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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

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 Brandi (Trey's Mom) on June 11, 2018 at 11:36am: For those in A school (or just out), my Sailor was probably your Sailors instructor. He's extremely knowledgeable in his field so your Sailors learned from one of the best.

Comment by librarianmom on June 11, 2018 at 11:06am: Good morning Stillmybaby, and everyone.

I am not sure if this is helpful or not, but my son went through boot camp and A school last year. During boot camp he was hospitalized and was then unable to complete his original rating. He switched to DC. He did feel like he was then doing something he didn't get to choose, and it was a hard adjustment. He made some good friends in A school and that helped a lot. He also decided that everything happens for a reason.

Now he has been in Hawaii for 6 months and he is really enjoying the work and being out in the fleet. He explores the island each weekend he isn't working. I think for your son that might help as well, it's different when you are done with school. Many of his friends went to Japan, and they all seem to be enjoying it.

I will be thinking about your and your son! The adjustment is hard, and it's hard to have them so far away! Be positive, tell him he is on a big adventure. How many young people get to go to Japan? Hugs!

Comment by Roberta on June 11, 2018 at 10:55am: Stillmybaby; my daughter also graduated 5/11/18 and is in GL as a Damage Controlman as well. She just got her orders for Yokosuka, Japan just last week. I'm feeling excited and nervous that she will be so far away. Shes been to Tokyo before in HS and is happy to go back. If youd like to stay in touch Im sure we can be a support for one another.

Comment by Stillmybaby on June 11, 2018 at 9:59am: Good morning, Because I didn’t see any recent comments on this particular board, I hesitated joining and commenting. But here I am, a first time military mom, feeling completely in the dark.
My FN is in A School in GL. He chose DC because it was one of only 2 jobs left by the time he got to see the career counselor at MEPS back in early 2018. His test scores were high yet that hasn’t seemed to gain him any ground or advancement.
He received his orders and will be going to Japan. Everything seems so random. And I now know that recruiters aren’t paid to give complete advice and thorough explanations. But just enough to hook a new recruit.
He is feeling lost and almost discarded. The “choices” he was supposed to have evaporated.
I would so appreciate any insight. Thank you.

Comment by librarianmom on November 18, 2017 at 6:08pm: Thanks for asking! He has finished BECC. Classes up for A school on the 30th. We are going down for Thanksgiving. We get him whole weekend! My sister lives not too far from there so he will be able to have dinner with family.

He is set to graduate on December 20th. We get to bring him home next day and then he is supposed to fly out to Hawaii after Christmas. He is pretty excited!

Comment by librarianmom on September 18, 2017 at 3:42pm: Spent weekend in Great Lakes...it was a good weekend. Ethan started INDOC today...no word on when his actual school starts. We loved being able to see where he is living and the base. We drove by the Damage Control school as well.

I believe that we are going to try to make the trip down for Thanksgiving weekend. That will give us a time to know we will see him again. Leaving was much harder this time, harder than when he left for boot camp. I have no idea why.

Anyhow! I can't wait to hear how part two of his journey goes!

Comment by librarianmom on September 7, 2017 at 9:42am: Thanks! I will be happy with whatever he gets, but at least if he doesn't get this year he will in the future. This is all very exciting!

Comment by librarianmom on September 6, 2017 at 6:39pm: Thanks! That's great news! I am secretly hoping for Christmas...but will be prepared for not. I was thinking maybe since he will finish A school at the beginning/middle of December. I will take what I can get for sure!

Comment by librarianmom on September 6, 2017 at 5:45pm: Kimberly...did he get to come home in that first two years?

Comment by librarianmom on September 6, 2017 at 4:45pm: Hi all...how soon after A school did your sailor leave on deployment? How long were they gone? Can I expect a year or more before he will come home?

Thanks!