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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:
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.
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- Graduation Info
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- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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Our home officially became an empty nest on March 29th
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Depression of husband
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Bursting with pride BUT.........
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EMERGENCY MESSAGES VIA RED CROSS
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Sending 2 off to Basic in less than 3 weeks between them
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Comment by carols_kitchen on January 27, 2011 at 5:43pm
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Welcome to Pat Gibson
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Comment by Renick ET on January 27, 2011 at 4:29pm
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He is crazy about her and I am too. Just don't get to see her and she doesn't call me. I need to bug her more I think, but don't want to be the nagging MIL
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Bonnie smart woman. I would like to see them more, not less. My kids don't really act up, they are 21 and 28, so they are grown ups. One moved out at 24 and took his stuff, and I don't see him often enough. The other one is in boot camp and then a 6 year commitment. I think we will be finding new ground! My dil barely returns my texts. Maybe, it is because she doesn't have to share her husband with his mom when they are around me. Last time we were together I noticed he pays attention to me. I think when I'm not there he pays attention to her! I know she loves me and I hope she gets pregnant (they don't want kids). Isn't that bad! HAHA
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Agreed! I would buy some time and just say let's discuss it after boot camp. Then I will clean his room up, send him some stuff, and keep it for him. After boot camp, tell you husband he can help you clean it up and put stuff in drawers, closets, but keep his room, his room.
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Comment by TxLadyJane(ET Nuke Mom) on January 27, 2011 at 1:59pm
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Note: We have packed away all of our older kids stuff they are 28 and 26, but they are both married and one has children now of her own, but this was only done when we repainted and recarpeted their rooms, since we are in remodel mode. We also are going to be giving them their stuff to go thru so they can figure out what they want to keep and get rid of, of their childhood stuff, it is not our place really to throw it away. The only thing we really threw away on our own was a box of stuffed animals of our daughters, it was up in the attic and we didn't know it, so imagin what was in that =( LOL.
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Comment by navymom9875 on January 27, 2011 at 1:24pm
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Great comment, Karen! Thanks for jumping in!
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Kimberly--what is play words with friends?
Scottsmom--close the door, and wait until after boot camp to address, that's what I'm doing!
Bonnie--same issues for me... husband's drink though. I too love the outdoors and it is too cold for me right now. But I don't have a job, so consider yourself lucky. I think I should try the Library volunteer like TxJane said.
Pat--my older son does the same thing. I thought he would get closer to me when his lil bro left, instead I haven't heard from him MORE. And his wife gives me nothing. I'm trying to do as Carol said and cut the strings. It is so hard not to be hurt.
I need to get in touch with myself and with my husband. Yuck... that just sounds like emotional work! LOL
I would like the little genie in the bottle, but what 3 wishes...
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Comment by Kelly on January 27, 2011 at 11:09am
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Hi Carol I had to lol on your coment my sons freinds did the same thing Hi Pat I understand completly my son is very quiet to but he will be 29 soon and he is married so I have had to cut the aprine strings he is showing a lot of independence and I am having to let him finaly grow up your son sounds like he is still in his teens I admire his courage to grow up and be independent he sounds like he has a lot of courage You've done a good job raising him
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Bonnie...Start Volunteering at the Library or something else you like doing. I read all the time now, it's great! So I am working on starting a book club, maybe in my area, but I am in one or two online. Maybe instead of going out to dinner try lunch with the couple, people are less likely to drink during the day.
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Scottsmom: Maybe make a compromise and go in and do a total Sping Cleaning type of thing, Get a Carpet cleaner move stuff clean behind do the closet inside and out strip the bed to include dust ruffle and remake the bed. Make it a totally clean room? Or if he really don't want to see anything then like Bonnie said close the door to his room for a bit. I have done a little to my son's room but not much, I do a little a day. I want to take all his clothes out of his dressers and wash everything again, refold things and make it more like I would have things in the drawers vs. the way he likes them with things just thrown in. When I do that I plan on dusting all the dresseres (inside and out), stripping the bed, washing sheets and remaking the bed, and we will steam clean the carpets too. We want to make it a fresh room for when he does come home.
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