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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.
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:
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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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Moms of "A" school Sailors
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Our sailors are now in "A" school - let's share!!
Members: 960
Latest Activity: Dec 3, 2022
Discussion Forum
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Comment by Christine Proud Son of ET on August 16, 2014 at 4:44pm
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My son had PIR on 7/18 and is going to school in GL to become an ET. His C school is will be in Virginia and/ or San Diego.
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Comment by nancyjane on August 14, 2014 at 10:39am
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My son just graduated 8/8/2014. He is at A school at great lakes. Is any body else's son there?
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Comment by John and Yvonne on August 14, 2014 at 8:03am
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Hi Ladies. I've been reading your posts about all the schools your sons and daughters are going to and most of you probably don't know at this point where their permanent duty station will be, but I just wanted to let all you moms know that if they ever get stationed in the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area in VA., I thought I'd let you know that my husband and I have been inviting sailors (and soldiers and Marines) over to our home for the last 14 years to give them a place to go on the weekends and hang out, play board games and of course we feed them! :) My husband is a retired Navy Chaplain (also spent his first 10 years enlisted) so we have a heart for the military. You can check out our page on this website or go to our website at www.openbibleministries,com to see all the things we do together.
Yvonne and John
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Comment by DonnaEricsMom on August 1, 2014 at 11:12am
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I just wanted to thank all the mom's who told their Sailors that my son was at Goose Creek. Your son's found mine and made him feel so welcome and wanted, even though he was a month late getting there. You are wonderful people and angels to my son and I. : ) Thank you.
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Update, my Sailor flies to SC on Monday.
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It's official, my Sailor FINALLY gets to move onto A school!!! He called late last night to let me know. Now we just wait to find out when they will send him. Hopefully it's in the next couple of days. Thank you all for your prayers and well wishes. : )
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Okay, so I finally heard from Eric and we still don't know anything. They drew his blood this morning and told him to come back on Monday to get the results. Don't they understand that his mother is going crazy!! LOL So need to learn how to get into "Navy" mode. : ) I'm still not good at this hurry up and wait stuff.
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Comment by navymom2013 on July 18, 2014 at 9:46am
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Eric's Mom - you have my prayers - may the best come to you and your son.
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Okay, tomorrow's the day . . . Eric goes to the Dr. to find out if he's cleared to move onto "A" school. So I'm asking for prayers and good thoughts to be sent out for him, please. : )
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Comment by Frogger1 on July 3, 2014 at 2:48pm
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Brettsmom, not much that I could tell. Brought him a tv, game console, laptop, and his own underware, lol, hates the white tighties. They Don not have Internet in there rooms though.
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