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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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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021

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Location: Tinley Park
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Latest Activity: Jul 27, 2022

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Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on September 3, 2009 at 4:14pm
Do any of you know of any social gatherings for single sailors at/near GL? My son was supposed to come home to the QC for the weekend, but he's on funeral duty and probably won't get here at all. I think he's lonely! He'd be embarrassed that I've posted this, but his whole life is Navy work. He needs more than that!
Comment by Dianne on July 19, 2009 at 11:18pm
Since I wasn't able to bring my pictures to the lunch, you guys can see them on my profile. The Nuke with KellyAnn is her boyfriend (also a nuke).
Comment by Dianne on July 10, 2009 at 10:47pm
Mark me as a maybe. My sailor girl is coming home tomorrow night for 10 days. 10 whole days. Yahoo! Although she will be in town on the 18th she will possibly be spending the day downtown with her Navy boyfriend and his family as they are in town for a Navy graduation at Great Lakes that weekend. I will know more details later.
Comment by becky m on July 8, 2009 at 9:29pm
Cathy and Mary glad you guys had a great time with your sailors. I had a great time with mine too! It is really hot in Lemoore, it was 107 degrees while we were there. I'm glad at least I know where he is at thou!! Paula I can see why your daughter needed her car while she was stationed there. The nearest town is soooo far away. The base and the planes were an awesome sight to see!
Every morning I would watch them practice flying over the hotel. Princess I
am glad you told us about G/l That is good info to know. Have we set a date for a meeting yet??
Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on July 3, 2009 at 7:01pm
Laura and all, we just returned from almost three weeks of being on the road to visit family in Tucson. Our sailor started leave a week after we left, so he joined us there. I got to meet one of the Tucson moms while I was there, too. When I returned, I had a lovely letter from Jackie who was still at bc at the time she wrote. She told me that an instructor on the range told her one day to make sure she wrote her mom, and she and I are assuming that it was my son. I have to remember to ask him.
Comment by becky m on June 18, 2009 at 8:05pm
Hope all is well with everyone!!! A week from today at this time I will be in Lemoore to see Jason. I'm getting excited. I feel fortunate that I am able to do that, and keep everyone who is not able to see the kids in my prayers!!
Has anyone decided when we are all getting together now that the weather is nice???
Comment by becky m on June 8, 2009 at 8:03pm
Laura have you tried K-Mart thats where we got our clock.
Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on June 5, 2009 at 9:54am
What's Jackie's rate going to be? I'll write to her again. Andy can talk to her in public places, but he's so careful about recruits that if it's not at the mall, I'm not sure that he'd talk to one! He's told me stories about the recruits on the range--just like high school, they don't listen and follow directions. He's finding out what it's like to be a teacher! I'd thought they'd be motivated to do things right, but he says some days there are several who get kicked off the range.
Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on June 4, 2009 at 7:53pm
The travel section of stores like Wal-Mart, Target, K-Mart usually carried the battery alarm clocks. I found a wind up one at a Tru-Valu Hardware last fall, too. Laura, it took me awhile, but I finally did write to Jacqueline. My son said she'd be in the division he's instructing next week, but he didn't want to know who she is, of course.
Comment by becky m on June 3, 2009 at 10:06pm
Welcome Miranda!! We have all been where your at now!! B/C will go quicker than you think. I didn't believe that when everyone kept telling me taht but, it is really true! It goes quick!!
 

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