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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:
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:
**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
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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Care packages for new graduates (a school)
Started by Cali's mama. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Mar 19, 2021. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Looking for current information for my daughter on what's allowed for care packages..idk if it matters that she is in the great lakes location or not..ship 7 div 136...lonely mom with confused tears lol
Bootcamp arrival Sept 8, 2020??
Started by Stephanie0725. Last reply by Shoosh Oct 5, 2020. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Hello! Got the call that my daughter made it to bootcamp quarantine last night 09/08/2020. Looking for other moms out there on the same timeline. Sadie is my baby, only daughter, and only child in the military. I think I am going to need lots of…Continue
PIR DATE: December 13, 2019
Started by Donita. Last reply by Donita Nov 5, 2019. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Anyone else’s recruit have a PIR date ofDecember 13, 2019?Continue
Arrived at boot camp October 2nd
Started by Donita. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Nov 5, 2019. 26 Replies 1 Like
Hey everyone- my daughter left for boot camp October 2nd. I missed a call from her last Friday telling me that her graduation is December 13th. I feel like the worst mom in the world for missing her call. Really didn’t expect her to call so soon but…Continue
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Comment by Blondie on May 26, 2017 at 2:03pm
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WooHoo!!!! Celebrating with you
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Comment by Vickyrun on May 26, 2017 at 1:56pm
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Happy 8th Navy Anniversary to my sailor! She reenlisted for six more. She must like it. Thank you to all my Navy Mom friends who comfort me in the hard times and rejoice with me in the good times. I guess you all are stuck with me for a few more years.
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Comment by Oleander on May 26, 2017 at 10:46am
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Welcome MamaLyd! You'll find lots of support and good info here. Also, as soon as you know the date be sure to join your daughter's PIR group. Hang in there and send lots of letters. They love mail call!
Spending lots of time with my girl, this is the last visit before deployment so every minute counts.
Best to all, Happy Memorial Day weekend - I hope everyone gets to hear their sailor's voice.
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Welcome Aboard New Navy moms! I hope everyone gets a call sometime this weekend, even better yet would be a visit. (hey, we can DREAM) Hugs to all
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Comment by JayDee659 on May 26, 2017 at 7:32am
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MamaLyd that boot camp time is hard, but it will go faster than you think. My daughter has been in two years and has done well. It's easy to worry when we can't be around them, but these girls do well if they want to. I would think that you might get your first call this weekend. Hang on to your phone!
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Comment by MamaLyd on May 26, 2017 at 2:20am
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Hello all. I'm jumping in with my first heartfelt comment. My daughter is at Bootcamp now. Yesterday made a week that she left. The only word we've heard since she then was her landing call and her box of clothes, etc. She's a strong girl, right smack in the middle of 6 brothers, but she is still only 18 and given my own limited knowledge of the military, I cannot help but have lots of questions, concerns. Especially since the entire process from enlistment to bootcamp was so fast... Anyway, thanks to Anna for the warm welcome.
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Megsmom, I'd say when you book your travel is dependent on your mode of transportation. We were able to drive so I waited to rent a car. What I did do was book my hotel early. Hotels are easy to change with notice. If you can fly South West then I'd book my flight while it was cheap knowing it might have to change.
That being said - wait to do anything until you've gotten the letter with the PIR information. That can vary and you don't want to be off by two weeks and have to book it all over.
Also, make sure you number and/or date your letters as they don't always arrive in the order in which we wrote them. Keep your phone handy and ringer on loud, you never know when it will ring and they cannot always call back.
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Our Sailors had a ruff time getting the house up to VA standards, then there was a pipe burst and flooded both stories before the loan passed and papers signed, so then going through trying to get ins. to pay for damage.....Now with him deploying and her just having the baby the house is in our way once again, she doesn't think she should leave it empty over the winter. Our plan was to lease it out when he deployed and she'd either go with him or come home But he's gonna be stationed in VA and deploy back and for, no one knows for how long :( how do you lease for 2-3 months or even 8-9? Maybe a student or someone getting new training???? We love the house, it's 5 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, fenced in back yard, in a retired military co da sac.....
Sounds like that would be best, split up for a few days. Hoping you hear soon.
Mandrakemom, I agree, start writing now, number pages. Treat yourself, do something special, visit some place that was special to her, read her favorite book....I slept in her T-shirt with her stuffed dog named Pink, that she left on my bed when she left. praying for both of you. Hugs
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Thanks Anna and Blondie! While underway she's been dreaming of her favorite meals and has requested a full Thanksgiving dinner - I'm cooking holiday food in May!
MandrakeMom - getting letters means so much to them while they're in bc. Keep writing and number the envelopes. My daughter kept all the letters I sent her and I kept all of hers - we made a scrap book out of them. It was fun to re-read them together.
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