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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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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.
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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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 12/31/2015. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 72
Latest Activity: Dec 31, 2018
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~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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Hi, I am from New Mexico and I received the letter on Saturday two days after my son's box. They told me that the only way we wouldn't receive a letter is if my son wrote the wrong address. Hope you get a letter soon. It is definitely hard not knowing anything.
So, I am only still going by everyone one here as to when my son will graduate. I am anxiously checked the mail everyday and still have not received his form letter..We live in Texas not sure that that matters since everyone is from all over. Is this normal for some to receive and some not...It seems like forever and although I know that it wont be a personal letter just want to receive something. Hard day for me too. Glad I get to read everyone else's post wish I had enough time off to go up for Christmas day and the following week, I hope he understands when I'm not there to spend the holiday given with him..
Shelley - I'm not sure. I am.guessing two to three weeks after arrival at RTC.
I'm afraid I have not paid attention...(hangs head in shame)
Please ask on this group:
http://navyformoms.com/group/girlfriendsfianceswivesofsailors
Then come back and tell me!!:-D
Krisrva, Your SRs won't be able to call every Sunday, just not possible. There are currently approx 5000 recruits in training, and if everyone would get to call home they would eacj have about 1.12 sec to talk (yes it was calculated).
Recruiters sometimes fudge the truth. If you are lucky enough to get several calls during BC, excellent! If you don't get a phone call "No news is good news).
My son is going to San Antonio for A school.
Taylor: Your husband should have that info so be sure to write and ask about it.
Yes, TG is training group. They are numbered throughout the fiscal year!
tomsgal: RTC has said the sailors will not fly New Years Day.
oops! Just saw that ellen had already answered Pumpkin. Sorry!
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