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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:
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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
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- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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Group for Moms of Gunners Mates in A School or on Duty
Members: 212
Latest Activity: Feb 14, 2020
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Comment by Kim - Josh's Mom on October 11, 2008 at 6:14pm
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Hi Girls, new to this group. Son Josh PIR'd on 10/3 and GM school of course in GL. So far so good and at least I get to talk to him now!!!
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Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on October 9, 2008 at 8:35am
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Seems to me my son did a lot of cleaning and standing watch while waiting for his next school or duty. They keep them busy.
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Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on October 3, 2008 at 10:08pm
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Texting works - calls just don't! Never good reception from the BEQs - Our son called twice tonight from the train station...best reception we have had in six months!
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I think Andy played phone tag with Bryan and Chad and never did catch up with them or them with him. He didn't see everyone he wanted to while he was home either. It was a great leave for him and us. His little girls hung all over him--the last day he was home he went to school in uniform and had lunch with his 1st grader. She was thrilled! The girls are with us this weekend and understand that daddy had to go back and fight the bad guys. He'll be in the States for Christmas--we don't know where, nor do we care, as long as he's in the USA!
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Since my son is home on leave, he decided to go to GL to investigate apartments when he gets back from Afgh. after the first of the year. He left on Thursday, and I followed on Friday with his two girls.
I actually got to go shopping at the NEX. To do that, you have to have your sailor with you for his ID and bring cash to cover what you want. I got a new Navy mom car sticker, thermo cup, and the girls got little sailor hats and teddy bears.
In case you ever need a hotel, the Residence Inn at Lake Forest is really nice. Andy got a suite (regular $189) for $79 a night military rate; the regular room rate for AAA is $90. There's little difference in the two rooms except that the suite has a wall and door separating the bedroom from living room area with a sofa bed. There's a full kitchen with both, but a huge full breakfast every morning in the lobby. The little girls turned into Ariels with hours in the pool and we celebrated daddy's birthday at Chuck E. Cheese.
He's trying to connect with Chad and Bryan before he leaves today. Yesterday I had to come home with the girls, but he stayed to check out those potential apartments.
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My son will be stationed at Great Lakes sometime early spring as a small arms instructor, not a GM instructor even though that's his designation. He's on leave right now, then back to Afghanistan for a few more months, I think. Everything is very vague, probably for good reason.
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My son, the GM, arrived this afternoon after a week's journey from Afghanistan via Kuwait, Germany, and Dallas to Moline. He looks so good! He has to go back the end of the month for a few more months, but then he'll be at Great Lakes as an instructor. He laughs as he says he's going to teach recruits which end of the weapon to point.
I'm going to be at GL this weekend if anyone needs a mom hug. I'll just set up a both at Gurnee Mills on Saturday!
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His cell phone signal will be...just as bad in his new building (sorry to say!) He could be moving and starting ATT as early as Thursday.
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ATT means apprentice technical training. It is a self-paced program that is held during the day hours and voluntary classes are available in the evenings.
They will often move to a new ship for housing when they start the ATT classes.
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Tell your sons and daughters to hang in there! They will be doing such important work to keep everyone else safe. My son will be home next week on leave, and we're planning on going to GL on the weekend as he is getting ready to be stationed there soon.
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