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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)
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OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
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ALUMNI OF PIR 08/15/2014 TG 40 - 09 Divisions (247-254, and 940)
Information
This group is for those who have loved ones that graduated from boot camp on August 15, 2014. A place to keep in touch with each other as the sailors continue their Navy journey.
Members: 82
Latest Activity: Dec 2, 2016
WELCOME to PIR 08/15/2014! 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 09 (USS John F Kennedy) Divisions 253 and 254 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by jrw105 Aug 13, 2014. 102 Replies 3 Likes
Ship 13 (USS Marvin Shields) Division 249 and 250 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by Karen Aug 8, 2014. 46 Replies 3 Likes
Ship 03 (USS Hopper) Divisions 251 and 252 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by Beatunia Aug 7, 2014. 18 Replies 3 Likes
^^^^^BATTLESTATIONS: THEIR FINAL TEST ! ^^^^^
Started by diannep. Last reply by diannep Aug 4, 2014. 4 Replies 0 Likes
PERTINENT PIR TIPS!
Started by CatMom509. Last reply by CatMom509 Jul 31, 2014. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Ship 02 (USS Reuben James) Division 940
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by bugaboo Jul 30, 2014. 15 Replies 0 Likes
Ship 14 (USS Arizona) Divisions 247 and 248 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by Dora Jul 24, 2014. 46 Replies 3 Likes
Introduction
Started by Jappj. Last reply by cheryl Jul 2, 2014. 1 Reply 1 Like
Comment Wall
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Comment by K-Bug's Mom Ship02/Div940 on July 2, 2014 at 8:09pm
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DIV 940 sponsored by BLUE ANGELS.
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Comment by Michelle on July 2, 2014 at 7:43pm
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Lala I just sent you a message about ribbons
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Comment by tmy1970 on July 2, 2014 at 7:30pm
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We got our 1st letter from our daughter today!!!
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Comment by mygirlsrock on July 2, 2014 at 7:07pm
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Thanks Drews_mom! Amen and Amen!
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Comment by Drews_Mom on July 2, 2014 at 7:06pm
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Saw this last month and thought it was worth the share. Hope it comes through
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Thanks diannep! By the last page (there were 6 pages written on various days) she said if Chief was happy they were happy and if Chief wasn't they weren't (I have to admit I snickered a little inside and thought welcome to the real world honey!) But it sounds like she's doing pretty good now and growing up quick as she needed to go b/c she had iron and shine before she ran out of time! Thank you US Navy for accomplishing what some of us mothers couldn't!
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Comment by diannep on July 2, 2014 at 6:36pm
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mygirlsrock: Her letters will get more positive as Bootcamp goes on. It is pretty shocking for many at the beginning being cut off from all that they know and love!
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I received my first handwritten letter from my SR today. Glad I had been warned on this site that the first letter is pretty gloomy cause it was....or at least the first page was. She kept adding to it and we were able to tell as the days went on she was adjusting better and hanging in there.
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Comment by CatMom509 on July 2, 2014 at 4:27pm
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Greetings to All!
"But You, O Lord, are a shield for me,
my glory and the One who lifts up my head.
I cried to the Lord with my voice, and He
heard me from His holy hill."
Psalms 3:3-4
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