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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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This group is for those who have loved ones that graduated from boot camp on August 8, 2014. A place to keep in touch with each other as the sailors continue their Navy journey.
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 58
Latest Activity: Dec 11, 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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3ndtimearound: Just remember that lemonelephant is not on the PIR groups, but she is on the Bootcamp Moms groups should you have any questions for her in the future! :-)
Yes, true, that they can only mail out letters on Sundays....so everyone will have their expected day to receive their letters!
Stephanie: I am so very sorry, and totally agree with CatMom's advice to you. For support, join the Ship 5 (Formerly 17) group on here which has lots of info posted for reference. Please keep us posted on what happens....in the meantime, lots of prayers for your son and for you too.
So glad some phones calls are coming in for you all today! I was just on the 08/15 PIR group and they too are receiving some calls!
Hi Ladies, I just got off the phone with my son, he said all is well, the food is good they do alot of marching and he has alot of friends.. and he has been assigned a job!! short 6 min call but i was so happy to hear from him, and he already received our letters!!!!!
Hi ladies! The only time they have time to write is on Sunday's, so you can expect a letter on Tuesday or Wednesday, beased on how far you live from GL.
Phone calls are usually on Sundays too, and you will see area code 847. Fingers crossed for calls to start tomorrow.
2ndtimearound I did send the questionnaire to...no response letter as of yet :(((
americanavy1 - thank you for letting me know! So I can blame it on the division....! I agree with your idea about the card - I was even thinking of sending him the questionaire thing so he could just fill in the blanks, thinking maybe he doesn't have enough time to even think about what to write, but he would probably think I am crazy. I read somewhere another mom saying her son didn't write any letters during all of boot camp, and I thought, "That will be me," but I think even though my son is not much for letter-writing, he knows me well enough to send SOMETHING, even if it's "Hi, yup, I am at boot camp." lol.
Thanks again- I feel better already! I am so thankful for this group. I live in a house full of men.....including the dog.....they just don't understand!
lemonelephant - saw the answer to the brother divisions in another group. Thanks anyway!
Good Morning Ladies, it is 6:26 am in Cali, and I woke up feeling like today is the day I will hear from my son.. I hope I am right.. Because I am carrying my phone every where I go...lol...
Good morning everyone, hitting the road this morning with the rental truck and heading back home to the mountains. This was the quickest trip to the beach ever and the hotel had feather pillows. UGGGG I can't breathe lol
I agree with CatMom, that doesn't make sense. I know that they have so many people wanting to get in they let more go that tey think have problems like that.My daughters best friend is coming home for the same reason and it has always been her dream to be in the air force :( I hope he can get it worked out and stay if he wants to.
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