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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.
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Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:
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This group is intended to unite those who have loved ones with a PIR date of October 1st, 2010.
Location: USA
Members: 125
Latest Activity: Jul 30, 2013
THIS IS NOT ME YELLING...HOWEVER IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!!
ANYTHING POSTED ON THIS FORUM IS PUBLIC! EVEN IN THE DISCUSSION FORUM ABOVE! UNLESS YOU EMAIL OR PRIVATE CHAT, THE INFO YOU SHARE ON THIS WEBSITE IS 100% VIEWABLE BY ANYONE! ON THE INTERNET, IN THE WORLD, INCLUDING RDC'S IN GL! I WILL DELETE POSTS CONTAINING NAMES OF SR'S, RDC'S, OR EVEN FAMILY OF SAID. IT IS IN EVERYONES BEST INTEREST AND SAFETY TO KEEP CERTAIN INFORMATION PRIVATE.
THANK YOU FOR YOU UNDERSTANDING AND ATTENTION!
With all that out of the way, I am thrilled to have access to the information, support, and friendship on N4M. I want to keep it safe for our SR's and families, and for future SR's and their families. Please read and respect the OPSEC guidlines posted on N4M's main page. These guidelines are a foundation for your SR and family now that he/she is just days away from becoming a United States Sailor.
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Discussion Forum
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Started by Lauren - Sub Wife - Bangor, Wash. Last reply by USnavymom63 Jul 30, 2013. 28 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by diannep on August 29, 2010 at 6:50pm
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good stories, ladies, on why your recruits joined the Navy.
Any others????
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Comment by LTLY on August 29, 2010 at 6:49pm
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The 4pm phone call was Central Time, which is our guys time zone too.
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Comment by txsailorsam-Donna on August 29, 2010 at 6:39pm
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Liz... glad you an wee one are ok! Hope he arrives soon and in great health.
Ltly what an active little girl you have there. Hang on for quite a ride.
Linda thanks for the reminder of no news...
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Comment by Liz71184 on August 29, 2010 at 6:24pm
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Yea im still crossing my fingers for a phone call :)
WOW! Crawling at 4 months! Thats awesome! Im sure you're husband will be excited to hear that.
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Liz, sorry you didn't get to "meet' your lil guy last night, but super glad you and him are ok!!! Hang in there!!!
No call for me either...but the day isn't over yet, and they called around 4pm last time...
We get to tell Daddy that his 4mo old baby girl started crawling today!!!
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Comment by sailorjayship13div329 on August 29, 2010 at 5:21pm
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My son was told he couldn't enlisted until after college. His uncle died on 9/11 and I didn't want my any of my sons to go into the military for the wrong reasons. But he has always wanted to join the Navy. He graduated as a history major and it took him a year just to get his job and then another nine months as a dep. They were calling him pappy before he left. I am more proud of him each and every day. Gotta wipe those "budding tears".
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Comment by emmaship on August 29, 2010 at 5:07pm
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My son spent 4 years in ROTC. It wasn't offered at our school so he had to be at school at 6:00 am everyday to take a bus to a neighboring school that had NJROTC. He always wanted the military life. With encouragement from his commander and family and friends, he applied for the Naval Academy. Our local Congressman nominated him. We were thrilled! He went for a physical and everything seemed great. Then we get a letter saying he was disqualified because of a football injury he got in the 9th grade. We ended up fighting it and he was requalified but it was all too late. He didn't get the appointment. So, he enrolled in college. He spent a semester there and hated it. He came home for 2nd semester and after no luck with jobs or a future plan, he turned to the Navy. He wanted Seabees, but there were no openings. They decided he was a good fit for IS school. It's not what he was thinking about doing but I think it will be great!
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Have any 946 pple heard from their guys today or yesterday?
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Comment by Bella on August 29, 2010 at 4:27pm
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LTLY- My hubby decided on the Navy with the input of myself, my brother, friends and family. My bro is a Coastie but they are hard as hell to get into. In any case, hubby figured he would do Navy first and maybe transfer branches and try USCG after. But I think he's going to really like the Navy and stay there. I was going to go USAF but decided on college instead. Dad and uncle were Army. I have brothers in USGC, USMC, cousin in USAF and now my hubs is going Navy. We have all the branches covered in our family. Hubs always considered military since he grew up near Ft. Hood. He did the college thing and decided that military still sounded good so with my consent and well wishes I sent him on his way to go for it.
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I spent last night in the ER triage....was hoping to be able to meet my son by today but no luck there. I went in for excessive swelling in my face, hands and feet which is usually a sign of preeclampsia. While in there I started to have contractions and the baby's heartrate dropped extremely low. Scared me to death. I just kept thinking "my husband would never be able to live with himself if something happened to his son while he is gone." After turning to the other side his heart-rate went back up and everything seemed to be going normal. Thank God!
So in the end....im hoping for a phone call from my husband today just to give him a little update on how the pregnancy is going. If not I guess thats ok too....his division has been pretty fortunate to be able to call as many times as they have.
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