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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
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Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:
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**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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Should I join the Navy?!
Now, I'm thinking of joining the Navy because I have no clue what to do, and God forbid, me and my husband ever divorce, I want to provide for my child. But I have not been seperated from my son for more than a day, I don't know if I can go through training and deployments without being with him. My husband is very supportive of any decision I make. But we're both really agreeing on the Navy. At the moment I'm thinking of going into Finance and Accounting since I'm really gifted in math.
But basically, I need advice on whether or not I should join, and if I do, anybody know how often I would get deployed, and how long all of my training would be?
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Permalink Reply by Angie on
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It is up to you what you do, but keep in mind being in two different branches of the military they do NOT have to station you near each other at all! Who will take care of your child during bootcamp? What about during school? What is your plan for when you get to your first duty station and you have duty..who will take care of your child? And for deployments? This has to be thought of, as before you can join they will have you write down all this kind of stuff and have the people who you say will care for your child also sign the paper work.
There are no financing and accounting people in the Navy..only one that does a little (and I mean very little) are PS's
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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Your training could potentially be as long as two years, and you would need your husband to be the primary caregiver for your child during that time. If he could not, then who would? The better the Navy job, the longer the school. Deployments runaround six to ten months. They won't put you on shore duty just because you're a mom.
Ask any dual military couple how it was for them. First two years of my marriage, my husband and I saw each other a to of 28 days. We were both Navy, but it was no easier. Spouse co-location is difficult in one service.
Normally I would be very supportive, but that child is very young to be without you for so long.
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