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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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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
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- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
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New to this world...
Hello All, I am hoping you all can help me understand this new world I have stumbled into. I met and fell in love with an officer while he was home on leave and before I knew it he was headed back to base and deployed a week later. I know nothing about the Navy. I looked for books that would explain things like the steps from boot-camp all the way to becoming an officer and how your rank changes from there, as well as the hierarchy and lingo, but it does not seem that one exists. Does anyone know of a good comprehensive resource that will give me basic information about the Navy so I don't have to pester my sailor with a ton of questions? I thought about going into a recruiter but I think I would feel pretty silly since I don't have any interest in enlisting, just a naive GF who has a ton of questions. And calling the family services (or whatever its called) also seems silly since I am not family.
Also, there seems to be a lot of info and conversations about BF who are entering boot camp or A school (whatever that is) but I am wondering if anyone has ever been in my position - starting a new relationship with someone who has been in the Navy for almost 15 years? If so, do you have any advice? He does not currently have access to a phone and the internet is questionable depending on where he is so I only get emails from him a couple times a week. This is really hard since I spend a lot of time thinking about him and there is so much I want to say but I don't want to overwhelm/smother him by sending daily emails. His emails are pretty short in comparison to mine - is that normal? I mean he is a guy and I know they aren't as expressive as we are but I cant tell if its because he just doesn't have the time or energy or if I am throwing too much at him at once.
Please Help!
Thanks :)
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Sounds like he's on a sub (you don't have to confirm that). Ask him if he can get you in touch with the ombudsman, the volunteer spouse who is the family liaison. Just being in the information loop would be reassuring to you.
Short emails are normal, he's busy/tired/and other people want to use the computer. When he's deployed, communication can be very frustrating, and will be a different style for every situation, for every couple. Hang in there.
A school is how enlisted sailors learn the basics of their job. I guess that's the type of detail you won't know without experience or chatting. Keep asking, we'll answer.
I don't have a good suggestion for a book, but there's plenty out there and I'm sure someone here has ideas for you.
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