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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
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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."
Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:
Events
**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:
In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.
**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.
RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021
Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.
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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- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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Permalink Reply by Laura on
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I received box with belongings but I haven’t heard from him since he arrived to airport.
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Permalink Reply by Phoenixmom on
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Hi Laura, did your son take a cell phone? It's great that you received the box. Next is the form letter. Please join boot camp moms, there is much info on the site. Welcome to Navy Moms.
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Yes he called me from his cell phone from airport said he arrived and was waiting for bus to pick them up to take them to base
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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Perhaps his cell phone ran out of charge if you or another person did not receive the very short "I'm here!" call soon after arriving at the RTC. Every now and then the recruits do not have time to call for some reason.
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You should be receiving The Form Letter later this week or early next week.
The Form Letter arrives around ten to fourteen business days after the recruit's arrival at the RTC. It will tell you your recruit's address and PIR date and other important information. Keep it in a safe place.
Arrival and What Happens at the RTC within Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones) will let you know what is happening and what to expect.
Check your My Page.
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How do we know if he passed his first run test? Does recruiter know? Sorry I’m an emotional wreck right now. College was hard enough and now him joining the Navy has me down.
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No, the recruiter will not know. Since you have not received a call, then he most likely has passed on the first attempt, which would have been on Friday, or the second attempt, which would have been today. If his division did not fill until later and he did not have the first attempt until today and failed, then he will have his second attempt on Wednesday. No call on Wednesday means that everything is definitely good for him to continue training.
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You are very welcome.
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Permalink Reply by Tom's mom on
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If recruiters are motivated and following their SRs, they can check their status by computer. Not all of them do, but some will. That doesn't mean they will share information though. That's up to the recruit when they are allowed calls and letter writing time.
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Hi Tom's mom from my understanding the Recruiters do not know much and are not given any information. The only thing they may have is their address and sometimes it will not always be correct.
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Tom's mom, what the recruiter knows all depends on if anything has been updated in the system and sometimes there is a 24 to 72 hour lag in inputting changes. Typically the system will indicate that the recruit has been assigned to a division and give the address and expected PIR date since that is assigned when the recruit arrives at the RTC, but that info may change during Phase 1 (P-days) for various reasons or as a result of the initial run if the recruit fails the initial run and retests and passes and goes to a different division or if the recruit fails on the second attempt and is sent to SEPS. If there is a change in the recruit's status, then the recruit's location will be indicated in the system once the update has been made. I've also been told that they can tell when the recruit is in Phase 1 or is training, but again there may be a lag in when an update is made.
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