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Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!
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
Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind. In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships." OPSEC is everyone's responsibility.
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 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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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DLI grad gift for CTI
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life at DLI
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Comment by Lisa (A-Mac's mom) on July 7, 2014 at 12:31pm
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Amy, we stayed at the Otter Inn. It was nothing fancy. But it was walking distance to Cannery Row and all the restaurants.
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Comment by Nerdlette's Mom on July 7, 2014 at 12:29pm
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Can someone recommend a good reasonably priced hotel close to DLI or point me in the direction of that information? Thanks!
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Comment by KC'smom on July 6, 2014 at 11:26pm
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Dee- so sorry to hear that. Hope everything works out for the best.
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Sure! Also, to clarify- I met her for approx 3 minutes at graduation & then the next time I saw her was at their wedding 9 months later! Haha. What was really cool was meeting her parents at the wedding & hearing her dad give the most amazing speech about how proud he his to call my son HIS SON, too! They love my boy just as much as I love their daughter! They got both of our blessings.
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Comment by soveryproudmom on July 6, 2014 at 6:12am
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Thank You KC'smom! I haven't met this my future son-in-law yet, but I can tell my daughter is very happy. They will be in C school together I am pretty sure. It is wonderful to hear about your son and his wife, and your post is very encouraging. We are all blessed with great kids, I just have to relax! Congratulations to your son and his wife on their first anniversary!
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My son met his wife at DLI. They dated throughout the 2nd half of the program. I think they were talking about marriage even prior to graduation but made it official about 3 months after graduation. It happened fast & I'm sure they were afraid of the thought of being separated & wanted to hurry up & get married to make sure they could be assigned to the same place. during the 8 months after DLI they were in different states & only saw eachother on w/e trips about once a month. I think the separation was good bc it gave them the chance to see how they do without the other person. I would have been devastated at all of the quick moves ( my son did not date much - very choosy I guess) but when I met her I couldn't believe what a catch she was & was all for it!! I could see why he didn't want to wait & let someone else come along! Haha! She's beautiful & smart & madly in love with my son so it's all good. It's as if they were made for eachother. They just celebrated their 1st anniversary last week. In fact they are up visiting right now!! Just bought their first house, too!
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My soon to be CTI (graduating from DLI in September) just called to tell me she is engaged. She is older, having attended college before enlisting, but she has only dated this young man for 4 months - 2 of which they were involved in immersion trips (separately) I am sure some of you have sailors that have met their future spouse at the DLI, and I am wondering how things having been working out - I guess I am concerned it has been such a short time of dating. He graduated last week, so he will be moving on to C school soon. Both sailors are extremely intelligent (as you all well know how difficult DLI is) so maybe I am being a little overly concerned, I guess it is just the Mom in me poking through... Sorry for rambling....
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Ambi I did accept you as a friend on here- did it not work?? Ask away! You would be the ONLY CTI Aircrew mom I've ever met!! I've even joined an Aircrew group & a group from the place he was deployed to. No one there. So exciting that I might be able to help you since I had to learn everything as he went along. We're all moms so it doesn't matter- but I can tell you what to expect!!!
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Dee, thanks! I get so confused! I feel like people should start at 1 and move up the ranks but I'm backwards!!!
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Comment by sibehuskyfan PIR 9/26/2014 on July 5, 2014 at 2:13am
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Thanks everyone for your advice, it's good to know that they'll teach her stuff too, she listens better when it comes from someone else lol! Happy 4th everyone, hope it was safe for everyone.
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