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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.
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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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Leaving for Boot Early?
I joined this board when my 19 yo was at MEPS and officially signed up back in July. I haven't been active on here because he said he was leaving in December and it seemed so far away.
This afternoon he told me that he might be leaving early, doesn't know when yet. Many people are in the same boat (pardon the pun). So now I'm scrambling to figure out what I need to do, if anything, and get acquainted with others here.
It's hard hearing moms whine about their kids going away to college. I don't say anything to them but think "yeah, your kid will come back for Thanksgiving, Christmas, possibly flunk out and come home permanently!". Mine will be gone for a heck of a lot longer than that.
Don't get me wrong, I'm completely behind him and his decision to join up. I'm just going to miss him. The whole military world is so strange to me...college life is not.
Trying hard to keep it together,
Joy
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Permalink Reply by beckybec on
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My son wasn't supposed to leave until December and then a call came out of the blue that said "hey can you leave next week". He left 9/26. It was fast and sudden. I had no clue to this wonderful site until after he was gone. My son actually went away to college for 1 semester and didn't like it. I thought that was hard but boot camp is harder. Atleast I had contact then. Boot camp there's absolutely no contact and its driving me crazy. Good luck and cherish every single day until he leaves
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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You may wish to join the group, DEP-Leavin for bootcamp in December, to connect with others with loved ones who may be leaving the same day/week and may have PIR with your Future Sailor. Be sure to check out the discussion, Things to Do in the Last Month Before Your Future Sailor Leaves for.... I also suggest you join New Members Stop Here and check out the Pages and Discussions there. If he leaves in November instead, you can join the group, DEP-Leavin for bootcamp in November.
Your future Sailor may want to join http://www.navydep.com to learn the ins and outs from the DEP point of view. Craig runs that and will steer you to some good links on there.
(Group names and the links within this reply are clickable links. To join a group, click on the group name and when the group page opens, click on "+ Join..." in the upper right.)
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