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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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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My son left September 6th
My son left for BC on September 6th, my first child to leave home :( We are very close so this has been very difficult for me, but I am very proud of him. I received his box and letter 6 days after he left, and then received a call from him 8 days after he left. He just needed some information faxed or e mailed concerning security clearance, so we didn't have long to talk. I cried the rest of the afternoon and evening, he sounded so tired and down. It just breaks my heart that I can't give him a big hug. I know after a couple of weeks he will sound much better, so I look forward to talking to him and getting a hand written letter from him :)
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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Since you know your SR's PIR date, go to http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/groups-listed-by-pir-date and join the group for that to connect with others with loved ones training with your SR. You are right, it will get better for both of you.
You may also want to join, or at least check out, Boot Camp Mom's, PIR Reference Information, and New Members Stop Here.
(Group names within this reply are clickable links. To join a group, click on the group name and after the group page opens, click on “+ Join...” in the upper right.)
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Permalink Reply by kroberts73 on
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PIR date is November 2nd, I can't wait to go see him graduate :) Is your PIR date the 2nd also?
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My son is div 357, I am still figuring this site out haha...I am in a group, I believe it is the PIR group for ship 09, div 357-358? I just made reservations at the Navy Lodge tonight, but was not able to get the big room that I was hoping to get. I am looking so forward to graduation!
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Yes, you have joined the correct PIR group, PIR 11/02/2012 TG 51, and yes, Divisions 357 and 358 are brother divisions.
You may also want to join, or at least check out, Boot Camp Mom's, PIR Reference Information, and New Members Stop Here.
(Group names within this reply are clickable links.)
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Mine too and he is DIV357!
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There is a facebook page for our PIR group also, here is the link if you are interested in joining the group :)
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My son is the mail PO for their div. I have actually talked to my SR twice, the first time he sounded pretty tired and down, and this past week he called again and sounded great! I haven't gotten a letter yet, hoping to get one this week though. We didn't get to talk much when he called because he was only calling for security clearance purposes.
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I haven't received a letter yet, only the typed one. I have talked to my son twice, briefly, only because he has needed info for security clearance. I am stalking my mailbox daily haha...and still nothing today :( There is a facebook page for the PIR 11/2/12 group, if you are interested in joining that too!
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