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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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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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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 Forever proud on March 15, 2014 at 9:05pm
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Taylorsierra once they get to A school there is a lot more freedom. He'll have liberty to write, phone, email, Skype etc. He won't have an address for you until he gets there, but it will be handled pretty much the same way as in boot camp, but I think they have to go to their base post office to pick up packages. I had to send my son his TV and Playstation - which I shipped by UPS and it got delivered to the post office to wait for him to walk over and get it.
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Comment by taylorsierra93 on March 15, 2014 at 8:05pm
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Amani we also have orders in Virginia beach, I will hopefully be joining my sailor in late april or may when he finishes a school in april. When will your sailor finish Aschool??
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Are we still allowed to send letters and cards once they are in A school? and does anyone know the address and or procedure of doing so??
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Anybody live in Norfolk VA or Virginia Beach ? We got orders there. And I dont know anyone, looking for some friends.
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My husband graduated on Jan 24th and is on hold for BECC for MM. He has not classed up yet, but was told he would be doing so within a week or two. Maybe sooner.
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Proudmom what is your son's ranking? My son is MM and has been holding since Jan 10 also.
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Comment by Chelle15187 on February 28, 2014 at 9:04am
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You will prob have to wait at least till he graduates bootcamp but my husband graduated Jan 17th and still has not recieved live ashore. There is a lot that has to be done before they recieve live ashore along with them keeping up with school if they are not on hold. Once he is out of bootcamp keep asking him about base housing and he will find out about it.
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Comment by Abby on February 28, 2014 at 3:43am
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No need to be sorry, that's what this website is for :) The arrangements have to be made on his end and although I've heard it may vary based on his ship (barracks) he gets assigned to after boot camp, generally they have to wait until they are phase 2 to apply for live ashore and talk to housing about getting you up here. I've seen a link a few times in this forum for how the phasing works, but I know now it takes about a month to get to phase 2. Once my husband hit phase 2, he was able to get a house set up right away since there isn't a waiting list here. He was also able to set up the move of our stuff, but it took right at a month for our things to get packed up and sent here.
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Thanks do you know how soon I am able to start making arrangements? Will I need to wait until he graduates to be able to talk to property office about moving and applying for base housing? When will I get his orders for a school? Sorry for all the questions.
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We checked out fox crest apartments and they weren't very nice. I would deff try and get base housing if you can.
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