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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
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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GROTON, CT. SUBSCHOOL & "A" SCHOOL MOMS
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hi My Son is currently in Groton, Ct. for Submarine School then "A" School.
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Comment by Mark on December 26, 2008 at 9:41pm
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A leg of my son's trip back to Providence was canceled out of O'Hare, and the flight he is winding up on won't get in until after 11 tonight. Does anyone know if the shuttle back to Groton is still running then, and what alternatives might be available? Any idea what a taxi will run for that trip? - thanks!
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Comment by Gloria P. on December 21, 2008 at 9:10pm
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Patricia B the reason he has to be back on the 29th is the other sailors have leave from the 27th til Jan 5th. My son is in the 2nd group for leave. My son told me that the first group is from the 19th til the 27th. So your son has two extra days.
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Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on December 15, 2008 at 9:41am
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Have you heard about the "Blue Candle Lighting" being scheduled on Christmas Day? It is a way to honor those Sailors that will not be home for Christmas. What a nice tribute to our Sailors!
Please go to Events and click on Blue Candle Lighting, we are tracking how many candles will be lit in our Sailors' honor and where you are located.
Let's do this in our "Navy for Moms" style - can we get 9000 plus candles lit on Christmas Day?!!
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Hooray! Thanks for the feedback, I just heard from Zach and got travel arrangements worked out. $510 roundtrip Providence to Seattle - not bad considering less than a week's advance purchase for 12/19 and 12/26, I suppose. 11.5 hours for the return trip - yikes! He's diggin' Groton though, and sounds like things are going real well.
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My son Zach PIR'd 12/5, and reported to Groton this week for SECF, but hasn't contacted us yet with leave dates. Has anyone whose son reported this week heard from them regarding leave dates?
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Ok thanks for the info.
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Tanya do you have any idea how long ATT classes are?
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check out the forum on BESS graduation on Dec 5th one of the members will be there maybe she will be able to get some pictures for you I also ask for myself.
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Thanks Tanya for the info. My son also doesn't know he will start ATT school he may be on hold.
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My son Dan is graduating from BESS tomorrow Dec 5th. I will not be able to attend. I couldn't get out of work. He told me its going to be like when he graduated from high school. Has anyone gone to the graduation? Would like to know how it ready is like.
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