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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
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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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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Discussion Forum
Any Meet and Greet For Navy Moms In the Chicago area?
Started by Amorresperroz. Last reply by Amorresperroz Jul 25, 2016. 2 Replies 0 Likes
mailing our sailors a box...
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Comment by Debbie (Stephen's mom) on March 23, 2010 at 6:24pm
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Lewismom, that is wonderful he is going to love that job. Well at lease it is getting warmer here and not just starting winter. LOL Have you heard from him.
Hey Annie, Wii, you are having fun. We missed you, I really wanted to meet your son. Maybe next time! We haven't picked a date for next time, not yet!
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Comment by becky m on March 22, 2010 at 10:02pm
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Thats good news for sure!! Have you talked to Lewis? How does he feel about staying at GL?? 4 days will go quick Collette. Enjoy it.
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Comment by Coco on March 22, 2010 at 9:50pm
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I have news! Lewis is definately going to be a corpsman! He will be stationed at Great Lakes for the next (we think) 6-12 months! Yeah! I don't have to say goodbye for a little while longer! Less than 4 more days till PIR!
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LOL Michelle, your son is coming home, how great is that, I am very happy for you. Well it will be 2 months on the 25th, I cannot believe how fast it is coming.
Lewismom, OMG it will be here before you know it and yes you better take lots of pictures. I will keep him in my prays and thoughts.
Hi Ladies!
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Thanks everyone...5 days to go! I am going to hold off on jumping into the Marine stuff until July or so since he leaves August 2. I can only handle one service at time. :) I will keep you all posted and take lots of pictures at PIR.
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Thanks Mary! Lewis will do just fine and home for a visit before you know it.
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Collette I have a friend whos son is graduating in SD from Marine BC in a week and a half. I thingkthere is a Marine group too if you want I can get the info from her. They post a video on line of the kids. I think thta is so nice for the parentas that can't be there. Navy should do that too!
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Collette that is so much fun isn't it. I do remember getting the information about PIR and it did say if you have to fly or book a room make sure you can get your money back. Stephen told me he passed even before battlestation, and he did and now look where he is, keep up updated.
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Paula,
That may be my reality with my other son when we go to his marine PIR in San Diego. And my other son has a habit of making us wait & wonder...we did not know if he would graduate from high school till the his last day of school so I just have a feeling....so far the first DIV in Lewi's group has made it through battlestations and all passed. It's pretty cool to watch the families post...I can't wait for a call or next Friday!
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I think many people out of town face the same thing... parents in my son's div were already on the way and didn't get a call. I talked to a few parents from other divisons who came from out of town, they just came without a call. I didn't sleep all night was on the N4M's site waiting for someone anyone to say they got a call.. Collette your right it all worked out.
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