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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
...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
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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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**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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Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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- I'm a mom of 2 amazing daughters; my youngest, age almost 20, just joined the Navy. I'm hopeful that this site and all you other moms out there can help support me, and my family, even my sailor, in this great adventure she has chosen to take.
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- My dad was in the Navy forever ago, and now my youngest daughter. I don't know much but what I do know I appreciate and am glad she chose this branch of service.
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Hi SamisMom, Yes, our Sailor (grandson) will be in Great Lakes for A School and is HullTech. He's missing his old Div 268 buddies but sure he will do fine to make more friends. He got engaged after graduation in the hall and planning to get married as soon as he knows where he will be deployed. Praying your daughter will do well in her vocation too.
I just read your post from yesterday. We are flying into Midway airport around midnight on Thursday so I checked all the rental car places at Midway. Budget is open until 2 a.m., so that is where we reserved our car, just in case our plane was delayed. Here is the phone number: 773-948-7007. They have an internet special too. our cost was 170.00 for three days. We thought we would have to hand around the airport until the car rental places opened, but grateful we won't have to. Hope this helps you! Terry
Hi Leslie, Congratulations on your daughter's decision to join the Navy. It is exciting to know you are in Meadow Vista & that Janai is in Auburn. I'm looking forward to chatting with you two. Maybe over coffee in Auburn soon ? Enjoy the rest of your weekend, rain later today so don't wash your car. Lol. :)
Hi, welcome to Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones). I look forward to sharing this journey with you. I see that you have changed your Username so that it no longer contains your last name; you also need to change the URL to this page. Number 2 at the bottom of OPSEC and PERSEC (Making Changes To Your Profile) (clickable link) will tell you how to fix that. There may be other changes you will want to make as well, such as numbers 3 and 4. Take care and blessings to you and yours.
We are staying at the Navy Lodge. It is ok for us to stay there as long as we have an SR graduating at Great Lakes. My understanding is that there is no shuttle, but, you can either drive or Sarge will take you (???? I don't know who Sarge is, either) The Navy Lodge is supposed to be about 1 mile from the base....and the closest hotel to the base. If you do stay there, I will see you. Our sons are training together.
We did not go to the swearing in at MEPS. Doug said he would be fine and we both had to work. We did get to spend the whole day with our son on the Monday before he checked into the hotel.
We are planning to drive to Long Beach to visit our daughter and grandson before we go to Chicago so we are going to fly out of LAX. I booked our flight last night on Southwest because the fares were reasonable, they offered two free checked bags and mainly because Southwest does not charge a fee if the flight has to be changed. I found some cheaper fares, but you have to pay an additional fee if you need to change the plans.
We haven't decided where to stay in Chicago. I read a lot of the reviews on this site and we really want to spend the least amount of money possible and be close to the base. I think we will try to book at the Navy Lodge. We are going to rent a car and are flying into Midway Airport.
I just saw your daughters name on a itinerary that Doug sent home in the box with his clothes. It had the names of the nine future sailors that left from the airport in Sacramento. Samantha was the only female!
I am sure they know each other. Doug was the recruit dep leader for about a month before he shipped out. I am not sure what they called it, but he got to lead the drills, call the other future sailors each week to check in, etc.
I am glad we both joined Navy for Moms. I asked my son to tell the other deppers leaving with him about it so they could tell their moms. Maybe a few more from our counties will join us.
My son left from Sacramento MEPS the same day as your daughter. They must have flew in together. My son said there was 6 others that left on the same flight for boot camp.
We have not received the letter with the PIR date yet either. Hopefully it will come in the mail today. We are anxious to get plane tickets. Are you going to the graduation?
Doug got to keep his wallet I think because it was small and black and he took out everything except his debit card and driver's license. I read on this site that they will have the opportunity to buy a wallet.
Welcome to NAVYForMoms!
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Community Guidelines to learn the “Do’s and Don’ts” of the community. Also, check out this Internet OPSEC Safety Video and this Survival Guide for NavyForMoms Newbies that was created by one of our members.
Enjoy your time here! I look forward (along with the community) to reading more about you! :)
-Colleen