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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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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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USS Ponce (LPD15) - Alumni

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Former sailors of the Ponce.

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Latest Activity: Apr 2, 2014

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Comment by rdncksailorsmom on February 24, 2011 at 10:47am: Tina RH, as of yesterday my son is still in a hotel waiting to go the ship. He's been there a week today. If you don't have an international calling plan for his cell he won't be able to call except from the base and if he has to stay in the hotel can call from there. My son got a calling card and the hotel still charged him, it was very expensive. He gets on the internet but there is a 9 hr. difference and it's like 1 a.m. our time and he doesn't get on everyday. I haven't talked to him since the weekend but he calls his girlfriend almost everyday and he's sent me a message over the internet.

Comment by Tina RH on February 23, 2011 at 6:55pm: Dawna......I am in Lake Geneva.. the southeast corner of Wisconsin right on the Illinois border ...not sure where Chilton is. He has been in Great Lakes this entire time since BC, so he has been pretty close to home....He's had liberty the last two weekends and has been home, so that has been nice. In a way I'm glad he's getting out of "this neck of the woods"....something different. I talked to him last night and he was waiting to hear when he would be joining the ship, but thought it would be sometime towards the end of this week... he said he was a little nervous but really "pumped"....My son is not good at communicating either...I gave him the third degree last night about contacting me every chance he gets. He has a cell phone and computer, but I'm sure they are going to be useless to him.

Comment by rdncksailorsmom on February 23, 2011 at 10:51am: I'm glad that I heard about this website too. When he left for BC, we had no idea about anything, he isn't the best at giving out information. I think I will be a lot more at ease when he gets to the ship. I know he is tired of sitting around and wants to get going. He said he had enjoyed everything and the places they stopped on the way there, until now. He will be in the hotel a week tomorrow.

Comment by dougsmom on February 22, 2011 at 11:27pm: I agree with you Theresa. I am so happy to be in this group. Sometimes it's hard not knowing exactly where they are but I know they are safe and am happy my son is on that ship. The work is hard but my goodness, what a great experience they are enjoying.

Comment by Tina RH on February 22, 2011 at 7:23pm: I read about the Packers being on the ship.....(from Wisconsin so that was big news) they were there supporting them and visiting....Wish my son could have been there for that!!

Comment by dougsmom on February 22, 2011 at 6:07pm: My son posted some photos on facebook. The Green Bay Packers were on the ship. I don't know what they were doing there or how long they stayed. Does anyone else know?

Comment by rdncksailorsmom on February 22, 2011 at 2:34pm: Thanks Theresa, this is still new and all happened so fast I feel like we have been in a whirlwind this last week. I just wish he was easier to talk to him while he's waiting.

Comment by Tina RH on February 22, 2011 at 2:30pm: Thank you - I do understand security. Just hoping that he will be able to give us some information......Glad to have found this site!!

Comment by Tina RH on February 22, 2011 at 2:00pm: Just found out that my son is being sent to the USS Ponce. ....I know nothing! Is this ship currently in port........from the talk on here it seems that maybe it is deployed??? I'm really new (October) to all Navy.