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Comment by diannep on September 29, 2011 at 9:28pm

Julie, also read some of the discussions above.  There is lots of info up there too.  By posting and chatting on this page, you can find other ladies here who may have SRs with yours and then you can add them as friends.  Welcome!

Comment by Jimbo on September 29, 2011 at 9:15pm

Who asked about hotels?

As a local, I have no problems with choices 1, 2 or 3. Number 4 is ok, too, but the place is much older.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g36854-Waukegan_Illinois-Hotels.html

Comment by Jimbo on September 29, 2011 at 9:03pm

Welcome, Julie!

You'll get plenty of moral support in here. Make sure to read over the pages because there is a lot of useful information.

Comment by navymomjulie2011 on September 29, 2011 at 8:19pm

Sorry...Moral support.

 

Comment by navymomjulie2011 on September 29, 2011 at 8:17pm

Hello All.  My son is in boot camp (10 days now)  ship 07/div371. Is any one elses son/daughter in that group?  PIR is November 10, 2011.   I am very new to all of this.  Need advice or just some morla support.  I am not sure how to add friends to chat.

 

 

Comment by Zenda 04/823 on September 29, 2011 at 7:41pm

Lala...praying for you all. That is very difficult to loose some dear to us.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on September 29, 2011 at 5:55pm

But not this:

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on September 29, 2011 at 5:55pm

I will be posting this periodically:

Community Guidelines and OPSEC

Hello Everyone.

Safety for your SR (future Sailor) and you!

LAST names are NOT allowed anywhere on this site.

FIRST names ARE allowed but I, and some of the other “veteran” moms, will most often advise you not to use them. This is a public forum and anyone can read the posts-they do not have to be a member (if the group is set to private, the public cannot read but all N4M members can-so all you have to do is join) While they use their last names in BC (in fact they don't usually, if ever, find out each other’s first names until the end of BC), the RDC's know who they are and can then, with the right amount of info, link them up to you. So, let’s say you use your last name in your N4M name, post a picture of your SR...easy to match up...and so on.

Why does that matter? Your SR's are trying to get through BC with as little undue attention as possible. "Fly under the radar", so to speak. There have been reports from moms of their recruits being matched up with them. Some are just identified…some get IT (Intensive Training), I am guessing this depends on WHAT is posted…I know of one mom who said that her son had to do 5 push-ups just for every time she posted!

The MOST important reason for being discreet is OPSEC-Operational Security. This is a way of life for us now. It will be for your Sailors career and for some of them, even more so, depending on their individual security clearance. Some moms have mentioned that even today after years they do not know EXACTLY what their sailor does.

SPECOPS...definitely need to be VERY careful.

Here is a link to the "Community Guidelines" for N4M:

http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/navy-for-moms-n4m-community

 

Here is the link for "OPSEC is everyone’s responsibility" specifically:

http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=3342

 

Here is a link to the video on OPSEC on this site:

http://www.navyformoms.com/video/opsec-internet-safety

Please take the time to review this information.

Thank You.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on September 29, 2011 at 5:54pm

Yup...read my "After PIR ..." post in the discussion forum!

Comment by Invisible12 on September 29, 2011 at 4:07pm

YAY......booked my flight.  Glad that part's over with.  Now, the hotel. UGH

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