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Choose your Username. For the privacy and safety of you and/or your sailor, NO LAST NAMES ARE ALLOWED, even if your last name differs from that of your sailor (please make sure your URL address does not include your last name either). Also, please do not include your email address in your user name. Go to "Settings" above to set your Username. While there, complete your Profile so you can post and share photos and videos of your Sailor and share stories with other moms!
Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!
Join groups! Browse for groups for your PIR date, your sailor's occupational specialty, "A" school, assigned ship, homeport city, your own city or state, and a myriad of other interests. Jump in and introduce yourself! Start making friends that can last a lifetime.
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.
OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
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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ALUMNI OF PIR 08/22/2014 TG 41- 11 Divisions (255-264, and 941)
Information
This group is for those who have loved ones that graduated from boot camp on August 22, 2014. A place to keep in touch with each other as the sailors continue their Navy journey.
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 85
Latest Activity: Aug 27, 2014
WELCOME to PIR 08/22/2014! 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 259 and 260 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by Bensma SHIP 14 DIV 260 PIR Aug 21, 2014. 44 Replies 6 Likes
Sarge's MEET & GREET - RAFFLE INFORMATION
Started by CP-KW-1986 11/255 & 11/284. Last reply by CatMom509 Aug 21, 2014. 6 Replies 1 Like
Ship 03 (USS Hopper) Divisions 261 and 262 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by cuka3305 Aug 20, 2014. 96 Replies 4 Likes
^^^^^BATTLESTATIONS: THEIR FINAL TEST! ^^^^^
Started by diannep. Last reply by diannep Aug 20, 2014. 3 Replies 4 Likes
Ship 11 (USS Kearsarge) Divisons 255 and 256 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by rysmom Aug 17, 2014. 40 Replies 7 Likes
Ship 13 (USS Marvin Shields) Division 257 and 258 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by aj's mom Aug 15, 2014. 25 Replies 2 Likes
Ship 09 (USS John F Kennedy) Divisions 263 and 264 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by crazycatlady Aug 12, 2014. 21 Replies 1 Like
PERTINENT PIR TIPS!
Started by CatMom509. Last reply by CatMom509 Aug 12, 2014. 3 Replies 1 Like
Ship 02 (USS Reuben James) Division 941
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by the_nananas_ship2_div941.family Aug 10, 2014. 12 Replies 2 Likes
lost on this web site
Started by Tammy. Last reply by CatMom509 Jul 28, 2014. 1 Reply 1 Like
Comment Wall
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Comment by Soccermom2 on July 11, 2014 at 4:04am
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It is good to know letters are arriving in AZ I hope I get one tomorrow and pray she can call home again on sunday so I can tell her, that her brother in law has had all his surgeries and out of critical condition.
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Comment by Moonchild on July 11, 2014 at 2:50am
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My son is ship 14 div 260 and i have not heard from my son either alexsmom..The letters and phone calls have to be coming soon
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Comment by DMansMom on July 11, 2014 at 1:19am
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@alexsmom - My son is also in Ship14 Div259. He called briefly on Tuesday, but only because he needed information. It wasn't a social call, but he said that he might get to call on Saturday. So keep your phones close! I took the opportunity to let him know that I had mailed a bunch of letters and he apologized that he hadn't had the time. My son is not much of a writer either, so I'm really hoping for a phone call so that I can find out how things are going!
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Comment by CatMom509 on July 11, 2014 at 1:13am
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Gals,
Their letters may still be on their way or they got selected for a recruit job with alot of responsiblities!! Check out the questionnaires in the "Letter Writing & Fun Stuff/Questionnaires..." you can customize them to fit your situation and what you want to know. Include a stamped self-addressed envelope with it so all your SR has to do is fill it out and pop it in the mail to you~~
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Comment by alexsmom on July 11, 2014 at 12:46am
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Feeling sad haven't heard from my son yet. Ship 14 div 259. I will be surprised when I do my boys just aren't the type to write a letter. I was just hoping.
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@ Martinimom no letter yet here, just the box on the 1st of July and the form letter on the 8th.
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@SailorMoon9506, first of all congrats on the teaching position! First grade is my dream job. It's very competitive here, I don't know how I'm supposed to compete with veteran teachers with years of experience....we all have to start somewhere, right. I'm glad that I have my master's program that I'm working on.....it keeps me occupied and not missing my SR as much. I hope the letters help with your other daughter. I don't think anyone really likes change, some just handle it better than others. My younger son has been wearing his brothers clothes since he left. That might be how he is dealing with him being gone....I guess I can't be too upset. I hope to get some letters soon.
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my son is in ship14/ div 259 and the only things I have received are the box and the form letter. Has anyone in that division received any letters yet? News of any kind?
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Comment by evviemarie on July 10, 2014 at 5:33pm
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Yeah I got my son's letter today. ship14div259 I cant wait to get some letters from him so I can find out if he is missing my cooking yet...lol
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SailorMoon9506,
Congrats on being offered that teaching position!!
Awww, that's sweet your SR daughter was able to write so much to your family. Her sister must be so very happy right now!
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