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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.
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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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 07/03 /2013. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.
Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 67
Latest Activity: Feb 28, 2014
~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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navyboyzrus03 Yes, I consider our drive a blessing, also, it enables some more of our family to come out and see our Sailor off:) I'm sure we will have lots more conversations on here, but I will definitely be sure to keep all of our Sailors, and families in my prayers, and for safe travel when our weekend gets here.
My goodness, SamisMom Ship 09 Div 265 :o)! You have quite a distance, but I hear it's beautiful in California... that is on my list of dream vacations:) I really am excited to meet you and all the moms at PIR. That will be an exciting weekend.
Saratoga: A short drive to PIR what a blessing. We have figured it will take us 17 hours from NC. But we are going to go through Kentucky because we have friend s there. HE is a Chief in the Navy now and he is my son mentor. They are hoping to go to PIR. Chief just got orders to Afganstan.
Saratoga - my other daughter and I will be coming from Sacramento California - quite a further distance than you - lucky! LOL
tijernigan - Yay!! Congrats!! So glad you were able to speak with him! I missed my baby's call but got to hear her voice in her message and she sounds great. :o)
Yes, we will be coming from Michigan... just a short drive compared to some on here:) We are about 40 minutes north of Detroit. How about you?
Saratoga - I see by you being in this forum that your child graduates on the 19th of July as well - so exciting!! Where will you be coming from? I'm looking forward to meeting you!
MomLovesRyan Ship 09 Div 266 Not from Ohio, but I like to claim partial citizenship since my mom is from the Milford/Cincinnati area:)
No one else here from Ohio, huh?
5339kim - I am so sorry you missed the call. I don't think they get another chance this week, however, from everything I'm hearing, it sounds like it depends on their RDC. There were others that missed it, too. And, some who didn't get one. So...It's wonderful you got one, even if you didn't get to talk. But, I do feel your pain. :)
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