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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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Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.

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ALUMNI OF PIR 11/15/2013 TG 001 - 12 Divisions (001-010, 801 and 901)

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This Group is for those who have SAILORS that graduated 11/15/2013. A place to keep in touch with each other as your SAILORS continue on their journey in the Navy!

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 121
Latest Activity: Dec 9, 2013

WELCOME to PIR 11/15/2013! 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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forN4M's Community Guidelines and 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 scubed on October 19, 2013 at 11:06am: Good morning. Another day closer to PIR

Comment by CatMom509 on October 19, 2013 at 10:48am: Good Morning All!!

     "But I have trusted in Your mercy;

      my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.

      I will sing to the Lord because

      He has dealt bountifully with me."

                                        Psalm 13:5-6

Comment by Cynthiajb on October 19, 2013 at 10:19am: Just realized I need to RSVP to Sarge for the Meet and Greet on the 14th at

http://navyformoms.com/events/pir-11-15-13-sarge-s-meet-and-greet?r...

Go to events, find the Meet and Greet on the 14th, click the button on the right side of the page that says Attending, then you can leave a comment saying how many will be in your party. Good way to see who is going! Some may have also sent their RSVP on Facebook.

Comment by diannep on October 19, 2013 at 9:48am: Good Morning All !

Comment by diannep on October 19, 2013 at 9:47am: Montana Mom: We rented at the OHare airport...easy but probably a bit more expensive. However, do you have flights available (Southwest possibly) into Milwaukee WI? That is only 45 min to GL and there is little to no traffic. You can avoid the toll roads from there by taking 41, we have been told. Car rental is probably cheaper too. So hopefully if you don't have Southwest Airlines where you are, there is another one that services Milwaukee. Southwest has no change fee and 2 bags check for free.

Comment by Montana Mom on October 19, 2013 at 1:41am: I do have a smart phone so thank you Ellen. I've used the google map to navigate, is that the navigation app to use to avoid tolls or one I need to get ? I so appreciate all the advice you wonderful gals give.

Comment by ellen0502 on October 19, 2013 at 1:12am: Montana Mom, If you have a smart phone you can use the navigation app, it works very well. You can also tell it to omit toll roads, it will take you a little bit longer to get from the airport to the hotel, but you can avoid the busy congested freeways.

Comment by Montana Mom on October 19, 2013 at 1:00am: I was just catching up on everyone's posts today and was feeling sad for all of the negative Nellie comments by people who don't get how blessed we all are to have our SRs serving our country. Even when my daughter has said she had had a tough week (ship2 div 901) she just wanted to make us proud of her and earn that Navy uniform. I told her she makes me proud just by being there! Our SRs are the Best daughters/sons/spouses out there!

Comment by Montana Mom on October 19, 2013 at 12:21am: Thank you Diannep and Ellen for your encouraging words. I'm not afraid of snow, just of heavy traffic and many lanes of traffic. Someone had said it was kinda of hassle around O'Hair airport? Is it best to rent a car right at the airport?
No letter here today for us either MY GIRL. Hoping for calls and letters for all of us this weekend! I don't know what I'd do without this site and all of you.

Comment by AZerin303 on October 18, 2013 at 10:17pm: I'm pretty sure today was week 3, day 5. Which means Monday starts week 4, which is Hell Week. The next 3 weeks are intense for them from what I've heard, which is why no calls are promised.