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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.
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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).
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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- I am a medical laboratory manager, blayke's PIR is 4/30/10 (can't wait to see that brat of mine). He will be headed to Pensacola for A school for IT.
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- it makes a great man out of a good boy. even if he leaves all his laundry for his mom to do when he leaves!!
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By the way, there's a monthly informal dinner in Avon which meets on third Mondays. We always post it on the Events calendar, because we rotate among a few different restaurants. Check May 17 for this month's details. We're also starting to discuss the 65th anniversary of the USS INDIANAPOLIS Reunion this summer; so stay tuned!
Jump in with any questions or comments you may have. I think you'll find we're a nice bunch of folks and always willing to lend an ear to listen or a shoulder to cry on. Hugs! k.
I have put together some other stuff to send to him, just waiting to get the address. Thanks again
Thanks so much, when Blayke joined he was contacted by a daughter of a coworker of mine and she also joined. The coworker looked at me and said "he's not dead". Took all I had not to say something lousy, but I kept it to myself.
Ask all the questions you like... it'll make you feel better and Blayke will be impressed with how much you know! It'll give you a way to talk about his work once he's finished with bootcamp. Once you know what his rate ("job") is going to be, join that group and keep asking questions! Smile, you're the mom of a US Sailor! Hugs, k.
2) I was able to breathe again at about the 4-week mark, because then it's halfway over! Be sure to shower him with letters. If your hands are shaking, let someone else take a picture of you and the dog. Send anything you can think of that will make him smile (but nothing that would cause the RDCs to call him out). I drew some silly pictures, sent him bad jokes and puns, and made fun of everyone in the family. He'll only be able to write you once a week, but you can send all you like. DON'T send any musical cards, food, candy, or gum. You can't send a whole newspaper, but you can send articles (I sent the baseball stats from the Sunday paper).
I'll answer your questions in reverse order:
3) What you need to know: (a) that this pain WILL come to an end. I don't mean this to sound glib, but remind yourself that he is not dead -- just away from you for a while. You will see his handsome face again and hug him tight! Sometimes the only way we get through hard times is knowing the sun continues to move across the sky, bringing each day to a close and shortening the time left. (b) Cry all you want. If anyone tells you that you need to "buck up," tell them you're dealing with this in your own way, thank you. (c) DON'T cry when Blayke calls. Even if he's crying (mine did), think of this as when he was hurt really bad when he was little... you stayed calm and did what he needed while he wailed. I like to think of my foremothers... had a great, great, grandmother whose cabin was attacked by a few Comanches while her husband was away. They shot her 9-year-old boy in the leg out front. She dragged him in, bolted the door, and kept herself and four children safe with one rifle and a pistol. I tell myself that I have her blood in my veins and I'm a strong woman.
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