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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 08/16/2013 TG 40 - 13 Divisions (299-310, and 940)
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Welcome to the group with SAILORS who graduated Boot Camp on 8/16/2013. A place to keep up with each other as your sailors continue their journey in the Navy.
Location: Great Lakes. IL
Members: 98
Latest Activity: Feb 10, 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".
Comment Wall
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Comment by ellen0502 on July 15, 2013 at 4:13pm
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Licis, Your daughter must stay in her Navy issued gear while on liberty. She will have to wear her navy stuff even for swimming and lounging around outside of the hotel room. If she is "caught" not wearing her navy issue gear at any time she can loose the rest of her liberty.
She will be briefed on what she can and can't do before her liberty starts.
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Comment by licis gramma on July 15, 2013 at 4:12pm
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Trying to decide which motel - We were looking at the Navy Lodge but our SR says that she is dreaming about her shorts and flip-flops so we are thinking she might like to relax and just chill at the pool. No pool at the Navy Lodge. Where are other Ship 9, Div 302 families staying?
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Comment by Holli on July 15, 2013 at 2:32pm
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V'sMom, thanks for the idea of a baseball game. my son Evan is staying in Great Lakes for A School so I think we can all hang out on Saturday, so I will leave it up to Evan on what he would like to do, I just want to have options and ideas
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Comment by diannep on July 15, 2013 at 11:49am
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kristyenglish> Occasionally Recruit Training Command on FB will post random pictures of the divisions, so you need to be checking that page. The Navy doesn't post pictures on here, although individuals occasionally will post some.
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Comment by kristyenglish on July 15, 2013 at 11:47am
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One of my coworkers has a godson that is in the marines and their site has a few pics of the guys at boot camp, does our site have any photos of our guys?
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Ideas for PIR Day Liberty:
Some may just want to "hang" in the room, relax on their phones/laptops and take a L O N G shower without shipmates around! Some may be very tired and want to nap some too.
Others may want to just drive around the area, have a nice lunch and relax. We did a combo of these two things with our sailor. The snow on the ground was beautiful (we are S Floridians so no snow here!) and we even unexpectantly ended up in a school pickup line on our drive in the area! Too funny to this mom to see her 23 yr old sailor and 25 yr old other son horrified that not only was I IN the line, but I couldn't get OUT of the line. I was hysterical, they were not. Finally had a chance after about 5 minutes to pull a u turn before I would have been forced to "pick up a child." :-)
Others want to go to Navy Pier....or maybe take the train into Chicago (the station is right next to RTC and A School)....or maybe head to Gurnee Mall to shop or go to a movie....the only advice we give you all is to search out options like this and then let your sailor make the choice.
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Ladies, for those flying out to A School, they will be leaving on Saturday most likely. They will be bussed late Fri night/early Sat morning to wait for flights. Occasionally they get flights on Sunday, but most fly out on Saturday.
Those with GL A School students will have part of PIR Day (after they move over there), Sat, and Sun with their new sailors. Usually until 9 or 10 pm at night. They may have a 4 hr watch that will take some of their Liberty time, but not all will.
Some like to give their sailors a NEX card as a graduation gift to use at their A School for items they may need.
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Comment by V'sMom 1348 MT on July 15, 2013 at 11:04am
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I just wanted to come on and thank you ladies for being here. I'm a jumble of emotions. I'm on my day off from work just going around minding my own business - laundry, menu planning cleaning house etc. Then out of the blue comes this lightning bolt of sadness and missing him. It helps to come on here and know that I'm not alone.
Anna
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Yay found it!! Thanks so much
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Comment by CatMom509 on July 15, 2013 at 10:45am
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Good Morning All!
"Morning by morning, O Lord,
You hear my voice,
morning by morning
I lay my requests before You
and wait in expectation."
Psalm 5:3
Pages (7)
- N4M’s Community Guidelines and OPSEC
- SHIP/DIVISIONS ~~ What are they and how do they fill them?
- RTC Website and RTC Family Guide links
- LIVESTREAMING OF PIR SERVICE ON INTERNET
- Calls from your SR
- 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!
- Writing Letters ~ Jokes and Fun Stuff to include in your letters/Contact Lenses and Make-Up
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