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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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Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:
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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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- Graduation Info
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- PNG – 2.3 MB
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READY FOR PIR APRIL 17 BUT SCARED TO DEATH ABOUT THAT UNIFORM!!
GAH im so ready to see my husband.....in wk 7 now and next week on april 15 i leave for chicago..but im terrified its going to be our first date all over agian...im just terrified to see him in that uniform..my worst fear since i was 16 and he was 18...we were only married 2 weeks when he left and its still hard for me to belive he really is in and he is gone...i wish he was here so badly to hold me and to give me his "everything is going to be ok" speech...it makes me physically sick thinking about it...and im not sure how im going to make it through PIR or seeing him in the uniform all weekend...im so scared...scared about future scared about when we do have kids him missing those first steps or words etc.....im terrified and it feels like no one understands...
the past few weeks i cnt sleep or eat....and now i sleep 15-20 hrs a day just to dream about him and his arms around me or him kissing me....i wake up in middle of night or in the mornings and think hes there to open my eyes and hes not..i have had dreams of where hes hurt or dead. and it all happened bc hes in navy...i mean his brother is army and he went for bootcamp a year ago today but it was different..hes my best friend...this is my soul mate love of my life and i couldnt go on if something happened to him..
i just dnt know what to do about PIR....i dnt even know about next 6 yrs
and God help me if i dnt get a lot of time with him....just us two...bc i need him to hold me and let me cry my eyes out plus i have to tell him something major that happened and i dnt know how he will react to it (no not about me) but the bear he got me it doesnt help...he put a voice recorder in it and it doesnt help at all...i cnt go anywhere in my house without thinking about him....my room is awful! it was last place that we were together before he left and pictures of us are hanging up and our wedding are up....i cry everyday i dnt know how i have made it almose 8 wks!
im just ready for him to be out of bootcamp! this is killing me....slowly...
We have never been apart like this until now...adn i dnt know how ill handle it again...
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Comment by WHITNEY (B's WIFE) on April 7, 2009 at 5:20am
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its not yall that dnt get it its here...................................................
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Comment by Pat L. in IL on April 7, 2009 at 5:41am
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Dear Whitney, I am not a Navy wife but a Navy Mom and the common bond that we have is that we both love our sailors. When you go to PIR, please try to enjoy it and the pride that you will feel. I understand the feelings that you have but a Navy wife has to be strong and independent (which I'm sure you are). Whitney, when you love someone you have to put their feelings ahead of your own. I'm not saying that you deny how you feel, but try not to make things harder for your husband. He is missing you like crazy too. While this is very difficult right now, remember that you WILL get through this. Pat
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Comment by Sherry James on April 7, 2009 at 10:34am
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Hi Whitney ~ your blog post paints a vivid picture and emotions of love and the fear of being alone. I understand and I hope that you start to take steps to help yourself adjust. If you're on a base there are other wives and folks to help you work through your pain. I've never been a wife of an active duty military member, my ex-husband was a veteran when we married but everyone I've talked to learned to deal with the alone time in a positive way. Maybe getting additional training in your career will help. Please know that you and your hubby are in my prayers.
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we didnt really get a honeymoon..no money lol
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Maybe you didn't have a honeymoon but you found true love and not everyone does. Be grateful and you will be blessed. BTW, your wedding looks beautiful and you two are adorable!
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Comment by Anti M on April 8, 2009 at 3:42pm
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Carrie, I know exactly where you are coming from!
Hubby and I were both active duty, we met on Diego Garcia. I was his relief, so he was getting ready to ship to Japan. We didn't date long before we knew this was it. He asked me to marry him on the phone months later, and we couldn't set a date. We both managed to take leave and got married in Vegas, my dad drove us there. He went back to the Dubuque out of Sasebo, I went to Yokosuka. In those first two years of marriage, we saw each other 28 days total.
Every reunion was a honeymoon, and we did get to do wonderful things together. After 22 years, we still go places just to be alone together. Not that we need to, there's no kids in the house, but still... honeymoons are when you make them. He drives a semi these days, so there are still stretches I have to do without him. Yes, every time he comes home, honeymoon!
Hang in there!
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