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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
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:
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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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One Final Class!
One more online class, macroeconomics, and my Sailor will have earned her Bachelors degree from Southern New Hampshire University! She's been on the east coast, west coast and the far side of the world and by the end of the summer she will have a degree in Business Admin from a college less than 3 miles from home.
Bad news is that she has used up her Tuition Assistance for the year and may have to pay out of pocket for this last one. There is always the GI Bill, but she's saving that for her Masters or whatever schooling she wants when she leaves the Navy in another year or two. Still, a $117,000 education (tuition only) and not a penny in student loans! Such a deal. Thank you, US Navy.
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Comment by Coach Shelia on April 23, 2014 at 11:19pm
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Awesomeness CryptoDad! So happy for your daughter! I just saw a news story on the Today show this morning, about 70% of college graduates getting out of school with astronomical student loan debt! Well Done Sailor!
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Comment by CryptoDad on April 24, 2014 at 9:12am
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Any Sailor who doesn't look into the Navy College Program is tossing away $4000 a year. I urge all parents to encourage their Sailors to look into NCP while in active service.
We visited the SNHU military office while daughter was still in DEP and got all the info on NCP, the Distance Learning Partnership and GI Bill with the intent that she could enlist for 4 years, pick up enough online classes to guarantee SNHU admission and return home to wrap up her degree at SNHU as a full time student. Well, that plan got modified when she re-enlisted, but it all played out for the best. Its never too early to look into these alternatives to the traditional plan of college straight out of high school. College vs Navy is not an either/or choice. Your sailor can do both. And not only will my Sailor leave active duty (she's planning on the Navy reserves) with a degree and no loans, but with a resume and work experience that will blow away most employers. Your sailors can have it all.
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Awesomeness again CryptoDad! I have a little notebook I keep excellent information like this! I will be passing along to my son. He just returned from deployment on Friday! He just celebrated first year in March! I'm his biggest cheerleader!
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Comment by 1sail on May 1, 2014 at 8:28pm
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I thought I heard there is a certain amount of time they have to be enlisted prior to getting Tuition Assistance. Is it 1 year? With so many online schools, how does one make sure it is certified? And does the sailor have to pay for the tuition and then get reimbursed? Any information would be helpful. Thanks
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