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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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Hello All,

I'm still a little green as a new Navy Mom.

My son Lynch's PIR was 8/13/2010. He is now in Pensacola for Air Crew - NACCS is currently occupying his time. I was so excited to hear that he passed his final swim test thus far...the swim in his flight suit. I still can't wrap my head around all he has to do for his chosen career path in the US Navy. Part of me in in awe of him and so proud that he didn't take an easy way. The other half of me is worried that he bit off more than he can chew. He was not always a driven person. Then, I think of the young man I saw at PIR and I know he can do anything he decides he wants to do. I love my son and doubt I could have been any more proud of him had he graduated from Harvard.

So, why do I still get the blues about him from time to time? As my youngest son, Giovanni at all of 8 years, told me.......Lynch will always be with me, in my heart. Ever feel that pain, love, ache in your heart for a child when he was going through something? I see a movie, hear a touching song or find a picture of him as a young child and I well up. I think most of us feel some of this. But, many of us have more of a story.

I really appreciate all the wonderful information here and all of the really caring people who reach out to those of us who are new. I have learned so much and got information that I never even knew I needed. But, please be gentle with us newbies......we might not phrase something right or we might be emotional or maybe we have no idea what we are talking about..... lol.....we just need compassion and some help and we'll promise to pay it forward when we get the chance...

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Comment by Anti M on September 20, 2010 at 9:36pm: Welcome aboard, holler if you need us. I am Anti M (Auntie Em), ex-Navy and Navy born and raised, married Navy and auntie to a sailor and a sailor friend. I may be gruff and a bit concise, but read my posts with a smile in the "voice" and you have my smile to go with it.

I can tell you're proud as can be of him!

Comment by Tee-1sailor's mom on September 21, 2010 at 12:17pm: Hey sister suzi, PM me anytime. In my experience there is an "up & down" to missing them. I keep 2 images of my sailor in my heart. One of him as a baby in my arms, the other is him at PIR in his dress whites. Those images remain at all times, each him...each such a big part of me.

Comment by Suzi-OH on September 22, 2010 at 3:24pm: Thanks ladies....it sure feels good to know I am among friends and our new Navy family.

I was so surprised at how emotional I was just before, during and after PIR weekend. I knew it would all be moving, but I was not counting on such introspection. I looked back at our lives and forward to my son's amazing new life. My mother was never the huggy-kissy type. She had to raise me and my brother at a time when almost nobody got divorced. I know she did what she could and maybe didn't have a lot left over for the maternal love. Now, with me.....I am full of it...in more ways than one, lol. I try to tell my kids daily that I love them.....whether it's in person, on a text, email or phone call.

Well....enough of that...I'm tearing up again.....so thanks to all my new sisters and prayers for your sailors!