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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

Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind.  In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships."  OPSEC is everyone's responsibility. 

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:

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:

RTC Graduation

**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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I thought it would be good to start a sub group for our Div. Since our recruits probably know each other!

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Yeah, Great idea!  Thanks!!
I'm driving from TX and plan to stay at the Ramada.  Has anyone else started plans?
We are flying from Houston. Staying at the Residence Inn in Waukegan. We needed a lg room since we are traveling with my 16 yr old son and my SR's gf. I'm hoping to attend the Meet n' Greet at the Ramada! :)
My daughter left the same time as yours but I haven't received a letter yet.  I'm with you!  I miss my daughter so so so much!

Hi - our son is in Ship-10 Div-265 also.  I would love to stay in contact with other families.  We will be traveling from WA state to GL for PIR.  Very excited to experience this and see our son.  We are anxiously awaiting that first phone call that lasts longer than 30 seconds! :)

 

Hi Kim,

We are traveling from WA as well! Where abouts are you?

Kathy

Hi Kathy - We will be flying out of Portland.  We live in Vancouver.  My son's name is Brendan and he is our youngest son - we have 2 more sons both who decided to go the college route vs military.  I knew from the time he was just a little guy that he would go this route.  He is an HM.

Hi Kim. Our son is Anthony, he is my oldest and only son. He is 21, graduated Job Corp, High School, took some college, but decided to follow in grandpa and great grandpa's footsteps. We will fly out of SeaTac. We are in the Bremerton area.  Anthony is, so far, undesignated PacSeaman...so he is in store for an adventure! :)

 

Hi Kathy - We used to live in Bremerton when my husband was stationed there years ago.  We still have friends there.  It is a beautiful location and had we not been from Vancouver we would probably have landed there when my husband got out of the Navy in 1990.
We are staying at the Ramada Inn.  I booked it yesterday.  I can't wait!!
My son's name is Alex. We are still waiting for his first personal letter and first real call. I would love to know the families of the kiddos he's there with.
I checked out the Ramada and it looks nice - I believe that's where we will land as well.

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