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Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!
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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Great Lakes A School Q&A
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The purpose of this group is to allow family of new sailors assigned to school at Training Support Center Great Lakes a chance to voice questions to a Student Division Commander
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 2332
Latest Activity: Mar 12
Discussion Forum
leave after A/C school-- orders are confusing
Started by MANDY. Last reply by Anti M Aug 16, 2019. 2 Replies 0 Likes
What happens after ASchool?
Started by SailorMom18. Last reply by Phoenixmom Feb 13, 2019. 1 Reply 0 Likes
BECC Info?
Started by adubz33. Last reply by SuBHuni34 Nov 29, 2018. 9 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by Allison on December 1, 2017 at 11:43pm
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Another bit of good news just to keep the ball rolling, I FINALLY get to move to Europe this month to be with my husband again! After 5 months of delays and family/medical hardships, I am so happy to be reuniting with him.
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Yay! I'm so glad he ended up surprising you, how fun! I'm with AntiM, plan for an early Christmas, it's the spirit of the holiday that counts anyway :). Even if he hasn't reported to his ship by then, he could be called back early from leave or have duty or something on Christmas, so even if he did get a report date, you might not be able to count on it 100% anyway. Enjoy! I'm so happy for you!
All this talk of tamales is killing me, eat one for me too!
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Comment by Anti M on December 1, 2017 at 3:52pm
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Tamales and TV sounds perfect!
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Comment by mommamia93 on December 1, 2017 at 3:21pm
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LOL Anti M!! I'm a one and done kind of girl on Christmas. Two would kill me, between food and gifts.
I believe you're right. Better start planning now. I guess if he is still here on Christmas we can just enjoy a day of tamale's and binge watching television.
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YAY for surprises!
I would plan on the early Christmas, as there is little to no way to know when transport to a deployed ship will happen. He'll be in one of the temporary holding units, then BAM! He'll go out. You can always have two Christmases, why not?
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Another question, he reports to San Diego this month and then will be sent out to meet his ship. He hasn't been given an exact date of when he will be sent out to meet his ship. Is there a way to find that out? I'm trying to figure out if we're having a early Christmas or not this year.
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Sorry for coming back so late but HE DID SURPRISE ME!!
My daughter came to our house and told me someone hit the back of her Nissan Murano and when I went to check the damage the boy fell out of the trunk. LOL!!
I'm so happy to have him home while I can.
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Comment by Butterball on December 1, 2017 at 1:03pm
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Love tamales! Yummy! Eat one for me. Thank you again, I am very excited that I get to see my Vic for Christmas, he has always been my Rock and Best Friend.
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Comment by Phoenixmom on December 1, 2017 at 12:51pm
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Well Ladies leaving for the Day, going to get started on my Tamales. wishing you all a great weekend.
Butterball really excited for you, counting down the days my Sailor, my Son, My best Buddy will be home for the Holidays!
Good Day Ladies!
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I am so Happy it did too! I was really worried and when he texted me he said mom if she doesn't mind I can try to help he knows how important the holidays mean to families. But I will let him know. Thank You!
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