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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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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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- 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?
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Comment Wall
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Comment by Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on April 23, 2009 at 10:12pm
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WOW...Hoppi! What an experience that fire was on your ship....Great jog!
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Welcome Tabitha....Will or Hoppi will be back soon to answer your question.
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Hi Theresa....One of those days, huh? You should have called me and I would have talked you through it. It's wonderful that your boss understands. I know you will be so happy when July gets here....and you can visit Nick....I may not be on here much longer as I am packing for my trip to SoCal tomorrow. I probably won't be online over the weekend..so no worries. I'll catch up with everyone on Monday eve when I get back home.
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Good evening, Will....thanks for the info on the Howie show. I haven't had a chance yet to see if Michael went; I know he was going to try to go. Then I realized he usually has a mandatory class on Wed. eves. I hope the show was a little later on in the evening. Everything is great here.....
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Comment by Kathy (Corey's Mom) on April 23, 2009 at 6:34pm
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Vee...Corey had a chance to catch at least half of Howie Mandel. He said he was laughing his rear off. He forget that he did Bobby's voice from the Bobby's World cartoon.
Will... You are not alone. When Preble had their drill the same thing happened to my son. He dried off as fast as possible and threw on the sweat suit. I still have to laugh when I think about how he described the ordeal.
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Welcome Rysmirlyn...I knew we still had a member "lurking" out there; so glad you decided to join us. I'm sure by now you know our leaders are Will and Hoppi, and the rest of the great people on here will answer anything they can. There are a few members from Florida also....Have a great evening!
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Hi all again...Hoppi, someone on here or GM Mom's posted a comment about the Howie Mandel show there at the base; then I got a txt from Michael telling me that he was going to go to the show. I checked online and Howie's website said it was last night. That's all I know..Maybe we will hear from Will if he knows about it.
Irene - we have 2 dads on here (Gary T. and Bill S.) and they are great guys.
Karen C - Dinner was great! Thank you for asking.
Liesa Marie - I will certainly let you know when I will be in Georgia and we'll meet by/on the Lake. Maybe we can exchange phone numbers by then???
Roni....come on back; we all miss you!
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Good Morning all...It is a beautiful morning here with what we call a huge Sierra Wave cloud overhead and a cool-down day ahead.
Hi Will and Hoppi - how is your day going? Have you heard how the Howie Mandel show was last night? I know Michael was in the audience.
Liesa Marie - I plan to be in Georgia the last week in July and first week in August; perhaps we could plan a lake meeting while I am there. Wouldn't that be neat?
RONI...good to see your comment and know you are ok...We have been missing you lots!
Everyone have a good day--I'll be back later!
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WELCOME Irene and Kristine...You have come to the right group to get your questions answered along with having fun and tremendous support. There are a few Moms on here with Corpsmen in the GL. So, jump in with your questions and join us BTW, Will and Hoppi are our "top guns" (leaders) on this group.
Have a good night everyone!!
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Laurie....CONGRATS to you and your son!!! I know you will be soooooo happy when he gets to come home. He did get San Diego, didn't he?
Hoppi, I will enjoy my night out. Any time I get a chance to eat out, I jump on it. lol Thanks!
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