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Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!

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:

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:

RTC Graduation

**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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Abucking
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  • Navymom101 (Ship 02 Div 922)
  • Tealgiraffe
  • melberta (Ship 9, DIV 150)
  • fzn2fb
  • Jachay
  • Dagmar (Ship 03 Div 143)
  • sheilada
  • Fishing Quilter
  • Kim
  • Winski
  • Chris(14/142)
  • jacketfan24 (corpsman mom)
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A little about me:
Proud to be a Navy mom.
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Son/Daughter
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When I heard “Navy,” I...
Was proud and encouraged it
The Navy offers opportunities that...
This site is a great help!
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It was positive and maturing. Our relationship has grown stronger.

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At 7:44am on May 12, 2013, jacketfan24 (corpsman mom) said…

Greer Yellow Jackets, of course.  He played football through 2010 there (took off his senior year). Nice to see someone else on here from my neck of the woods, even if it's our biggest rival (haha).  I go to the gym and church with several teachers from Blue Ridge...nothing wrong with a little fun competition!

At 2:28pm on March 13, 2013, Chris(14/142) said…

Abucking - so glad you found me!  So far your son is the only recruit I've heard of being in RP aside from my son.  Looks like you found the RPS Group as well.  And you said your recruit is in Div 143 - so our boys just missed being in the same division too!  I wonder how many "students" are in an A school class (ie: there is only one week between our PIR and yours.  Perhaps my son's group will await your son's group before A school begins...)

We live a little west of Atlanta, so Ft. Jackson isn't very far for us either.  Not as close as you are, but at least not as far away as Great Lakes!

Let's stay in touch!

At 10:53am on March 13, 2013, RPCS Quinn said…

Not normally!  

At 10:28pm on February 24, 2013, Fishing Quilter said…

Hi Amy, 

I would like to be FB friends.  Seems this journey as a new Navy Mom is one best shated with those who have gone before and those in it with me right now.

My name is Joyce Penney, and I'm from Omer, Michigan.  My youngest daughter is the SR.  After HS Graduation, she gave up a shcolarship to study music and decided to study cosmetology instead.  She's been working in a salon for a year or so, but decided that standing on her feet all day to come hoome with pennies wasn't what she wanted to do with her life, so she thought long and hard about what to do next.  She's always had a dream to be a doctor, and felt that joiningthe Navy would be a good way to get educated, make a living, and have a future she could be proud of.  She's the youngest of 3 girls; the oldest is divorced with 2 little boys and the middle sister is a voice teacher and single.  My boyfriend, my daughter's boyfriend and I will be driving to PIR..  Can't wait to see her in her dress uniform!

At 10:18pm on February 24, 2013, sheilada said…

Glad, it sounds like most in their division got to make calls. I hope this means that they are doing well and have a nicer RDC.  Trying not to get my hopes up for another call before the "I'm a Sailor" call, but it's hard not too!

At 11:07am on February 24, 2013, sheilada said…

Did you get a call yesterday?

 
 
 

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