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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.
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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."
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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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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Awaiting my 30 second scripted "I am fine" call
As I sit here and reflect on the past few days with my daughter, I cannot help but feel emotional. I only cried a few tears after we said our goodbye's following the swearing in ceremony at MEPS. I was fortunate she could still text and talk when she arrived at O'Hare and was resting at the USO. She said she was scared, I reassured her so were all of the other recruits. What she was feeling was completely normal given her circumstance.
I am incredibly proud to be her mother. Even more proud to now be a part of the Navy family, even though it is through her. My boyfriend is also a Navy veteran.
How fitting she heads to bootcamp as the leaves are starting to transition. Changes abound us and all for good. She is in for an adventure and I will be along for the ride, even if only from the side.
I have written to her every day, realizing it has only been a couple of days. I told her I will fill the letters with both wisdom and humor. Two things one can never get enough of.
I am worried as she did not sleep well her last night in the hotel, as a civilian. She was informed she would not get any sleep tonight or tomorrow and to expect some sleep tomorrow night, late. I know how she is when she is tired. All I can do is send out positive energy.
Looking forward to sharing her journey, here. I, not unlike so many other mothers before me, have raised our daughters and sons only to watch them become women and men of the United States Navy and I could not be more proud to call myself, a Navy Mom!
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