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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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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.
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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."
Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:
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ALUMNI OF PIR 10/17/2014 TG 49 - 11 Divisions (325-334, and 949)
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: 69
Latest Activity: Nov 19, 2014
WELCOME to PIR 10/17/2014! 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 11 (USS Kearsarge) Divisons 329 and 330 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by 1gxxyxg44790o Nov 19, 2014. 49 Replies 0 Likes
PERTINENT PIR TIPS!
Started by CatMom509. Last reply by CatMom509 Oct 15, 2014. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Ship 12 (USS Triton) Divisions 333 and 334 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by Becca40 Oct 15, 2014. 30 Replies 6 Likes
^^^^ BATTLESTATIONS: THEIR FINAL TEST ! ^^^^
Started by diannep. Last reply by diannep Oct 13, 2014. 1 Reply 3 Likes
Ship 02 (USS Reuben James) Division 949
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by ⚓ darsatm ⚓ Oct 13, 2014. 12 Replies 4 Likes
Ship 13 (USS Marvin Shields) Division 331 and 332 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by Geosmom Oct 9, 2014. 24 Replies 1 Like
Ship 03 (USS Hopper) Divisions 325 and 326 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by 3bsmom Oct 6, 2014. 46 Replies 7 Likes
Comment Wall
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Comment by diannep on September 25, 2014 at 6:31pm
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Amen, CeCe! Praying for healing for Nikki's SR!
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Comment by CeCe on September 25, 2014 at 6:27pm
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Praying Nikki, and believing for the best. Hang in there they do get through. My son's leg was hurting him, and everybody prayed. He got complete recovery quick. So I stand with you and your SR that he will receive a quick and complete healing in Jesus Name.
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Comment by Nikki on September 25, 2014 at 6:11pm
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Received a letter from my SR today!! In general, he sounds much better. The only thing is he has strained his left calf. He went to medical after 3 days of it hurting and is on LLD (as of his 9/21 letter). Please pray that he will feel better soon as he is in hell week and, as a mother, I am concerned about how his calf will be affecting him and his performance during this crucial time in bootcamp.
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Comment by Manchu on September 25, 2014 at 3:50pm
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No letter today from 3/325 but i didn't expect since he said they were going to b cleaning all weekend to get ready for inspections.
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Trista,
I know how u feel we were trimming hedges and raking leaves sunday which is a job my son always helped with and didnt throw a fit over lol. I teared up on and off all day.
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Catmom, I love the prayer it's beautiful. I copied it. I love anything that encourages our SRs and lets them know we are behind them.
Trista, I miss that too and never thought I would. It's funny that the things I miss most are the things that used to annoy me. :D
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Comment by Trista on September 25, 2014 at 11:37am
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This morning I woke up missing my son. I have had a few days like this, but really was missing the usual morning conversation of "clean up your room today, pick up the dog poop, do your dishes, make sure your laundry is done, clean the toilet, etc." Never thought I would miss that!! I know that it is highly unlikely that the conversations will occur like this in the near future...
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Good Morning!
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Comment by gretamae3 (nuke mom) on September 25, 2014 at 6:53am
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Catmom that is beautiful ......I stole it.......thanks you made me a theif!!! :) Happy Thursday all......It's MAIL DAY!!!!!!!!!!
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Comment by CatMom509 on September 25, 2014 at 2:55am
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I printed this prayer out when my Sailor daughter was in Boot Camp last year for her Navy scrapbook. My copy had everything pertaining to my daughter being a she/her, but I changed it here for a male recruit. Here you go!
A Parent's Prayer fo a Navy Recruit
Father, in the coming days, I will need You,
but my Recruit will need You more!
Let him perform his tasks with a sense of duty,
not out of anger or vengance.
Let his reflexes be quick and his hands steady.
Let his head be clear and his eyes sharp.
Let his mind and body be strong and his spirit stronger.
Christ, please stand by my Recruit and watch his back
when he cannot.
Father, I love this Recruit of mine!
Take from ME what he needs and give me what he does not.
I will pace the nights, if it means he does get some sleep
I will deal with fatigue, if it means he will have energy.
I will carry his fear. if it means it gives him courage.
I will take his pain, if it means he is healthy and whole..
I will take his anger, if it means he is at peace.
Take my love and pride and let him feel it!
Let him know that I am with him every step of the way!
Please take from me what You can; I give it willingly
and with love. It is all I have besides my prayers.
Above all, please help my Recruit to achieve his goal
of becoming...
A United States Navy Sailor!!
This I ask on bended knee, that which
I cannot do without YOU!
AMEN~~
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