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Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
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**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).
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**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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Has anyone else noticed a problem with messages/mail? I have been trying to reply and message and seems like it is not allowing me to?
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Permalink Reply by BunkerQB on
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I haven't had any problems although I have read a few comments on this site from various members who have had some issues lately.
1. Be sure you and your recipient (s) are friends. The N4M private message system only works if the parties are "friends" with each other. Ironically enough, you can post a comment (as a response) to another's discussion without being friends with the person who created the discussion. Just the way the NING platform was set up.
2. Occasionally, people "block" messages from someone by mistake. Let's say you and I are friends but I don't want to receive any messages from you any longer, I could click on your profile and click "Block Messages" - if you send me a message, I wouldn't get it.
3. If you are on CHAT, then decide to go to another part of the N4M site (say the GROUPS or FORUM) but you don't disconnect from CHAT first, the system slows down considerably because each time some in CHAT post a comment, it's updated on your CHAT window. This may interfere with getting the message sent. So remember to disconnect from CHAT each and every time you leave the CHAT room and when you log off. It takes a second or two but it's worth doing.
4. Late at night NING does a lot of updating of the system. I have found that if I am on here early in the morning it's normally very fast but once in a while, it's very slow.
NING is the social network platform that the Navy For Moms web site is built upon.
Good luck to your sailor (or sailor recruit).
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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That has happened to me in the past. I even started a discussion, Problem Sending Private Messages (clickable link) last year. I was able to reply by switching browsers from IE to Mozilla Firefox.
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Permalink Reply by calliecl on
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Thank you. Read the link and seems the same thing happening with me. Have never had any trouble before but when I hit Send nothing happens. Will try switching browsers and see if that helps.
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I hope it works for you. It has for me when this has been an issue.
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