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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.
OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
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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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******BATTLESTATIONS*****
This is the final test for your sailors. They will be tested on all that they have learned and all that they may encounter when deployed on a ship. It is a 12-hr overnight drill. They go over to a Disney-created ship (USS Trayer) in the evening and finish up the next morning with a capping ceremony. At this ceremony, they trade their Recruit caps for Sailor caps, graduate, and are now sailors! Teamwork is the name of the game...they are put in small teams and must function well together. They will be evaluated as team members and as individuals. This is what a Chief said about BattleStations: 150-300 recruits go through a night, out of that number 3-10 may fail and have to repeat on another night. Teamwork is the key. If all recruits keep their mouths shut, listen and focus, and work as a team....they should pass.
The divisions will go through with their brother divisions. Up to 4 divisions (2 sets of brother divisions) can go through a night; sometimes only one set of brother divisions go through, or sometimes a set with the 800 or 900 division added. They start with the lowest numbered divisions and work up...800 and 900 divisions go through randomly. They may even go together at times. They can start a week before PIR (usually Thurs night), do not go through on Fri and Sat nights because of Captains Cup on Sat (athletic event for all divisions...fun!), and can resume Sun-Wed nights, depending on number of divisions in the PIR group. If a SR has to repeat, he/she will go with another division's group----they can even go the night before PIR, then will be at PIR in uniform but in the balcony rather than marching due to fatigue from being up all night.
"I'm a Sailor" calls usually start around 2 pm GL time the day they finish. Sometimes they come earlier; sometimes later, depending on number of divisions trying to call. Please keep your phones handy all day so you don't miss that most important call! If you don't receive a call, it could mean that your sailor had watch and will call the next day. Please ask your sailor if all in his/her division passed and post that info on the board for others to see.
The brother divisions for this group are:
115+116, 117+118, 119+120
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Please ask your SR when his/her division has BattleStations scheduled, post on this group, and I will get a schedule started in the next couple of weeks. HOOYAH!
*******BattleStations Schedule*******
Thurs, Mar 24th/Fri, Mar 25th Div 115, 116
Mon, Mar 28th/Tues, Mar 29th: Div 117, 118, 806
Tues, Mar 29th/Wed, Mar 30th: Div 119, 120
Check out the link below for a much better idea (with pictures) of BattleStations!
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir482011/forum/topics/battle-stat...
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Permalink Reply by mysailorson on
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Wow, after those first days dragging by, now it seems like time is flying by quickly! I can't believe we are talking about BS21 already! Can't wait!
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Permalink Reply by NavyJane 11/116 on
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Thanks, Diannep, for all the info on BattleStations. I think the hardest thing on me personally about book camp is not knowing what and when my sailor is doing. I'm so used to being able to text her whenever I want.
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Permalink Reply by diannep on
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NavyJane: Yep, the lack of communication is SO SO hard on us ladies, I know. But never fear! "A"School is a whole different situation...you are back in contact! :-)
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Permalink Reply by quiltblue on
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Am asking in my letter to my son and on U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command FB page if they have any dates for our PIR, specifically for 115, 116.
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Permalink Reply by janlee on
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let us know if they answer you...ive heard they do not discuss BS21 dates or PIR dates on the FB page.
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I agree with janlee. They do not like BattleStations dates discussed there. Best to just ask your SR when the date is and post here. The RTC will not give out dates anyway.
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Permalink Reply by Clay'sGirl (Ship 11 Div 115) on
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3-24 for division 115 ladies. Got my letter today and he sounds excited :)
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Thanks, ClaysGirl! It's on the schedule now with brother division 116.
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Permalink Reply by joannesailorswow on
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dianne, when I talk to my SR he said that 117 & 118 were going through @ 8:30pm on the 28th which is Monday and we would be receiving our calls on the 29th
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Oh, ok, Joanne. That is what I had down originally, but in your message yesterday, you had said the 27th, so I changed it on the schedule then. It is now changed back to the original date of Monday. Thanks for the info!
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Div 120 is doing BS21 on Tuesday night!!! Heard from my son today and it is confirmed!
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