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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:
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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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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SaSSY (Sponsor a Sailor @ Sea, Y'all)
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A 501 c3 non-profit org. that exists to help deployed sailors while they are away from their loved ones.
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Website: http://www.besassy.org
Members: 31
Latest Activity: Aug 16, 2023
Whether it is your son, daughter, wife, husband, boyfriend, cousin, brother, sister, mother, father, etc. that is away on a deployment, they all enjoy getting mail. It's a way that they can stay connected to family and friends. The most frequent response we get from the Sailors is that receiving mail from the home front is a huge morale boost!
SASSY is more than 80 moms strong with another 50 SASSY people (classrooms, teachers, civic groups, family, friends and just true blue Americans) who have come together to be a part of Sponsor A Sailor at Sea, Y'all (SASSY). We've made some excellent contacts on the Big E as well as the other ships in her carrier strike group, from the Ship's company to the airwing. And now the USS GHW Bush! Through the Chief's Mess, we receive names of junior sailors who are in need of support - from cards and letters to the occasional care package - and reminded that their service to the country and their personal sacrifices are appreciated, and that someone back home is thinking about that sailor.
Many sailors don't receive much, if any, encouragement from home. Sometimes its because the sailor is truly alone, or is estranged from his family, who may not be supportive of his/her decision to join the military, or perhaps because of the family's financial situation, it isn't possible to send the care packages that make life a little better.
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Comment by Lovemynavyson (Ship02/DIV933) on August 1, 2011 at 1:38pm
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Hi y'all, I'm new to this group also and have an interest. Asking the same questions as Robin......Thanks kathy...
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Comment by Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours) on July 31, 2011 at 4:31pm
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hey how come so quiet in here??????
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shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh - be qwiet... we awe hunting wabbits in hewer... hahah... soo where is everyone???
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Carole oh I will... Some of our American Legion Riders are retired Navy. One of them is gonna write a little hoooyaaaa letter to each one. Kinda kewl hearing from a retired Navy man I think... Ill enclose self address envelop too. Did you say that they dont need postage?? I thought I read that somewhere????
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Carole.... our three boys' boxes will be shipped out on Thursday!!!! whoop whoop!
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Wendy that is just awesome.. Im going to make one right away for my son and some others as well! Thank you for that idea... Man we (American Legion Riders) have been sending Care Packages for 7 years plus and I still learn so many new ideas from moms like yall!
OH here is one for yall... Im sure you probably ALL know this but just in case there are new moms or groups who send care packages......... NEVER BOX A BOX" in otherwords... boxing a box of granola bars or pbutter crackers or tissues or anything that has an asortment but in a box... take them out of the box... you will get more in your care package that way... small boxes of "stuff" take up more room... okay so thats my thought for the day hahahahahah!!!!
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Carole.. just emailed you on the n4m.com email... tkx!!!!
I love riding too! Been to hot here in TX to ride tho... 105!
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Happy Independence weekend! Im new to this site... let me introduce myself please. First of course my son is in the Pipeline for Rescue Swimmer.. has only about 6 months left of training and off he goes! Also and the reason I am joining this group is because I am an American Legion Rider. We ride motorcycles and raise money through various fund raisers in order to send care packages to our military... sea land or air does not matter... boot on a ship, boots on the ground or boots in the air... Please let me know if there are any needy military Navy or otherwise whom we might be able to assist with a loving care package..... I have been doing this now for 5 years and I can tell you as you all already know.... it warms my heart when I take those boxes to the PO to be shipped... Anyway!!! Please let me know.. HUGS
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Comment by June - Jon's Mom on June 29, 2011 at 10:03pm
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Carole, when will we hear about our adopted sailors?
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Comment by Jean aka "Sarge" on June 28, 2011 at 7:02pm
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Wendy, that is awesome to read I never heard from my adopted but I figured that was OK too and I did not expect anything but what a blessing to know you made a difference in a young man's life. I am shocked even when we visit my son's squadron how much the guys all love to call me Mom and my son has always had friends that have adopted me... Fine with me all these young men and women are the CREAM of the CROP
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