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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 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
DLI grad gift for CTI
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life at DLI
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Can they have a car
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Comment by DNavyFamily on June 17, 2016 at 4:09pm
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Thank you KC'smom and elliluvs- both encouraging. I know these are challenging times in one of the toughest schools in the Navy. I appreciate the time you took today.
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Ok my two cents from graduating a year ish ago.... its needs of the navy.... Females have an easier time of getting another rate if they get dropped. Males unfortunately have to deal with the fact there are typically less spots for them. Several of my friends were dropped for males it was about half and half if they got a good rate or went undes.... if he is making an effort they will hopefully roll him back... or rerate him. It really does come down to navy numbers though. I struggled hard for the first 12 weeks and then was one of the best in my class at the end! I wish your son luck!
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Comment by KC'smom on June 17, 2016 at 3:25pm
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DNavyFamily- my son has told me the only ones who had to go off to fleet or 'chip paint' are the ones who were kicked out for behavioral reasons ( underage drinking, DUI ). Otherwise the others who didn't pass through the program were given descent jobs- a media specialist, military police, medic etc.
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Hello friends- our CTI2B is struggling and in the 8th week. Brutal pace and lots of psychological stress. Hearing lots of things that if they don't get rolled back or reassigned to Spanish for example, they are getting put out into the fleet undesignated. Anyone hearing the same? You'd figure with someone super bright with strong effort but just missing that ability factor by millionths of an inch, a completed ETNAC and a SBI package already underway, that they'd be routed to another rate that could use their ability. Any good scuttlebutt on that? Our CTI2B is not a quitter by nature- you'll have to kick him out- he won't quit. I know things change over the years, with budgets, etc. so have anyone heard if they redo the contract, drop them back down to a 4 year enlistment since they aren't a CTI, etc. A lot have quit and our CTI2B maxes-out on effort but is struggling to hit that level needed to pass the DLPT. Thank you.
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Comment by HealthHopeHappiness on June 14, 2016 at 1:29am
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Hi Babs! Awesome! I'll send you a message!
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Comment by Babs on June 14, 2016 at 1:24am
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What do you need help with?
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Hi, Health, Hope, Happiness! My CTI is in Hawaii. He has been there since December.
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I have questions about CTI going to Hawaii. Does anyone have experience with this? Thanks!
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Sailor Mom. For CTI their entire A school is at DLI. When they graduate A school at DLI then they move on. The only reason they would go to Pensicola is if they were assigned to Aircrew. ( my son is aircrew ). I hope that helped!
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Comment by Shelby on April 29, 2016 at 7:42pm
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Hi everyone. I mailed a package to my sailor at DLI. USPS tracking says package was delivered 4/14/16. The mail room tells him that they do not have the package. I contacted the post office on base, who said they scanned the package and sent it to the individual mail room. Mail room says to contact USPS but I can't get ahold of an actual person, just recordings. I sent an email to USPS customer service. Any other ideas on what I can do? I have read on here that the mail room is not the best there, which is why I waited to reach out. I was hoping there was just a backup of packages and it would show up.
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