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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.
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- Graduation Info
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- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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Discussion Forum
How long is A School for AD?
Started by imomxfour x 3 Sailors. Last reply by melbell Oct 4, 2017. 6 Replies 0 Likes
So how exactly does the squadron thing work?
Started by rmb. Last reply by Jakesmom Jun 30, 2014. 9 Replies 1 Like
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Comment by Valtameri on October 22, 2011 at 3:15pm
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I forgot to add that I hope your son does get to come home for one of the holidays!
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Comment by mom21sailor on October 22, 2011 at 3:04pm
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Good news for you Valtameri! My son is half way through his A school, where he will be going is still up in the air, he will find out this week if he gets the strand he wanted. We are hoping he will be coming home for either Thanksgiving or Christmas. He says if he uses his leave up at Thanksgiving then he will be in leave debt?? Not sure if that is phrased right, he is loving A school, has a bunch of guys that he goes to Portside or the mall with or just hangs out with.
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No, I really don't want him overseas. I would prefer for him to be on the eastern seaboard, but I have always tried to support him. He really enjoys being in the Navy and he wants to see different places, he has loved planes since he was a toddler. Now he can combine his desire to travel and his love of planes into his job, and he is happy, so I am happy for him.
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Hello mom21sailor -- Good to hear that he's started school. Do you want him to get his wish of being stationed overseas?
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Well, we got some good news, he classed up today. He says it will be about 6 weeks of school. He requested to be stationed overseas, we will wait and see what the time frame looks like between finishing school and his duty station. Our son arrived on September 17th, so the wait was not too bad to class up.
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Comment by smeesmom on September 25, 2011 at 2:17pm
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Welcome sheshe, look forward to hearing from you.
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Hi sheshe! ;)
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After A-school in March, my son got stationed at North Island NAS at Coronado, CA. He still has not started his C-school but expects to in November
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Comment by wisconsinmom on September 23, 2011 at 10:36pm
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My son just did C school at his base last June. He has been in about 2 years. Don't know if waiting that long is the usual or not. C school sounded a lot like what he did in A school and lasted about that long, maybe 3 weeks or so. I don't know anything about moving but my son knew where he was going shortly before the end of A school and had 2 weeks at home before he had to report. Maybe try the P'cola group? Keep asking Proudwife, someone will have an answer.
Welcome sheshe!!
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Comment by ProudADwife on September 22, 2011 at 10:47pm
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Valtameri, I did not find anything about c school. I think he does his when he gets to his first duty station. Not sure though.
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