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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
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.
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- Graduation Info
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- 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
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Comment by KS Cathy (S7Div.357/PIR11/5) on November 8, 2010 at 5:43pm
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My son just went to Port Hueneme, CA. He arrived Saturday the 6th. Anyone else there?
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Comment by LindaB(Ant'sMom)10/15 on November 2, 2010 at 10:22pm
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Hi Alicia, your daughter will be able to have her lap top and her cell phone. The first week they get settled in.and learn who is in their room with them. When will she be going to A School?
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Comment by FN salior Ship Bataan lh 5 on November 2, 2010 at 10:58am
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hello my daugther will be in A school in GL what does she expert on the frist week? would love to know.would she be able to have a lap top and cell ?
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Comment by Jen - Ship10mom(Div340) on October 27, 2010 at 10:55am
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LindaB - glad to have you here!!
Skye - oh my goodness - how awesome and exciting! Try to keep your plans flexible, Ma Navy has a way of changing her mind and plans often! :-)
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Comment by Cathi on October 25, 2010 at 3:14pm
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Please help me to spread the word, i'm trying to reach as many mom's as possible.
INFORMATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!
With the holidays coming up, I can see where this could be a real problem.
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DrewsMomRita, Thanks for the info on Christmas leave. That's what I heard too. That they encourage the sailors to go home for the holidays;.I know, my son mentioned the Marines as well...ugggh is right! That is what my son said that they were waiting for enough people for classes. I guess we just have to wait & see!
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Comment by DrewsMomRita on October 20, 2010 at 2:24pm
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LindaB...I hope it doesn't either. Drew said they will have Xmas leave for two weeks! I bet they will be in the same class. He also mentioned the Marines ...ugggh... and said they were waiting for enough in a class to start A School. I hope next week. The sooner they get out, the sooner they move on... I think they all get the Xmas time off, no matter when they start. Someone said the base basically shuts down from Dec 17 to Jan 2.
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Hi DrewsMomRita, My son said that they will probably start "officially" by the last week of October, or the first week of November. They probably will be in the same class!!! I hope that it doesn't affect any liberty they may get for the Christmas holidays.
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clclrt(S7D351)PIR 10/29/10
"A" School , the A is for Apprentice... And it is where they go to start learning their job before joining a fleet...
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Hi LindaB,
My son Drew also grad on 10/15 and is A School at GL to be Medical Corpsman! He said he won't start for a few days, maybe a week or so, but I have heard that sometimes they don't have enough for a new class, so they have to wait until they have so many to get a class going. Did your son; tell you when his A School starts? I bet they will be same calss...
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