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Join groups! Browse for groups for your PIR date, your sailor's occupational specialty, "A" school, assigned ship, homeport city, your own city or state, and a myriad of other interests. Jump in and introduce yourself! Start making friends that can last a lifetime.
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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Hi Everyone! My son will be leaving for boot camp in March 2015. The closer the day gets, the stranger it seems. I am not so anxious about boot camp, but I am very anxious that he is going to be stationed across the country from me after boot camp. He graduated from college in December 2014 and is 23 years old. I know that some other mothers are having to let go a lot sooner than me, but I don't know if that is any harder. With that said, I am very proud of him and his decision to serve his country. I am very excited for the opportunities and experiences that lay ahead for him. Thanks for listening!
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Hi, my son left for boot camp last Monday. We are a very close family and it is hard to e separated. But I found out that sooner or later, a parent that has done a good job raising children is in fact making a good society, so that is my contribution to the country. Now, my children, at some point, having grown solid wings with my help, need to fly and will. The second thing is having a group like this one and all the others you will find in this website, will help you live these stages with other people like you, will help the anxiety of the unknown taper down as you get more and more information about all the aspects of the navy men and women's lives, and will give you the opportunity to share your "blues", shake them off, and help other moms.
That being said, I believe this is a great journey for your son.
I also want to let you known that I was born, grew up and lived for 30 years in Buenos Aires, Argentina, had a beautiful family and life, friends, etc. and my own separation from my family was quite dramatic for me, so I am talking with a little bit of knowledge. My mother and brother, and friends are still there. I don't have any family in the US except my husband and children and one, as you see, is gone now.
So stay strong, count on God, as how they say: all our have is our soul.
Be positive and proud. All is well.
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