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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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PIR 10/1/10
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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 Elaine-PIR 10/1/10 on August 21, 2010 at 10:08am
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LTLY, you have been through the wringer the last couple of days but you did all the right things. You are going to be a terrific Navy wife. Reaching out is the best thing you could do.Your family will be in my prayers. Your mom must be some woman to wrestle that big truck. I hope things are better for you now and that everyone is safe. First-time sign-up for DEERS never goes easy, been there, done that. Be advised everything will work out. Have a great day!!
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Comment by Tiff'sMom (Sharon) on August 21, 2010 at 1:14am
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LTLY I hope your kids are alright :( Bless your heart and your moms and dad... I don't know anything about the insurance and hope you get it straightened out... HUGS to you and your family!!!
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Comment by diannep on August 20, 2010 at 10:05pm
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Hi, Jessica! Welcome back!
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Comment by LTLY on August 20, 2010 at 10:02pm
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BTW, having this place to "fall apart" so that I may keep it together in front of my family and for my husband is what will help me get through. After writing below I feel relieved and am amazed. Thanks N4M!
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Thanks to some calming info from Jules, I can breathe!
Becky I am sooo sad for you and your boy. My heart goes out to you, and I hope he can overcome this dissapointment in time.
Last night on the way home from a fabulous fondue dinner with the kids and my mom, we experienced sudden car trouble. The power steering, breaks, guages and all power failed, on the hi-way just before we were to exit on the upper overpass. My mom drove that Dodge 2500 diesel truck like she wasn't taking NO for an answer, got us pointed to a different exit, coasted through an intersection and manhandled that big beast into a parking lot. Sigh of relief! Roadside assistance towed it and Papa came to take us all safely home. About an hour had passed, one kiddo was in bed with a major rash and fever, but sleeping well. The other, playing in her baby einstein jumper, smiling and content. Then suddenly she screams and starts stiffening her body. She was having trouble breathing. My heart fell to the floor as she was turning pale and loosing color in her lips. We called the paramedics, and long story short, we have absolutley no idea what happened but she regained her breathing while they were here and was smiling by the time they left. Of course I didnt sleep and had determined if it happened again we would go straight to the ER. Today she is ok, not eating as much, sleeping alot, but smiling!
So today, after recieving our info to get our mil. ID's we found out that there were some issues with DEERS, and there is a longer story to that. I am so thankful that these events weren't any worse, but totally emotionally SPENT! I did get to speak with my husband briefly while trying to clear up the DEERS enrollment, he was about to freak out when I finally said "It is NOT time to worry, I will let you know when or if that changes, but for now, focus and Don't worry." I have a feeling he will have trouble sleeping tonight and I am sorry for that.
Oh goodness, I have written a book...think I will go cuddle with my munchkins and my momma...and a big bowl of Rocky Road!
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Good evening ladies, I have been offline for about two days due to urgent situations. I am requesting prayer because I know the Power, and God has Blessed us through some near tragic situations in the past 24 hours. I can explain more soon and will try to catch up on the posts I have missed in the next day.
I am looking for as much information on establishing Tricare as possible to expidite this process, I have two sick kiddos and have been through the ringer trying to follow the "self-explanitory" (Yeah, right!!) instructions that came with the paperwork. Please, if anyone can be so kind as to emailing me their phone number, I just might need to talk to a real person who knows and understands what I need to do. I have litterally gotten 5 diff versions today (none the same) on what the steps are.
Thanks,
God Bless!
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Comment by djloch (Zac's Mom) on August 20, 2010 at 4:16pm
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Yeah..her son was amazing at giving her info..our group usually had to post each others sons & daughters letters and try to put it all together.. Good luck to ya!!
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oh you beat me!! LOL
yep thats it.. print it out and you can refer to it during your letters from your recruits to fill in blanks.
good luck to you all!
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Hello Ladies!! Just popping in to say hello My son Zac's PIR is 8/27 so we are less than a week away from our 'IM A SAILOR' call and our group are on pins and needles. I know that seems like forever to you all right now and it did to us too but it appears you've already got a great group going here.
Just something for you all to read that was awesome for us is My Boot Camp Story.Go to the Forums Link and search it by that title. Its by Becky. Its inserts from her sons letter and it will give you play by play what each week is for your recruits. Hang in there! And good luck to all your Sailors!!
PROUD NAVY MOM!!
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