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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:
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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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Discussion Forum
DLI grad gift for CTI
Started by Harrison. Last reply by StarryNights Dec 8, 2019. 1 Reply 0 Likes
life at DLI
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Can they have a car
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Comment by KC'smom on September 5, 2013 at 9:49am
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My son rented his very first house in Georgia a few months ago just a few miles from the base- not familiar with that area of course. The traffic was heavy, he saw drug deals going on in the house across the street, his neighbor would come over & ask for money, his packages were stolen off his porch & they came home to a bullet hole in his new bride's car!!! It was awful! They just broke the lease- will probably lose thousands of dollars b/c of doing that but - just moved several miles away & are now in a safe ( more expensive ) house. He is about to deploy & couldn't leave his new wife alone for 6 months in that house/neighborhood!! I mean really? a bullet hole in her car??? The moral I suppose is if its cheap.... There's a reason!!!
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I grew up around Ft Meade & both my parents worked there. I still live 1 mile from the base. A lot of the military people around here live in Odenton. It's actually a nice area. Gambrills, Millersville & Hanover, are within a few miles. Annapolis, home of the naval academy, is pretty but traffic is heavy & 18-24 mile drive.
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Comment by Reid's Ma on September 2, 2013 at 9:04am
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Reid's single and has a car so driving a short distance from work is not a problem. Can you name some additional areas to look at? (Right now he lives in Pacific Grove and drives to DLI--about 10 minutes). He's saying he'll have 30 days to drive xcountry and find a place to live. Thanks, will pass the info.
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There are luxury apartments literally right down the road from Ft. Meade (1-3 miles) that a lot of our military families move in to. They are good but expensive. It's just the row homes they need to stay away from but 1 visit there & they will see right away. There is also military housing off base right across the street from a main entrance to the base.
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KC'smom, now that was NOT a coincidence! How miraculous is it to happen on to a MC Aircrew CTI! Best wishes to your son.
Do you happen to know where this one should or should not look for an apt around Ft. Meade?
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For a year now, I've been trying to find a mom familiar with CTI Aircrew. No luck. Well yesterday at work one of my patients saw the picture of my son that I keep with me at all times ( yeah, sorry ). She got excited & said " go navy!" Turns out she was a CTI Aircrew, Master Chief at that. I was so happy to talk to her. She really comforted me. He leaves for Washington state soon to get practice on his plane & then deploys for 6 months. This will be a first for me. ( and him ).
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I live in Md. Right by Ft Meade
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Also, anyone in or going to MD?
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Anyone else out there graduating Oct.10th? Son said to wear business casual. Taking only one carry on...it will have roll up!
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Comment by Navy Grade 36 Bureaucrat on August 23, 2013 at 6:49pm
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Hi Ladies! For anyone who has a son or daughter going to NIOC Georgia in Augusta, GA, one resource if you would like information about the area is our Ombudsmen. We just started a website, which is located here: https://sites.google.com/site/niocgao/home. If you have any questions, feel free to drop me a line.
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