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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!
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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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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."
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ALUMNI OF PIR 10/10/2014 TG 48 - 11 Divisions (315-324 and 948)
Information
This group is for those who have loved ones that graduated from boot camp on October 10, 2014. A place to keep in touch with each other as the sailors continue their Navy journey.
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 74
Latest Activity: Jan 19, 2015
WELCOME to PIR 010/10/2014! 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 13 (USS Marvin Shields) Division 323 and 324 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by sailormom Oct 8, 2014. 15 Replies 2 Likes
Ship 12 (USS Triton) Divisions 321 and 322 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by nicki'smom Oct 8, 2014. 22 Replies 1 Like
PERTINENT PIR TIPS!
Started by CatMom509. Last reply by CatMom509 Oct 4, 2014. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Ship 02 (USS Reuben James) Division 948
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by Jordyn Oct 1, 2014. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Ship 11 (USS Kearsarge) Divisons 319 and 320 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by Malie2014 Sep 28, 2014. 7 Replies 1 Like
BASKET PROJECT for the MEET & GREET!
Started by Yorkiefan. Last reply by Yorkiefan Sep 27, 2014. 9 Replies 0 Likes
^^^^^BATTLESTATIONS: THEIR FINAL TEST ! ^^^^^
Started by diannep. Last reply by LilDude'sMOM Sep 27, 2014. 2 Replies 1 Like
Seeking Ship 12 /321 members
Started by Jennmobug. Last reply by ellen0502 Sep 21, 2014. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Comment Wall
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Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on August 21, 2014 at 11:49am
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Good good morning everyone :)
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Comment by LisaMAmom on August 21, 2014 at 11:17am
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Hello Chippers mom! My son is in the same ship and division as yours. His rating is MA. Maybe they are already friends. His name is Mark.
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Comment by Sheilamf #2 PIR10/10/14 Div 318 on August 21, 2014 at 11:05am
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chippersmom; they give them envelopes (small) & paper (small), but I send a couple extra envelopes & sheets of blank papers in every letter along with stamps. My older son (Sailor of 3 yrs) reminded me that that was useful. I also pre-label or send some labels with his & our addresses (friends, brother, sister, father, & me) so that he can spend his time writing letters not addressing the envelopes. They are very tired!!
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Heidic4, they will have Columbus Day off & won't have to report until the next day. My older son graduated 3 years ago on the Friday before Columbus Day. However, he flew to CT for his school. He then "floundered" for a day because it was a Federal Holiday. At any rate, those that remain in GL for school (as my SR will be doing) will have that day off, too. They will have to return & be picked up each day, but they will have Liberty on Monday. I will be staying there as late as I reasonably can on Monday to spend as much time with him as possible.
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Comment by ycart on August 21, 2014 at 10:44am
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Heidic4 so not a dumb question! I am going to be bummed if they are because I already got my plane ticket and am going home Monday early afternoon!! But happy if they get some more time off!!
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Hope this isn't a dumb question-I just noticed that the Monday after PIR is Columbus Day. Does anyone know will the SR's that are staying at GL for A school have that day off too?
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Comment by ⚓ darsatm ⚓ on August 21, 2014 at 8:20am
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here the link Honeybooboo:
http://navyformoms.com/group/pir10102014/page/phone-cards-and-phone...
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Comment by diannep on August 21, 2014 at 8:12am
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chippersmom: He can use his Supply card (issued to him when he arrived) to buy a phone card in the NEX.....but you can mail him one too. Get one with at least 250 min....the conne`tion from the pay phones eats up alot of the minutes. The 20 min calling cards from CallsforRecruits are a great thing, but each call pretty much eats up the 20 minutes.
Also, the other SRs are great about lending their shipmates their phone cards....until they can get their own! Some have been known to even call another shipmate's parents when the shipmate cannot make a phone call. They watch out for each other!
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Good Morning!
Yes, absolutely NO CARE packages during Bootcamp....not a good thing! However, if your SR requests it, you can mail contacts/makeup for piks and PIR. Please do not send these unless your SR asks for them so that he/she is expecting the package. Label the outside what it is. They will still have to open it in front of the RDCs but will not be nervous since they know what is in there.
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