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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.

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PIR 1/14/2011

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This is for all of us who have recruits graduating from RTC on January 14th, 2011. Here we can all support eachother through the long separation and prepare to see our US Navy Sailors for the first time after RTC.

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 111
Latest Activity: Jul 29, 2011

This PIR group includes Divisons 39-48, 908!Best of luck to all of them!

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Comment by AshJewell on November 25, 2010 at 1:28pm: Happy Thanksgiving ladies! Don't forget to burn your blue candles and pray for our recruits, I'm sure they are missing you as much as we miss them (if not more, because they wont have mama's cookin')

I know my family started a tradition for our family members in the military, every family gathering we brought either a blank card or card pertaining to the holiday and had EVERYONE sign it and give a word of encourgament. Feel free to do the same, I'm sure your recruit would love it!

Comment by NS on November 25, 2010 at 1:19pm: Happy thanksgiving to all you ladies and your families! Don't forget our sailors today!

Comment by Kate-Ship 12/Div 039 on November 25, 2010 at 1:02pm: Happy Thanksgiving to all...have you heard from your son or daugher today? I hope I will.

Comment by Alysia-Redsmom (VQ-4/ATO) on November 25, 2010 at 12:08pm: Happy Thanksgiving to my new military family~wishin you all a very blessed day!

**Keep the blue candles burning** <3

Comment by kat on November 25, 2010 at 11:59am: Happy Thanksgiving to all! I know I am thankful today for this beautiful life and all that goes with it!

Comment by bluewarriorlady on November 25, 2010 at 11:56am: Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! My little one is making me so tired that it is hard to comment immediately. But I hope that everyone has a safe, blessed, and turkey-stuffed holiday! It won't be long until we get to see our sailors and get to embrace them. I am counting down the days.
To all of you that have been such a great support to me, I am thankful for you. I have cried every night since my husband left. Since I joined this site, my tears have been more cheerful because now I know that I am not alone and that we are in this together! I can't wait to meet you at PIR! I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend and I will keep all of you in my prayers!

Comment by DramaboysMom on November 25, 2010 at 10:27am: Ash- Thanks for the blessing,. I had to shorten it a little but I put it on my FB. One of my son's best friends is a girl in the army, and several good friends are also army and marines. So I shared that with their families.
Tonight is the night we always set up our creche. So we are beginning the holiday countdown. I think I am going to put the sailor bear near the creche this year

As you all light your candle and feast today, gather 'round and give each other a squeeze in honor of your Sailor Recruit. Take a piece of your SR favorite dish today and everyone take a bite for him or her. For those of you soon to be mamma's rub your growing bellies and remind your little ones how much their daddies love them....
To all, Thank you all... Happy Thanksgiving...

Comment by gmaof6 on November 25, 2010 at 4:08am: Thanks for that explanation of the blue candle, NS. Read about it here but did not know the significance. Will have to get one for the holidays. Miss that guy!!!

Comment by NS on November 25, 2010 at 2:25am: just spotted this in another group so figured I would copy and paste it to finally clarify exactly what the "blue candle lighting" symbolizes!!

The lighting of a blue candle is a tradition stemming from several different stories. The candle is lit for sailors separated from their families during the holidays, for sailors in danger far away, or to light a sailor’s way home. It’s also popularly used as a way to mark the time recruits complete the most arduous part of their training–in a sense, to bring them “home” to complete boot camp and become sailors

Comment by NS on November 25, 2010 at 12:11am: Judie- If he is able to call I will certainly let you know perhaps I can 3-way your cell phone just so you can get a few words from him. Also, if he calls I will let him know you are thinking of him and to call your cell if he tries to call you! =]

Ashley- I love that! Thanks for posting it here!