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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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021
Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.
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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BUD/S Class 281
Information
Class 281 is on the march through the phases of BUD/S
Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/prebudsmomss
Members: 59
Latest Activity: Nov 7, 2012
Discussion Forum
Prayer Chain
Started by ProudFamily. Last reply by Ray Ray Mar 8, 2010. 6 Replies 0 Likes
Sign up for Prayer CHain through this discussion. We are basing the times on PST.Continue
A Place for Prayers
Started by Tee-1sailor's mom. Last reply by Tee-1sailor's mom Mar 8, 2010. 55 Replies 0 Likes
I think it would be great to have a place to post requests, answers, or just general prayers for Class 281 or any pre-bud family. Everyone is Welcome!
Comment Wall
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Comment by Tee-1sailor's mom on October 9, 2009 at 10:11pm
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Kathy, go to the Pre-buds group and there should be a link to 280 BUDS group. My son has been to Chicago a few times with some buddies and he didn't say anything about anything bad happening, but then he knows I worry. They are supposed to go out in 3's.
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Comment by 5280...Mom on October 9, 2009 at 6:29pm
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That is funny...we are from Colorado and my son is used to pretty cold weather and water for that matter. He trained for a couple summers swimming in the Colorado River and the river us usually between 55 & 60 during the summer. But, when he was at boot...he froze, not used to cold with humidity.
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He's crazy...my son's PIR was December 5 last year and with the windchill it was about 20 below...burrrr - we froze our "you know what's off"
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Comment by ProudMomof4 on October 9, 2009 at 5:52pm
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Welcome Kathy! This is a great group!
I just bought plane tickets for G to come home for Thanksgiving. He thinks he will make it to December in Illinois with just a sweatshirt! (He has lived in CA all his life) I told him he has no idea how cold it is going to get!
Happy Friday everyone!
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Hello everyone...if I remember correctly, we actually got his pictures from him at his PIR...then about a month or two later, we received the Keel. I remember this because he kept arguing with me about what it was called...he said it was just called a "Yearbook...because a keel is a large beam around which the hull of a ship is built" and I said "No, it's called the "Keel"! LOL!!
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AZOKmom, you are the BEST, Luv ya.
The Keel might still come then because B ordered a picture package and we got the DVD already. I have the pics and there was an order form in it. I'll check it out. I'm thinking of asked B to buy me another Navy Mom sweatshirt at the NEX and bring it with him when he comes home. It was a lot less expensive than ordering one on line and it is NICE! I wonder if he could buy stuff and ship it home (I'd pay of course). Does anyone know? If so I'd get a few like "my uncle is a sailor" for my granddaughter.
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Did your guys order the Keel or did you? SA must not have ordered it. He sent me a text that they are getting ready for possible inspection tomorrow.
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Kelly, I PM'd you and I love the pictures on your page!! Kim, my picky sailor only "really" liked one of the 3 flavors of power bars in the box. He's nuts, I liked them all! LOL I'm ready for work, like an hour early this morning, couldn't sleep last night.
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The protein bars I got at Costco are called "Premier Protein."
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I think it was last Friday.
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