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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)

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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. 

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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ALUMNI OF PIR 11/08/2013 TG 52 - 11 Divisions (421-430, and 952)

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ALUMNI OF PIR 11/08/2013 TG 52 - 11 Divisions (421-430, and 952)

This Group is for those who have SAILORS that graduated 11/08/2013. A place to keep in touch with each other as your SAILORS continue on their Navy journey!

Location: Great lakes, IL
Members: 101
Latest Activity: Feb 27, 2014

WELCOME to PIR 11/08/2013! 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.

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N4M's Community Guidelines
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OPSEC.

~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".

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Comment by diannep on October 23, 2013 at 8:44am

Great reminder, MrsGregsMom!

Good Morning All !

Comment by CatMom509 on October 23, 2013 at 5:44am

Yep, always have to have at least flip flops on the feet!!

Comment by MrsGregsMom on October 22, 2013 at 10:32pm

I saw this on the BC forum and just had to repost it here. I have a feeling we are going to need this for the entire time our Sailors are enlisted not just during bootcamp. Thanks to BelovedbyHim  for the original post.....

God, grant me the serenity to accept the Navy things I can not change, the courage to wait for letters and phone calls, and the wisdom to share N4M with others.

Comment by iHeartmySailor⚓ on October 22, 2013 at 9:48pm
Thanks for asking the question Kristn and for answering ellen0502. I'm sure there's lots of us staying there.
Comment by ellen0502 on October 22, 2013 at 9:22pm

Kristn, Call the Navy Lodge directly and tell them you are coming for Navy graduation. You will get the graduation rate and the reservation will be put in your SRs name. It is not a problem upon checking in, you can still check in and pay for the room. They may just ask you to bring your sailor by the desk at some point. :)

Comment by Kristn (Ship 14 Div 426) on October 22, 2013 at 9:11pm

Question regarding Navy Lodge. I was looking at their website and it says that the sailor must be present upon registration. Are we going to be able to stay there on Thursday night? We won't be seeing him until Friday. I'm confused.

Comment by diannep on October 22, 2013 at 8:46pm

Too funny, ellen.

Comment by outi on October 22, 2013 at 2:05pm
Plane gets there too late ....no Meet and Greet for us:-)
Comment by ellen0502 on October 22, 2013 at 1:36pm

diannep, The trick to that is to be smarter than the door. LOL

Comment by leana*ship14div426 on October 22, 2013 at 1:33pm

Hello everyone. I just wanted to take a minute to thank each and every one of you that has helped me along the way. Weather it was a messages, a laugh, a good cry, i appreciate all of you. I am so thankful that i found this and the other mom sites when i did.  As our PIR approaches (YAY) i cannot wait to see my son, and also to meet so many of the wonderful people i have met on here :)

 
 
 

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