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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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Discussion Forum
Spring 2010 get together
Started by lauren. Last reply by mostele Jul 25, 2011. 21 Replies 0 Likes
Divorced Single Mom wanting to enlist
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International Calling Cards & Cell phone plans
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Comment by Vickyrun on June 12, 2011 at 10:56am
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Cherylm, I don't get it? First you say your parents will take care of her, then you said u are not joining up. Which is it?
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Comment by mikes mom on June 10, 2011 at 9:22pm
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LOL Hi Lauren !
We have to do something to get this group alive !!!!!
Hmmmmmmmm I'll think of something..
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Comment by lauren on June 10, 2011 at 9:03pm
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Hi all ....loooooong time ....and mikes mom ..I'm not married
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Wow we have 109 single moms in this group and nobody ever comes on ... Hmmmm I wonder if everyone got married ??? LOL : )
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Today is Chrissy's 2nd Navy Anniversary, She said "2 down 18 to go." So she must still be liking it.
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Cherylm, who will take care of your daughter while you are in basic? Who will take care of her and help you raise her while you are on ships? My daugfhter is a single Mom too. it has been very hard for her to be seprted from her child. But he has a good father and step-mother raising him. She only gets to see her son about twice a year when she gets leave.
i didn't want ther to join the Navy but it is working out for her. the only problem is that her recruiter lied to her and told her single Moms are not deployable and she had to give custody to her ex. When she got to BC she found she could have her son while she is on land but then couldn't get custody back.
You need to have a family plan in effect as to who will be resposible to pick up your child if and when you are deployed, they have to be able to get your child within 48 hours notice.
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2boys1girl - You are so welcome and I hope all of you have a very Merry Christmas.. My daughter is coming home from Army BC ( Christmas break ) and I will be spending a lot of time with her.. : )
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I can feel the sunshine on your face Lou2 : ) Merry Christmas !
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Comment by Lou2 on December 16, 2010 at 10:03pm
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2boys1girl That's awesome! I believe that my son, who is 24, missed his 1st run at bc by 30 seconds and he's very athletic (a former soccer player). He sure kicked it in and never has failed it again. He had to do a 4 mile run today at A-School and did beautifully. He's cut his time down by 2 minutes I think. The walls at the dorms are thick concrete and sometimes it's hard to hear him on his cell :-)
Thank you Lauren and Mikes mom for all your support. I'm feeling much better. I picked out the Christmas tree Saturday and the young man delievered it, help me set it up and get it straight. I still owe him some cookies.
My son has received his verbal orders for his 1st duty station --- Guam! Somewhere warm!!! I'm so jealous! We've had snow, sleet, freezing rain AND rain all in 16 hrs today. This is the SOUTH. Until it's in writing, Nate's 1st assignment could change. He wanted to see the world, here is his chance!
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2boys1girl,
Tell your son to take it one day at a time... The recruiters now know where he is and they will help him ( or they should )... All three of my children have gone into the military and one was 18 , then 20, and now my youngest at 19.. big age difference then your son... Please let him know I will be on his team he can do this because he wants it so bad : )
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