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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
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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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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Comment by Matt's Mom/Cathy on February 5, 2011 at 3:58pm
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bn4givn even though joining the military was something my son had always wanted to do the morning he was to leave for BC he didn't look good at all. We took him to the recruiter's office and they left from there and spent the night in Houston. Once he got over there and around the other recruits he started feeling better. We also sent him with a Trac Phone so that he could call home throughout the trip and that seemed to help (I know it helped me). They can take their cell phones and they will be shipped back in the box with their clothes but I didn't want him to take his iphone in case the box got lost. It is a drastic change in lifestyle for them and of course the unknown can be very scary but once he gets to MEPS and gets with the other Navy recruits he will have the chance to get to know someone that is about to go through the same thing and they all are nervous I am sure. My son said there were 6 leaving from the airport at the same time for BC and they had gone through security and were waiting for their flight and one of them left to make a phone call and never came back and the plane left without her - I guess she changed her mind.
If you feel comfortable with his recruiter you may speak to him also. I am sure that they see this alot.
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Comment by Kimberly on February 5, 2011 at 3:20pm
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Welcome to the sun!!!!!
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Well-- it is scary to grow up. It is possible to mess up getting to stay in the navy. Hopefully once he gets there he will bond with others and try really hard to stay in. I sometimes think kids just think if they stop growing up no one will make them. Realistically there I'd nothing attractive about a 30 year old sitting at home playing video games asking their parents for money. I say this to say my son did the same thing but he loves the navy has bonded with some guys I talked to him today he is bummed about two of his friends leaving and going to other bases he is in Groton ct and he is sick of the snow. He says tho that he has already accomplished more in his life than he ever thought he would. And that is good for his self-esteem. Anyway I digress he will grow up but it is hard
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Comment by Pearl Harbor MA on February 5, 2011 at 1:15pm
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I think my son is beginning to have second thoughts about this whole thing. He leaves on the 23rd, he hasn't run in weeks, he hasn't studied the things he needs to memorize, he even forgot to call in to his recruiter yesterday! His recruiter didn't call him either though, I think everyone has their days mixed up! Any words of encouragement for him?
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Comment by TxLadyJane(ET Nuke Mom) on February 5, 2011 at 1:28am
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LOL yep I work on Fort Hood!! I only had to work 4 hours today, but it was scary driving to work
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I had 5 close calls going to work this morning. We had delayed start on Fort Hood, 4 was other driers and one was me =(. I am so glad I am home and safe, and so glad I got a call today from my SR!
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Comment by Alysia-Redsmom (VQ-4/ATO) on February 4, 2011 at 11:25pm
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still below freezing and is really cold....looking forwaard to temps above freezing tomorrow....hopefully the sun will be out as well :-)
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Comment by waiting for you (SHIP 3 DIV 080) on February 4, 2011 at 10:50pm
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Congrats Tackijackie!!! I'm waiting for my husband to go through battlestations next week!
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tackijacky congratulations to you and your son! Glad that he was able to talk to you for that long. I bet he was exhausted after battlestations.
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Comment by jean on February 4, 2011 at 8:11pm
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they should have something about the Navy since the Navy is providing the fly over.
we shall see.
stay warm every one.
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