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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
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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 Rhonda on August 20, 2010 at 1:36pm
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Prayers going up for you and Jake right now Becky!!
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Comment by Elaine-PIR 10/1/10 on August 20, 2010 at 1:22pm
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I have called everyone I can think of to stop what they are doing, if possible, and send up prayers for Jake. I hope it all turns out OK for you and Jake both.
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Comment by SOBE,PIR 6/4/10 IT Mom, Italy on August 20, 2010 at 12:02pm
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FYI: KeKe's mom posted a press release yesterday, which is wonderful, and has the exact wording too - however I was asked by someone in the Public Affairs office at RTC to tell all of you that the recruits do get the opportunity to fill out a Fleet Hometown News release form that gets sent to the local papers in their zip codes. Parents do not need to send info to the paper, unless they want to send a photo, because the Navy already is sending the info to the papers. My son's press release was published about 10 days after he graduated. Had I known this, I would of dropped off his Navy portrait right after PIR and asked them to publish it with the article once it arrived. So, the bottom line is, you don't have to worry about giving your newspaper a press release, RTC takes care of that, but if you want his/her picture to be next to the article, you will need to get that to your local paper right after graduation!
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Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on August 20, 2010 at 11:20am
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Tiffsmom- you crack me up. You sound like you are a lot of fun. One of my very best friends was going to a casino for her birthday so I got $20.00 in nickles and wrapped each nickle separately with little candy wrappers to make them look like candy and I put them in a decorated bucket for her to collect her winnings in from the nickle slot machines. It wasn't an expensive gift but everyone at the party just loved it. :)
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Good morning everyone, I think keeping the ribbons simple is the best thing. The Navy ribbon with gold or silver letters looks the best. It looks very professional and it looks great on men as well as women. The only info I put on the ribbons is the name (your choice first or last) on the left side and the division number on the right side. No need for the ship number because everyone in your division is on the same ship. It also has stars and an anchor on it. and if you let me know they are in choir or band I will put a music note on it as well. When you see someone else with the ribbon you can see right away which division they are with. If you want to go with different colors for each division let me know and I will post some pics of samples of other colors.
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Comment by Tiff'sMom (Sharon) on August 20, 2010 at 1:26am
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Hi JB's mom... Welcome to the 10/1 PIR... If you need any comic relief, go to the August Deppers for some fun! LOL OHhhhhhhhhhhhh
And.... I don't know if any of you are having problems writing each day, (I actually do have problems sometimes) Sooooo... our family is weird, I'm divorced, remarried and have a wicked sense of humor. My kids are used to it, so anything I do is not normal. One year my daughter only wanted money for her b-day (now that is the NORM) but I got 200.00 in one dollar bills, stuck them in a "DRIED" two liter coke (in Texas it's COKE, whether you want a Sprite, Pibb, etc... it's a COKE) but stuck all the dollar bills in the bottle, easy to get in, not so easy to get out!! Sooo... I'm having a hard time coming up with fun stuff to write to Tiffany... Well, I decided I will be visiting the 99 cent store (which is now the 1.99/cent store because of taxes) and buying her cards that are for spanish speaking kids, no we don't speak spanish but we have a lot of cards here in spanish. I hope I can find some Christmas, HannukakalaHLAH (I can't spell it) some 1st Birthday ones, for the first "WEEK" etc.... Just something amusing for her and she will get it... HECK, you try to bite into your PB&J at kindergarten and get a baggy with a note that says "I Love You, Have a Good Day"!!!!
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Comment by JBsMom PIR 10/1/10 Ship13 Div326 on August 20, 2010 at 1:06am
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Hi Everyone. My Name is Sally & my son Jon is with Ship 13 DIV 326. I just made reservations for 10/1/10 PIR & all the information I found on this site was very helpful. So thanks for sharing.
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Comment by bonniern PIR 10/1 nukesMM 1102a on August 20, 2010 at 12:43am
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Love Sobe's last remark. Very well put.
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Sorry Welder Mom... I'm a 328... and it's a kind of lonely group! LOL I saw one mom of a boy, but no girls... HEY.... WHERE are all the girls for 10/1 am I the only one?? :( I know in August Deppers we had more girl recruits... come out, come out, wherever you are!!
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Comment by Welder Mom -- HT/ATF on August 19, 2010 at 9:40pm
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Any one have a loved one in 325? received my form letter on Monday and was so excited. just a few lines but it is better than not knowing. interested in participating in the ribbon color, any one else?
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