooYah!
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Comment by diannep on May 16, 2013 at 5:06pm
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LJK: If her PIR date changed, you would have received a call from her. So plan on the 31st!
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Im over the MOON in Happiness I received a letter today The 2nd one. He is looking forward to PIR and wants to go somewhere nice to eat He is eating more and the uniforms are sweet. He wished me a Happy Mothers day
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Comment by CatMom509 on May 16, 2013 at 4:35pm
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Hello Friends,
"A man of knowledge uses words with restraint,
and a man of understanding is even-tempered."
Proverbs 17:27
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Comment by Noelle Blues Mom on May 16, 2013 at 3:22pm
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14 more days!!!!! HOO YAH!!
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Comment by jaime30024 SHIP 02 DIV 930 on May 16, 2013 at 2:50pm
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Hi Everyone! I am not lost...lol. My SR is in Div 930 and has made several friends with SRs in 929, and enjoyed working with them over the last several weeks. Just wanted to let you know that she has already told me that she will miss your SR's once they PIR but she sure does appreciate their friendship.
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Comment by ellen0502 on May 16, 2013 at 1:36pm
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It is always a good idea to watch what you post both on this site and on FB. The RDCs have also joined FB groups, and FB groups have been "shut down" by the Navy for posting too much information.
This site is public so anyone can read what is posted, and although most FB groups are closed, there is really no way of telling or monitoring who joins those groups.
Loose lips sink ships, not only here on this site, but also on FB.
(FYI. I have looked through the posts here both on the main page and the division discussion and am not finding a post about someone not liking the Navy, but I could have missed it.)
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Comment by B'sWife13210 on May 16, 2013 at 12:23pm
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I am on the facebook group also and I heard that 209 had to do intensive training because a RDC read something on here that a mom had posted about her son not liking the Navy. Just a reminder to everyone on here to WATCH WHAT YOU SAY.
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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