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Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!
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:
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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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
Leave during A School
Started by azmom. Last reply by Anti M Sep 8, 2015. 1 Reply 1 Like
Pensacola for A School
Started by azmom. Last reply by Bernapet Aug 9, 2015. 3 Replies 3 Likes
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Comment by Vickie - Rooney's mom on September 30, 2008 at 11:37am
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Lou - classed up means they start the actual classes for their rate. He may have a wait. The first think they'll do is indoctrination. He may get bored while waiting to class up, but waiting seems to be typical.
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Comment by Sylvia on September 29, 2008 at 11:00pm
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Hi there :) Well I now have a sailor. PIR was awesome and seeing my son was the best. 9 weeks is an awful long time! Now he is in Virginia Beach and loving it. His A school doesn't start for another week so he has some down time. He already has his cell and calls and texts us all day...it's great! I sent off a package today with his laptop, GPS, Ipod and other "incidentals". He said his roommate is really cool and he thinks they're going to be good friends. Life is good:)
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Can't hurt to check Wal-Mart. You can probably order it online also at sprint.com. If he already has a cell phone check with his carrier to see if they have them, Verizon and AT&T do.
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My son has a wireless sprint card. Costs about $59/month.
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Alan is in Pensacola and classed up at about the same time as his shipmates who stayed behind at GL for A school. Maybe it's different depending on rate. I've been sending him care packages every week - cookies, brownies, CDs, etc. He shares, the other guys seem to enjoy it and are always asking him when he'll get another box. He told me some of the people just arriving are waiting longer because instructors are in the fleet.
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Comment by carols_kitchen on September 24, 2008 at 4:16pm
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Wow, Navy Dad Mark, that sounds great. Our whole family wears glasses, so we appreciate the line of work your sailor has chosen. And yes, I too never thought the Navy would be the way our sailor chose to finish school. It is great!
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That's whats so great for many of us--the job may have chosen our sailors. Best wishes to you Penny & Kathy
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Comment by Joy on September 23, 2008 at 6:32am
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Our son had PIR on 8/22 also. We received the DVD yesterday. I was disappointed that they didn't mention the "lost sailors" on the DVD!!! All that was edited. It was fun watching it again.
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Comment by Brenda Sue on September 22, 2008 at 11:32pm
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Here is a message from a distant cousin of mine whose son is in the Army. I told her I knew of some moms who would help out!! I hope we can get him cards from all over - REPRESENT the US NAVY!!!!
Good Morning,
Just a quick note to give you Scott's address. I guess you have heard a helicopter went down this week. It was from Scott's unit, 7 of his unit were killed. We have not talked to Scott, but Cody has. Cody said Scott was down, but well. Please keep these men and women in your prayers. Scott would love to receive mail. His birthday is October 6.
Thanks for letting him know you are thinking about him.
Love,
Gxxx and Pxxxx
Drop me a line and I will PM you his address.
Just wondering if we could send him a card - be sure and sign it a US Navy MOM!!!
Thanks, Brenda Sue
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We just received our PIR DVD on Friday and he graduated 8/15. Has anyone received the yearbook?
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