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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.
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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:
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**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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The heart and soul of the Navy-the cook! Let's swap stories and exchange info about our loved ones being a CS in the Navy!
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Comment by therevbev on February 5, 2016 at 10:05am
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Welcome to all the new Navy moms! Hoping the short weeks of boot pass easily for you (they won't, but we can always hope!). Feel free to read back 2 or 3 pages - I think we've hit almost all the questions in the last few pages somewhere. We've all been THERE and know how you are feeling. Hang on, the ride gets bumpy at times, but it is always thrilling.
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Vikki - (reposted from July)- When your son finishes boot, he will immediately have to move over to Great Lakes Naval Base following PIR. You will have to wait several hours (At least 2 or 3 o'clock) until they have "moved in" to the new base. Once he's free, they will have restricted liberty for the remainder of the weekend (Fri evening, Sat and Sun) - he will know the restrictions and when each day he is free and when to return. The CS all stay at GL for at least 2 and sometimes 4 weeks until the class is ready in VA. The first week is indoc classes (a Navy necessity) followed by a lot of cleaning and standing watch. That's just the way of it. As to PIR weekend, you can plan as it fits your schedule since he'll be in Great Lakes, IL for several more weeks.
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Comment by HuskyMom on February 5, 2016 at 9:20am
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Hi & welcome Elizabeth Armstrong - one of my Sailors is also a CSS. He has yet to go underway, just has guard duty while his boat has been overhauled.
Welcome Vikki & Kim - yes, he will stay at Great Lakes for indoc for a week or 2, then head to Fort Lee for Culinary. He will have Liberty for the weekend!
Kim - as soon as you know your PIR date, make hotel reservations!
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Comment by Kim on February 5, 2016 at 9:00am
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Hello
My son is CS, I have not received his firm letter yet
So I do not officially know the PIR date
Thinking it will be 3/25
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Comment by Vikki on February 5, 2016 at 12:24am
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Can anyone tell me if he will be staying at Great Lakes after graduation for Indoc. Will he have Liberty for the weekend?
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My son is at RTC and his PIR is 3/18/16. His rate is CS.
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Comment by JGMom on February 3, 2016 at 6:03pm
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Hi EA and welcome. My son is a CSS and I felt the same way. He is going on his third year and first deployment now and doing well. Has ups and downs like any other job I'm sure. Hope it goes well for your sailor.
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Elizabeth Armstrong - Hi, and welcome to the rollercoaster ride of military parenting! While it is kind of scary at first, you WILL soon become an expert at letter writing, box packing and counting down deployment days! Wow - while my son loves CS on an aircraft carrier (1 10 month deployment down already), I know that CS for subs is a whole other type of duty. I'm sure someone here is experienced with that. Don't hesitate to ask questions! A lot of us have our settings so that anything posted here arrives as an email so we don't miss much. I should let you know that there are 3-4000 members to the Navy for Mom Facebook page. Since it is closed you have to ask to join and they check that you do indeed have a Navy member in the family.. Like here, because it is closed it can only be seen by other members.
Again, welcome to the ride. It actually can be fun to track all the places they travel to etc.
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Comment by Lizzyanne on February 3, 2016 at 1:10pm
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Ok, I'm new. My son just took his test and is going to be a CSS. I'm scared for him choosing this "career" he has no prior experience in this. I don't know what to expect. He will be leaving the end of April. Anyone have any words of encouragement for me?
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Wow. Japan. Both of my sons (the eldest is a US Marine vet) would love to explore that country! The Marine even tried learning the language ... but both of mine were and are based in San Diego. (Now the Marine is in cold, frigid Wisconsin) The CS is on a carrier doing retrofit, so he's not cooking at all - just cleaning, painting, scraping, scrubbing.... I think he wishes he were cooking some days.
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