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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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

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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

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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Comment by KC'smom on September 20, 2012 at 4:49pm: Well, we made it! I'm here in Monterey & graduation was this morning. He graduated with honors & now moves on to Pensacola for Aircrew training. Still haven't been able to connect with any CTI, Aircrew moms. I met his friends & teachers & am so proud of all the new CTI's. Monterey is beautiful but my goodness, it's colder than I expected.

Comment by IndyMom on September 19, 2012 at 12:11am: Hi Noni. We flew into San Francisco and rented a car. I think it would be much better to fly into either San Cruz or Monterey. The rush hour traffic was a nightmare and the security at the airport took over an hour. Our son had a car so we didn't need a car. Besides that everything in Monterey is in walking distance. If you want to explore the area like Carmel. 17 Mile Drive, or Big Sur then you will need a car. The airports also have shuttles at reasonable rates. Flying to SF the tickets were cheaper, but after paying for the rental car we didn;t need we probably would have been better off paying a little more to get into the local airports. Message me if you need any additional info.

Comment by I'm Laurie the Sailor's Mom! on September 18, 2012 at 10:10pm: Dee, I agree. I set fare alerts on both Expedia and Travelocity and watched over the months so I would know a good fare when I saw it. We never paid more than $238 for any trip from Minneapolis to Monterey. You just have to be ready to jump on a fare when you see one you like because in an hour it might have changed or sold out.

I fare-watched Monterey, San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland, but Monterey always ended up the least expensive for us.

Comment by I'm Laurie the Sailor's Mom! on September 18, 2012 at 2:32pm: One time my sailor made reservations at the airport in Monterey rather than booking online. On travel day, there was no room, so the agent booked a taxi to drive him and three other sailors to San Francisco and gave them each a $400 travel voucher for their "trouble!"

We have had really good experiences with the tiny, 3-gate-big Monterey airport. The planes are small so they take 5 minutes to board, the car rental return is steps from the gate. Anybody with a car is willing to make the 5 minute run to the airport to drop off a traveler, so there are no taxis or shuttles to schedule. Once my sailor had to change his flight day because someone assigned him a watch or some similar duty, so he went to the airport and they didn't charge him any fee because they called it "change of orders." We really like the Monterey airport.

Comment by Noni on September 18, 2012 at 2:05pm: Ok Moms - particularly IndyMom, since you were just there - Where's the best airport to fly into to visit Monterey? They have a smaller airport but so far I've only found certain times that flights go in there. SanFrancisco? SanJose? Oakland? Then did you rent a car & drive to Monterey? We'd like to visit but need to narrow things down a bit before looking into airfare. Thanks for the help!

Comment by PamperedMom on September 18, 2012 at 1:01pm: IndyMom so glad you got to spend time with your son before his classes start. It's great being able to talk to them now. I think my son might be in class with yours!!!

Comment by IndyMom on September 18, 2012 at 10:26am: Just got back from visiting my son in Monterey. He has made some good friends and starts classes on Thrusday. If you can afford a trip it is well worth it.

Comment by cheri on September 14, 2012 at 4:02pm: Kc's mom. Wonderful news congrats to the new CTI and you!!!!!

Comment by KC'smom on September 14, 2012 at 3:16pm: It's official! Got his scores on his test and he did amazing. My boy is a CT-I :-) Phew, was that a stressful ride!!

Comment by KC'smom on September 11, 2012 at 7:52pm: This will be my first trip out to see him since he got there 14 months ago. He just took the last of his 3 tests today (DLPT???). I know he did fine, but he has been on edge and won't talk to me until he gets his result. He said after the first test (speaking) that he didn't want me to ask about it and he doesn't want to talk about it. Poor guy. Such pressure. And he's a perfectionist so I know he is being hard on himself.