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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
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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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hi My Son is currently in Groton, Ct. for Submarine School then "A" School.
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Comment by Angie on June 13, 2011 at 6:30pm
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Roberts Mom - I will be in Groton for the graduation (until today I thought it was July 1 but found out a little while ago that it is June 30). I would love to take pictures for you...just give me info on your son and you shall receive!!
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My son will be graduating from BESS on July 1st and then he will be shipping out to the fleet since he went through his A school first. We have not seen him for a year and miss him very much. We are in California and will not be able to go to the Graduation but he said that he is taking leave afterwards. Is anyone going to go to this Graduation that maybe I can get pictures?
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Hey Lorie My son was in Div. 201/ We have been loving the communication we have had this week-end going 8 weeks with none this is certainly alot better. LOL.
Thanks Janlee Im sure I will have lots when we get this thing started.
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Comment by janlee on June 12, 2011 at 4:59pm
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mama--ur so right about taking precaution when shipping the packages!! I mailed my son two boxes of contacts (he ordered them from base, but had them shipped here????...lol then i had to ship them to him in CT) ANYWAY...they never arrived..Actually, the woman at the PO said she remembers getting them but couldnt find them. He had to re-order. Thankfully, he told 1-800-contacts what happend and they shipped him more, completely free of charge
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hello ,Lorie and heather...:) my son has been in groton since february and is definitely itching to get on the move but probably wont be leaving there anytime soon. Its a long haul for these submariners when it comes to training/schooling. But im sure it will be worth it..:) If you ghave any questions...jut post them here and someone will answer them...lol ..there are no 'veteran' moms on the A-school groups, so we all pitch in to help each other..:)
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Hello All, My Sailor arrived on Saturday. Not much time ater PIR but he is excited to get going. The end of one adventure the start of another.
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Comment by MamaMiri (FT) on June 11, 2011 at 10:46am
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If your package isn't super heavy, regular mail is probably fine. I used it for all of our packages before I got here. Use Priority mail, and your package is much, much less likely to have trouble if you put Insurance and Delivery Confirmation on it. It's not much more, and postal service people use a lot more care with packages that have those stickers on them! (I used to work for the post office)
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Comment by Rose7..Norfolk on June 11, 2011 at 10:14am
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cjasmin....in my case my son rent the box. I used regular mail with a confirmation number and it take from down here FL 5 days. I also use priority and it take 3 days and both work perfect for me.
NDG Groton SECF..... He is doing good. To much to study, I miss talking to him on FB. He keep calling every Saturday. We are going to see him the July 4th weekend. So far 3 day weekend, he think may be 4 days. Can't wait to see him and give him a mama hug, 3 more weeks, YAY!!!!!
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Comment by Nancy on June 11, 2011 at 9:30am
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Cjasmin518-I have the best shipping luck with FedEx. My USPS package was returned to me TWICE! My son missed his B-day present and Easter stuff. so, it's FedEx for me from now on. There is something about not using the po box number though, so see if he has an address that can work without that. I know that my son rents the box on base so it may be different from what your fiancé has.
Rose-how do you ship to J? And how is he doing? I miss hearing about him now that the boys are in different classes.
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Thanks for the info MamaMiri. My son graduates July 1 and I am so excited. I can't wait to see him!!
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