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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.
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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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: 2332
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 MissingMyKing on September 18, 2015 at 1:24pm
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Thanks MyAnchorIsAweigh...does it sometimes take a while for them to get notified they have mail too? I'm hoping it's sitting in the mailroom and they just haven't got to it yet.
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Comment by MyAnchorIsAweigh on September 18, 2015 at 11:46am
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@MissingMyKing, my daughter said that mail delivery is VERY slow. Once the sailor is notified that they have a mail delivery they have to find the time to get to retrieve it as well. It seems when she has had the time the office is closed. I just received delivery confirmation for a package yesterday. We will see how long it is before she has it in her hands...
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Hi All, Has anybody experienced packages taking a while to get to their sailor after you got delivery confirmation? My package was delivered last Thursday and he still has not received it... Any comments?
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Comment by Anti M on September 17, 2015 at 8:15am
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@ jim.... A school is where they learn the basics of their rating, their main job in the Navy.
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I am flying in from the Philippines for my wife's PIR Oct2 and she tells me her A-School is in Great Lakes. ( what is A-School )
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Comment by RHINOproudmom2015 on September 15, 2015 at 9:56am
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My SR got to stay at GL for A School....We had a great time hanging around motel, wished we could have afford the 3 star motels.....but ..all in all went ok.....Took our laptops...so the group got to watch from motel...Grandparents in Texas got to see PIR at their home.....now we are wanting to fly up before snow sets in.....Thanks Navyformoms for having this sight...its been a great help, hope to stay inform on through where ever my Sailor goes,
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I'm going to be leaving this group, my son arrived at his destination and was deployed today, of all days, it was today 9/11. He's doing just fine, loves the rest of the crew-said they welcomed him with open arms.
He called 40 minutes before and said "Mom, I got this and I love you!!"
So very proud of him!
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Usually a birth certificate is more preferred, but they tend not to be hard on the younger kids. If all you have is an SSN, use that. Does your state issue child IDs? Some do as part of safety programs, and that would work.
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Comment by Kelley on September 3, 2015 at 3:23pm
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My sailor is at A School and will be graduating on 10/26. We may be bringing our granddaughter with us. Is a social security card okay to get her onto the base? Or will we need her birth certificate?
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Comment by Mama Cyn on September 2, 2015 at 6:13pm
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Vanessa- I have an OS his orders showed up the week he graduated from A school and then when his orders came he went to C school so he was in VA for about 6 weeks; they had to wait for the class to fill up; and then he got his official orders and used his travel time to hit home for a couple of days. We were lucky he was at A school during shutdown at Christmas so he came home to visit then. He had a lot of me asking him what was going and what is the timeframes and him saying we have to wait... I am still figuring out lingo and our conversations have a lot of wait what does that mean. He started his journey in October last year. I think it just depends on where they need the sailors and when they want them. :)
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