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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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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."

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ALUMNI of PIR 11/16/2012 TG 1 — 9 Divisions (001–008 & 901)

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This Group is for those with sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 11/16/2012.

A place to keep up with each other as the journey continues.

Your current Group "veteran members" are:

diannep

LaLa Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons

ellen0502

♥FireTeamLeaderWife♥ aka FTLW

Betsy, son on Stennis carrier

Craig

Location: Great Lakes IL
Members: 103
Latest Activity: Sep 26, 2017

WELCOME to PIR 11/16/2012

OPSEC OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmost importance. Please take the timeto read the OPSEC and Community Guidelines. A quick note here: Last Names of Sailors/Recruits are not allowed on this site. If it is in your username you will need to change your username. If yours is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended. First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember 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. It is also a good idea to make your settings for your Profile Page "viewable only to your friends".

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You need to be a member of ALUMNI of PIR 11/16/2012 TG 1 — 9 Divisions (001–008 & 901) to add comments!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on October 22, 2012 at 9:44pm: Wow Diannep, that is awesome. My stepdaughters college just had a blood drive. I wish I had known about this we could have had a lot of college kids giving his name :-) I will check around here to see if there are some blood drives going on.

Jojo, you are very welcome :-)

Comment by diannep on October 22, 2012 at 9:43pm: Apparently so!

YAH! Romney is addressing the "small" Navy in the debates right now. HOOYAH! He is telling them that we have to increase our Navy! Yes we do!

Comment by Jojo(Rich'smom)S11D005 on October 22, 2012 at 9:36pm: ok so without putting any of our SR's names on here ...there are some SR's that my son said he had an espeically close bond to ...and I wanted to reach out to their families to say HHIIIII lol

Well, all I know is last names (which I will not post) and locations from where they are from...inbox me if your SR is from Boston, Brooklyn, Or San Antonio...

talk to you soon...I can 't wait to meet everyone !!

4 MORE FRIDAYS TO GO ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Comment by Jojo(Rich'smom)S11D005 on October 22, 2012 at 9:35pm: Diannep - No way ...that's amazing! does that work even if we are not the same blood type?

Comment by diannep on October 22, 2012 at 9:31pm: Jojo: The way it was explained to me is that if you go to this particular blood bank (not sure what name), and you donate in Brett's name, he will get credit on his hospital bill for that, meaning they will remove the $500/per unit charge per unit donated (he had 70 units of blood). At least, that was my understanding...

Comment by Jojo(Rich'smom)S11D005 on October 22, 2012 at 9:27pm: well just a few notes things for my fellow Navy family...

PAmom – YA …someone close to me … beep- beep if you see me on the road….we will be the ones racing to see my baby (carefully of course..lol) …safe travels to you and your family!

Kelly – Don’t get upset or nervous...my son didn’t pass his running part either by 5 seconds…but he told me NOT to freak out …he gets to retry again…so I’ma try not to panic (even though it’s in my nature lol ) …and pray that he pushes thru the next time basically just told him he's come this far...to have faith and all is IN GODS CONTROL (love that phrase!)

Diannep – many continued prayers for our brave navy man Brett from me for a quick recovery..that picture is beautiful…but quick question... what does that mean …when you said the woman in his hometown gave blood and Brett was “credited for that blood”?

ProudNavyMom – kneemail?? Ur so funny I have to use that one!

Thelostairman – Good thing u kicked that bug…we need you healthy for PIR!! I’m kick starting my immune system with vitamins now especially since the weather is changing so quickly here in NJ … and from what I hear …not so friendly in Chicago lol

Momanddadofmatt4- count the Fridays …it gets easier

Mike'sMom 09-001- THANK YOU for your friend’s advice…I wasn’t aware that we could go to the gate at the airport! Good to know.

Lala Ribbon Queen – that’s soo great ..I’ll be printing this out and mailing it to him…thank you ur the bestest! lol

Comment by Jojo(Rich'smom)S11D005 on October 22, 2012 at 9:23pm: Hello Navy Family…I’ve been MIA for almost a week…School has kept me super busy…so I’m catching up now. Well, this week I’ve gotten a letter with questionnaires back ..yay.. and then last night I received a quick 2 minute call…at first I thought it was a “privilege call” till he said “I have 2 minutes mom”…then my heart dropped and panic just took over my body…I really thought something happened and it was going to be bad news…then he says “please send my license by Thursday..I need it to get my Military Id “ …what a SIGH of relief!!! He really doesn’t realize I almost had heart failure! Lol

Comment by thelostairman on October 22, 2012 at 6:48pm: I printed the card to mail to him, thanks for that!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 22, 2012 at 6:41pm: This Adding Guests to another Recruits Access List - Against RTC Policy has been addressed as well on RTC FB and so I made a DISCUSSION for it in FORUMS on the site.

That's a direct link to the post up above.

Comment by diannep on October 22, 2012 at 6:15pm: Ladies, the RTC Public Affairs Office just told several in the PIR 10/26 group that they are no longer allowing extras into PIR. If your name is not on your sailor's guest list, you will not be allowed to enter. This is a new policy...although extras were never guaranteed by RTC to get in (only the 4 names on the list)--they almost always have gotten in during the close to 3 years that I have been on this site. It is very sad since there are so many sailors with no one there anyway....so there are always spaces available. :-(

We are recommending that if you had planned to take extras, bring them and let them spend time with your sailor after PIR.