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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
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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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I miss my recruit!
My son left for Great Lakes on March 23rd. I did cry, but didn't over do it when he left. That is until I got home. I saw his watch on the table and I just LOST it! I, too, received the scripted phone call upon arrival to the base and was thrilled to hear his voice. However, since then, we have only received 1 call from him and that was for about 8 minutes and have received one lettter...short and sweet. His graduation date is set for May 23rd so we are on the down hill side of boot camp. My question is this...is it normal not to have heard from him only once? He did tell us that he has been chosen as RCPO of his division and that this is a challenge for him, but does this mean he can't call us or write to us often? Quite honestly, I didn't really expect to get many letters from him as he is not a 'writer', but I had hoped that we would have gotten at least one long phone call from him. I'd love to hear from any mom out there that could shed a little light on this for me. Thanks:)
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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Join PIR 05/23/2014 TG 28 - 7 Divisions (177-182 and 928) to connect with others with loved ones training with your SR. I also invite you to join Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones) and to check out the Pages (found under the pictures of the Members) there.
There is no set number of phone calls. Most receive the "I'm here!" call upon arrival, an "I'm still alive!" call sometime between 2 and 4 weeks in, and then the "I'm a Sailor!" call in the last week before PIR. Some may not get all of those for various reasons. Any other calls are for information or because the RDC scheduled one for some reason. Some RDC's schedule a call most weeks and some don't schedule many or any extra calls. See Phone Cards and Phone Calls.
Right now your recruit is only able to write letters during holiday routine on Sunday, so there won't be many letters. See Letter Writing & Fun Stuff/Questionnaires to send to your Recruit.
The Page, Recruit Petty Officer Positions. will tell you more about his position.
Check your My Page.
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Permalink Reply by wastoldtochangemyname on
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My daughter left April 15th. I blubbered like an idiot for a week before she left.......I knew it was coming, I helped her with her General Orders and her Creed, but when that calendar hit 1 week to go, I lost it........I was good the day she left, I gave her a hug, told her I loved her, told her I was proud of her, and left before the tears started.
Got in the car and hubby was crying and I lost it..........worried about her until I got the "call" which was a whopping minute and a half. Found a video on YOUTUBE about boot camp and cried again.
My daughter isn't a writer, (unless you count text messages) so I really don't expect letters. I write and hope that she is okay, but until I see her June 13th at graduation (or hear that it Is delayed for some reason), I have to hope that everything is okay. I have been told that this is normal. They are encouraged to write, but they are not required to.
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Join PIR 06/13/2014 TG 31 – 7 Divisions (197-202 and 931) to connect with others with loved ones training with your SR. I also invite you to join Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones) and to check out the Pages (found under the pictures of the Members) there. They only write on Sundays at first, so you won't get many letters. See Letter Writing & Fun Stuff/Questionnaires to send to your Recruit. You also won't get many calls. See Phone Cards and Phone Calls. Yes, "No news is good news!"
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