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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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ALUMNI OF PIR 06/27/2014 TG 33 - 5 Divisions (207-210, and 933)
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This group is for those who have loved ones that graduated from boot camp on June 27, 2014. A place to keep in touch with each other as the sailors continue their Navy journey.
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 37
Latest Activity: Aug 1, 2014
WELCOME to PIR 06/27/2014! 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"
Discussion Forum
Ship 14 (USS Arizona) Divisions 207 and 208 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by BrettsMomWA Jun 26, 2014. 31 Replies 3 Likes
Where to eat for lunch in the Great Lakes area?
Started by love.my.sailor.1225. Last reply by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW Jun 26, 2014. 4 Replies 0 Likes
PERTINENT PIR TIPS!
Started by CatMom509. Last reply by CatMom509 Jun 20, 2014. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Ship 03 (USS Hopper) Divisions 209 and 210 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by Kat216 Jun 16, 2014. 14 Replies 4 Likes
Comment Wall
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Comment by diannep on June 2, 2014 at 1:33pm
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Yes, Eric'sMom: NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS!
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Comment by CatMom509 on June 2, 2014 at 12:34pm
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Good Morning!
"The Lord Himself goes before you and
will be wih you; He will never leave you
nor forsake you. Do not be afraid,
do not be discouraged."
Deuteronomy 31:8
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Comment by DonnaEricsMom on June 2, 2014 at 10:02am
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Thanks CatMom & diannep it helps to read your comments. I will post more often since I really see I'm not in this alone.
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Eric'sMom: Sigh....I know it is so hard when some are hearing from their SRs and others have not. Many use their extra time to study or get some rest....rather than writing letters. As far as calls, he may be in a division that is not calling much....or....he could have had Watch or an appt and missed the division calls. Chin up.....you will be one happy camper on PIR day....and even before then when you get that I'm a Sailor call! Better times are coming! :-)
By the way, post on here anytime you want to....even when feeling a bit down. That is what this group is for...to help each other. Everyone is on their journey together!
Good Morning All!
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Eric's Mom,
I wish all the SRs wrote to their families and called, but some are just too busy, especially if they've been assigned a recruit position with lots of responsibility, and so, really tired. Not sure about why no calls, but this is a transition time for everyone and some young men are not sure how to deal with family contact. He might feel he's a "grown up" and is trying more to be independent. Only he knows what he's going through. Just be loving when he does make contact.
Keep up your encouraging letter writing because that love and encouragement he's getting from them is what's really helping with this Boot Camp experience. HUGS!!
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diannep, I can't speak for anyone else, but I guess I'm just a little bit sad and have only been reading what other's post and not participating. My son left for BC on May 1st and besides the "I'm Here" call, we haven't heard a word from him. My Ex thinks he might've missed a call from our SR last Wednesday, since it was an 847 area code, but other then that, nothing. I'm not trying to be one of those mom's who whines about what's not happening, so I've not been very active at posting anything. I know my SR's okay because if he wasn't, I'd have heard about that, right? I just want to know what's going on and how he is. I love when other's in his division get phone calls and post what's going on because at least then I know something. Okay, I've whined enough. LOL Sorry
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Very quiet group here. Where is everyone????
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Good Morning!
"Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended;
but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are
behind and reaching forward to those things which
are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of
the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."
Philippians 3:13-14
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Enjoy your visit, Lala, and the plane ride!
Good Morning Everyone! This is a very quiet group!
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Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on June 1, 2014 at 12:11am
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Thanks Dianne, She made it safely there and I leave tomorrow to go there for two weeks. Of course I will still be working from there but there will be lots of time to SEE as much of Cali as I can. And I get to meet CatMom whooo hooo, wish you were coming too Diannep :)
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