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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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RTC Graduation

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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 Kate-Ship 12/Div 039 on January 3, 2011 at 12:12am: We will only get to see them Friday. They leave Saturday morning.

Comment by bluewarriorlady on January 3, 2011 at 12:05am: Kate - My husband will be going to Groton too. Did your son tell you anything about when they would be leaving? The day of PIR or on Saturday? I am trying to plan for how long I will be staying since I live only about 4 hours away.

Comment by Kate-Ship 12/Div 039 on January 2, 2011 at 11:56pm: I have had both my son and daughter going through bootcamp at the same time and it was made livable through having N4Ms guidance. My daughter graduated 12/17/2010 and now my son 1/14/2011. It's nearly like having children...the first you do not know what to expect, but once you have done it you somewhat know the ropes and can deal with it the second time around. Though I miss my son awfully, I know he is doing well. In bootcamp, no news is good news is what I definately learned. My daughter is off to Pensacola and my son will be in Groton. It is all good.

Comment by Kate-Ship 12/Div 039 on January 2, 2011 at 11:47pm: Bluewarrior...well at least you will get it all behind you sooner than later. And this as well. Safe delivery to you.

Comment by bluewarriorlady on January 2, 2011 at 11:40pm: Kate - Thanks! Believe me...it is a struggle. But I busted my behind to graduate from college at 20 (3 years) and now at 23 I am still working hard. I will not give up! And it is wonderful people like you and everyone on n4m that keep me going. Btw, I am getting my PhD in Clinical Psychology.

Comment by DramaboysMom on January 2, 2011 at 11:25pm: Not wanting to scare anyone, but a friend of mine posted this on FB and i checked it out. It's true... please, heads up ladies.

There's a site called Spokeo.com that's a new online USA phone book w/personal information: everything from pics you've posted on FB or web, your approx credit score, home value, income, age, etc. You can remove yourself by searching for yourself on their site, copying the URL of your page, then go to the bottom of the page and click on Privacy button to remove yourself. Copy & repost so your FB friends are aware.

Comment by Kate-Ship 12/Div 039 on January 2, 2011 at 11:05pm: Thanks Blessed. Will do so tomorrow. My son was definately blessed. He enjoyed it and felt relieved to get a break from the base.

Comment by blessedsailorsmom ship12div 039 on January 2, 2011 at 9:51pm: just got a call from bristol united methodist church which is were my sons div039 spent Christmas! I had called to thank them :) so ladies google and email or call to thank them, they blessed our boys and its theyre 3ed year adopting our sailors :) may they have many more sons and daughters!

Comment by diannep on January 2, 2011 at 8:48pm: The blue candle is kind of a Navy tradition to let the recruits/sailors know that we are thinking of them/praying for them. Here on this site, we like to light them during BattleStations, the final test for the recruits to become sailors.