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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
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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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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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Moms from Wisconsin who want to share their photos or share their experiences of their son or daughter in the Navy.
Location: Watertown
Members: 123
Latest Activity: Jan 28, 2020
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Comment by Mich Richard's mom on December 1, 2010 at 5:27pm
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Thx Linda... I had to fight back tears... I was so happy to hear from him!! He just told me he is pretty sure he will have watch on Friday. =0( He thinks we will get to do lunch and that he would have to be back by 1ish.
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Comment by mom2nw on December 1, 2010 at 4:38pm
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Congratulations, Richard (and mom!!) Enjoy your liberty with him this weekend!!
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I just got the 'I'm a Sailor' call my son passed BS!!! Hooya!!! Just thought I would share my good news!!! Thx for all the support and kind words!!! If I could I would hug you all!!
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Rhonda, congratulations, bragging is allowed! Richardsmom, I'm sure Battlestations went fine. Enjoy your weekend with your son and Congratulations. Simply, how wonderful to have him home at this time, and please tell him Congratulations on his A-school graduation. Mine will be home at Christmas, back to A-school for 2 weeks and then back home again for another 2 weeks after his A-school graduation. I'm toying with the idea of driving down for graduation and bringing him back...driving to Missouri in January???
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Comment by SimplyJRB-ADs Mom on December 1, 2010 at 9:04am
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Rhonda, that is GREAT!!! Richardsmom, I'm sure your son did great in Battlestations! And Andysmom is right. He won't have leave, but will have liberty. He will need to be back to the base each night.Yes, if you can plan on staying until Tuesday! Check with the hotel & see if you can check out earlier if the plans change. They should be used to that being in that location. Tell him Congratulations from all of us Moms!!!! We have been enjoying our son; who got leave after A school graduation, he came home Wednesday & will head to his first duty station on Friday. I'm hoping to get my tree up this afternoon so we can have a little Christmas just in case he can't make it home for it later!
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Comment by Andysmom on December 1, 2010 at 2:48am
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nascarnov...feel free to use your sons first name as long as you have set your profile as private. But watch who you add as you have ship and division posted to your name. I would just change your name to something w/o the division or ship.
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Rhonda...awesome for your son! Is he in special operations? He had to have worked extremely hard for that! Very happy for him. Richards mom...Leave?? Not happening. But Liberty? If he's not grad and go, you may have a weekend with him but he will have to be back in his room by like 10pm and can be back out at 8am. My suggestion is that you get a hotel with a swimming pool and hot tub for him to relax in. We stayed at the LaQuinta and it was awesome! Keep us posted. He may get leave for Christmas. Depends what he has built up and what they allow. Best wishes :)
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Hello everyone... my son is going through Battlestations tonight!!! I am so nervous and excited for him. I do have a question does anyone know if the sailors get leave only for the weekend or will they get leave the Monday after they graduate? Our son will be leaving for A-school on Tues we are thinking about staying at GL through Tues. Just wondering if we would get to see our sailor on Monday. Thx!
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Comment by Rhonda(EMmom) on November 30, 2010 at 7:52pm
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I got a great phone call yesterday from my son and I have never heard him so happy. "Mom, I made E-4!" The happiness I heard in his voice was more than the "I'm a sailor call." He has gone from an E-1 to an E-4 in a years time. He gets frocked this Friday when they are out at sea, I wish I could be there to see it! Bragging just a bit, very proud of my son!!!
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Comment by nascarnov on November 29, 2010 at 9:01pm
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Nic's Mom- It will be a ride of emotions, but you will be fine, and so will your SR! Positive thoughts, and write LOTS of letters! Don't wait until you get his address! BTW - you will be able to get his address from his recruiter in a couple days.
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