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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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USS Benfold (DDG65) Moms
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Moms with sons and daughters on the USS Benfold, a destroyer with it's home port in San Diego, California
Members: 18
Latest Activity: Dec 23, 2018
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Comment by momsnavyman on January 4, 2012 at 12:49pm
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Hello Ladies, my sailor is home now, and i am loving it! but i will say he sure is taking advantage of home life, sleeps till noon most days and wow his room is messier than i am sure he get to leave it on base. LOL... but this time i dont seem to mind picking it up. he is just so relax and is just enjoying being with the family.
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NAVY WINS AGAIN!!!!!!
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please ladies give me any info you get, my son is not always great at giving all the info.....thanks
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yes great job to the Benfold for acheiving first place, you guys are awesome! and clarca have a wonderful Christmas with your Sailor....i will see mine 5 days after Christmas when he comes home to Florida. i cant wait!!! sure do miss that kid...but we will be in San Deigo for there send off for deployment. ladies i hope all of you have a beautiful Christmas and New Year....as we are all part of the BEST SHIP IN THE NAVY........GO NAVY!!!!!!!!
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Comment by Freier4 on December 8, 2011 at 11:03pm
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Way to go Benfold for placing 1st place, we're so proud of you all!
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Hello Benfold Family! I'm Kim and my son Nick is a GM3 aboard the Benfold. He's been there since April and I'm excited to have found this N4M site for our ship. We get to San Diego as often as we can to spend time with our sailor and I'm thrilled we get the opportunity to do so. Nick will be coming home to Surprise, Arizona (suburb of Phoenix on West side) for Christmas to spend it with Family and friends. I look forward to visting with each of you on this site and look forward to meeting you as well.
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ARE OUR SAILORS HOME YET???? WAITING TO HEAR FROM MY SON
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yep i read the news about the rescue.....The Benfold is awesome.....is there a link for this family readiness group???? i have never heard about this group
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Comment by kathim on November 29, 2011 at 6:38pm
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Fantastic!! How did you get this so soon? (We are impressed!)
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Happy Thanksgiving to all the troops, but especially the sailors of the Benfold , i am so grateful to the mastercheif who opened his home and heart to feed my son when he was so far away from his family for the holidays. Thank you so much! and Go Navy!!!!!!
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