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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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OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
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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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Great Lakes A School Q&A
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The purpose of this group is to allow family of new sailors assigned to school at Training Support Center Great Lakes a chance to voice questions to a Student Division Commander
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 2331
Latest Activity: Mar 12
Discussion Forum
leave after A/C school-- orders are confusing
Started by MANDY. Last reply by Anti M Aug 16, 2019. 2 Replies 0 Likes
What happens after ASchool?
Started by SailorMom18. Last reply by Phoenixmom Feb 13, 2019. 1 Reply 0 Likes
BECC Info?
Started by adubz33. Last reply by SuBHuni34 Nov 29, 2018. 9 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by blackbirdmom on September 26, 2017 at 6:42pm
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Anti M - he hates doing laundry. He said he'd rather PT any day. LOL Some guys were paying others to do their laundry.
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@Phoenixmom - I was complaining about it being 90 here today, which is super hot for us. Hope you feel better.
Thanks @Ima & @Butterball! I haven't seen him much today. I had to have dental work done, he was doing the RAP thing today, and then he went to see some family this evening. But just knowing he's in the same area is comforting. He looks different, older.
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Comment by Anti M on September 26, 2017 at 6:35pm
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WOOHOO! Boots in the house! And hey, they know how to do laundry now, LOL.
Yes, they are supposed to have a liberty buddy or two. This policy can apply to C school and the fleet too in some areas. Japan definitely has a strict liberty buddy policy. Any of my friends who had family in the area always took a bunch of us with them.
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Comment by Phoenixmom on September 26, 2017 at 6:14pm
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Good evening Ladies hope you have a restful evening. I need to go home and fill up on meds. See this is what happens we have been up to 112 in Phoenix, the tempeture has fallen to a high of 89 in a matter of days. so it is starting to cool down really quick and this hasnt happened in Years, October last year was still so hot, looks like we might be having a fall and not a summer year round! LOL!
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Comment by Ima on September 26, 2017 at 4:48pm
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Anti M, you never cease to amaze me. Thank you again for more info and I'm glad to hear your eye is doing better!!!
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blackbirdmom Congrats!!! I'm so happy for you, what a wonderful treat. I hope you get to enjoy every minute of his visit!!!
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But I believe the Military boxes are for those overseas APO/FPO if I am not mistaken, so I will have some on hand just in case.
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Comment by Butterball on September 26, 2017 at 2:13pm
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BLACKBIRDMOM, CONGRATULATIONS FOR BOOTS IN THE HOUSE!
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Yes I spoke to the post office she is sending me the biggest box which is 12x12x51/2 priority flat rate and they also have boxes for military shipments priority of course so she said she would send both to me. Thank You. Awww poor puppy dog, he was missing him.
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Comment by barefootie on September 26, 2017 at 1:56pm
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Reason being I am so very fortunate that I’m only an hour and a half away from GL. I set him up on a train schedule to come home as it’s difficult to keep going back and forth. His chit was denied because they wouldn’t let him leave base on his own and said he wouldn’t be allowed until he leaves on a fleet which proves to them he can handle it. We weren’t happy but of course once a month I treasure going in and grabbing him
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