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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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Happy 21st Birthday to my son Christian. I wonder what you will do today? In your last e-mail you said you would probably be busy working. I wonder if any of the people on your ship will acknowledge it or try and do something to make it special for you. I hope the package I sent 2 weeks ago arrives today. We will celbrate it again when you can come home.

His sisters and I took a few pictures with a sign that says "Happy 21st Birthday" telling him that we love him and inserted it in en email. If he has access to e-mail he will get that today. Plus I told him that he can celebrate it three times 1 over there, 1 because I had him here in California so he gains back at least 10 hours and again when we get to see him.

I miss this guy like crazy, he said he was busy trying to get his ESWS pin and doing a lot of studying. During down times he plays guitar and teaches some of the other guys that are interested, he tries and work out when he has time along with all the other things and jobs that he has.

Has anyone else had there sailors biirthdays while on deployment? Did they do anything? My fear is no and I just hope I am wrong.

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Comment by Joanie Tyler's Mom(133 Bees) on September 27, 2010 at 11:21am
Wow...I just can't imagine....but I too will get to experience this in 2011 and 2012...my son will be gone on deployment on his 21st and 22nd birthdays...not sure what it will be like....I know we will all get through this...waiting to hear what others experienced....will be thinking of all of you today.
Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on September 27, 2010 at 12:07pm
So many sailors have their birthday while deployed, typically the ship's culinary staff will make a sheet cake once a month celebrating all birthdays for that month. Not quite the same as being home -
but it sounds like your son's days are pretty consumed right now working on his pin so he is focused and busy and that's the best way to be when underway. Hope you hear from him soon!

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