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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:

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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Billie
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  • Moorland, IA
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Things To Do During Liberty

Started this discussion. Last reply by ktssong Jan 4, 2011. 37 Replies

N4Ms:  Use this forum to post ideas of things to do with your sailors while they are on liberty at the Great Lakes.  Whenever possible, please include the URL for related websites.Continue

 

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A little about me:
Who am I? I am an incredibly blessed woman, that's who I am! I have a beautiful 18 year-old son who joined the Navy on October 5, 2010, to be a corpsman. I absolutely love being a MOM (it's my favorite thing!) and am overwhelmed that God would chose me to raise him. . .My son has been my number one mission field, and being his mother has helped me gain a greater understanding of God's character. I have also been given the immeasurable privilege of being David's helpmate! Being chosen as his wife is an incredibly humbling and joyful experience. He's my best friend, and he challenges me to strengthen my relationship with Christ just by being the wonderful man of God that he is. I am truly such an incredibly blessed woman!!!
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Son/Daughter
Stage of (Sailor’s) Navy career?
Enlisted
When I heard “Navy,” I...
Was proud and encouraged it
The Navy offers opportunities that...
Well, my cub left for bootcamp on October 5, 2010. Ask me this question again in about a year. :)
Our Navy experience so far...
It was positive and maturing. Our relationship has grown stronger.

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At 12:32pm on August 9, 2011, MarianneKT's Mom said…
Happy Birthday!  So glad that you heard from your son;)  My daughter Katie has been in Sasebo since April 2009.  The phone calls are wonderful!!!
At 6:09pm on March 4, 2011, MEsailormom said…
Hi Billie...hope you get this message. I think our sons have buddyed up. Is your last name Frink? I am Dylan's mother...Cody would know him as Troy. Funny we know the guys first names and they know the last names. Let me know if I am right. My sailor though there must be a million Cody's in N4M but they did PIR together.
At 4:03pm on February 25, 2011, MarianneKT's Mom said…

Hi Billie -

My daughter is a DC in Sasebo, Japan.  Since her ship is an amphibious assult, whenever they deploy the USS Essex stops in Okinawa to pick up Marines and all their equipment.  Sorry I'm not much help, I have only flown into Seoul, Korea, and Fukuoka, Japan when we went laster year on the Tiger Cruise.  We then flew out of Narita airport near Tokyo.  Do you have your passport?

At 10:48am on November 13, 2010, Ariel (ship02Div903) said…
Hi My name is Ariel said (r.e.l) but I usually go by Elli or Ari (r.e) haha. I know I am glad you are on here! Someone that I have met that is close to home haha. Dallas is doing well. I am doing well too with him gone but I miss him so much! Are you going to go there for Thanksgiving?
At 7:38pm on November 3, 2010, Shelly Matt's Mom Ship2 Div 903 said…
Mrs. Strings, I'm so with you I will be on my knees tonight praying for our boys they need all the prayers they can get right now. I know God will get them through this next week!! Keep Praying!!!!!!
At 2:30pm on November 3, 2010, Shelly Matt's Mom Ship2 Div 903 said…
I tell Matt the Bible Verse all the time:) After this week things should be getting better for our boys. On the upside they sound like they are all doing really well.
At 11:04am on November 2, 2010, Shelly Matt's Mom Ship2 Div 903 said…
From what Matt told me they are in their 3 week and 1 day. He said next week will be the hardest so everyone keep our boys in your prayers.
At 3:01pm on October 30, 2010, Shelly Matt's Mom Ship2 Div 903 said…
Thank you for your kind words I needed that:) I know he will call when he can.
At 11:21am on October 29, 2010, Shelly Matt's Mom Ship2 Div 903 said…
Dear Billie,
Next time I write Matt I will ask him about Cody:) God can work in great ways and I will be praying for our boys. I hope Cody is doing well in boot camp I know our boys are having a hard time and I'm glad they only have 4 weeks to go!!!! Have a blessed day. Shelly
At 6:37pm on October 28, 2010, Shelly Matt's Mom Ship2 Div 903 said…
Dear Mrs. Apron,

I got my first letter from Matt yesterday, it was so great! He did say that it was his first time being able to write. I'm sure you will get yours soon. Matt said he has meet some really great friends in there and that they will remain friends the rest of his life. Matt also said he got to go to church for the first time since he arrived and I was really glad to hear that. He ask me to send him some more bible verses(I put some in his address book when he left). Anyway I hope you hear from your son soon. we need to keep in touch:) Shelly
 
 
 

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