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Battle Stations
My PIR group on FB has asked me to be the 'point-person' for Battle Stations information, to keep tally of where our SR's are at along the way to becoming a Sailor. Where do I get the dates for Battle Stations? And, am I correctly understanding that the information on where our SR's are actually at will come from the parents? Or, is there somewhere else I can get the stats from? NEED HELP, lol!!!
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Permalink Reply by BeeBee (Son at GL A School) on
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This information is not published. It would need to come from the recruits to their parents. To find out where they are ask them to date a letter and tell you what day and week they are on that day. Same for battle stations it has to be give in a letter or phone call. Battlestation information should never be discussed or published publicly
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Permalink Reply by SpudzMom on
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Ooookay... All contact has been instructed to be done through PM's, I'll just be keeping the stats, a tally... it's a closed group only open to those with SR's going to PIR on 7/3. I won't post any names though, just dates and tally marks :) Thank you so much BeeBee!!
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Permalink Reply by cindilouwho65 on
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I read over on Craigs (Navy Deppers) site that this information is never publicly posted. Even recruits discussing this in a letter and it gets published on Facebook or elsewhere? RDC's catch wind of it and it's not nice. Personally I would rather not know. I know my SR will probably experience it. But I'd rather he tell me in person after the fact.
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Permalink Reply by dawny64 on
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SpudzMom!
You can't post dates for battlestations on this site. If you find out from you SR when battlestations is suppose to take place you can private message each other but to not post dates or times. Also your SR can let you no which week and day of training they're on so you can follow along that way. There is a link on here that will give you a guide to bootcamp.
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Even in a closed group the dates should not be published. You don't know who joined your group. Battlestation information is your training on who to follow OPSEC as you would treat information on about a deployment. How do you know an RDC hasn't joined your group? Battlestation information should only be discussed in PMs. I know you are just trying to help, this is your chance to remind everyone of OPSEC.
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absolutely agree with you there BeeBee!
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Permalink Reply by Angie on
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If you really think about it PM's can be hacked also...reality is that real OPSEC information should NOT be talked about on the internet at ALL!
Also it isn't just N4M's that you can't post Battle station dates in, it is anywhere on the internet that it can not be posted.
If the RDC's find out about it the recruits will get in trouble all of the recruits.
This is also a training for the parents they do not need nor will they get all the information now that their child is in the Navy
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Permalink Reply by DramaSoul on
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Definitely against OPSEC to publish it anywhere. It is good to inform yourself by watching the video but the dates are need to know...so only SR's will know. We had a rough idea of when it would be but no actual date until we got our calls afterward. I agree with Angie. Now that our children are in the Navy...we are no longer officially in the loop. And about the calls...by the time my SR called, he had been up for almost 30 hours. It was a great call but he was sooo tired and very happy his whole division passed.
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