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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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DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.  

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**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).  

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RTC Graduation

**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.

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Hello ladies. I'm curious to know how life is like being married to a Navy Sailor. I am very young and we are expecting our first child in October. He will be in San Diego and I will be in Missouri. I plan to eventually move to California but it is very expensive. I'm just concerned with how much my life will change. 

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You can expect you life to change a ton. Navy life is constant change. You have to come to live by the motto 'home is where the navy sends us' and just remember that home is your husband, not your location.  I've struggled with that a lot, but he has only been in since june so he's only in a school.  It shouldn't really be any different than your life now as a fiance just because you'll be dealing with the same issues, but the distance will get to you if you don't move with him.  The positive side to it is once you're married you get BAH which is a housing allowance you get every month.  Being that he is in San Diego, that is the highest housing allowance you can get besides like NYC.  If you love him, it's definitely worth it trust me! Especially with a little one on the way :)

Thank you so much. I love him with all my heart. I'm just scared of marriage I guess. I've heard about all the benefits you get from being married, I just dont want to get married for all the wrong reasons. Plus I'm extremely young, yet I can see me spending the rest of my life with him. He is to leave for San Diego on September 7th and he will be staying in barracks. I'd imagine if we decide to go ahead and get married it would be when our little one arrives in October which is just around the corner. Just so all the paper work could be done at one time.

Thank you. :)

You have no idea how much your life will change.  I've been in the Navy all my life, literally from birth until now. 

 

Marriage is always scary, at any age.  But with a child on the way, it is important for you and your sailor to marry to provide benefits for the child.  Many of us have a divorce in our pasts, and we aren't bad people for that.  I feel strongly that if you choose to bring a life into this world, then your wants and needs are going to take a backseat to that child.  Just an opinion, but really, there is so much the Navy will provide for a spouse and child that it is well worth the risk.  

Well said, Anti M. :)

Will he still be able to put our baby down as a dependent if we are not married. I'm not concerned about receiving benefits or housing at this point. Just as long as she can get good insurance.

my salior and i are getting married the 18th and i have alot of questions........... i will still b living in my hometown for another yr and he is going to be in kings bay , ga. where or how can i get my military id?????? can he put me on tricare, and do i hav to get on it right after we get married or can i wait ?????? i no he will hav to do all of his paper work when he gets there but he hasnt told me everything. any info would b great help:) o if i drive down there my self can i take my car??
Yea its was very helpful there isn't a base close to a base but I will work it out but I'm so excited n nervous all at the same time

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