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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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For family and friends of Sailors who are stationed on the island of Oahu including: Pearl Harbor, NIOC (Kunia), NCTAMS PAC (Wahiawa), Camp Smith, Ford Island, Kaneohe (K Bay)
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Attending a military service academy
Started by 92 May 13, 2018. 0 Replies 0 Likes
My son is an E3 stationed at JBPHH and has been in holding for 18 months. He applied to the United States Merchant Marine Academy, received a Congressional Nomination, and an appointment to the Academy! Huge accomplishment and I am so proud of…Continue
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Comment by ProudNavyMom#1 on November 9, 2014 at 4:36am
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Pam you must be so excited to have your son home for Christmas!!! What a blessing and awesome reward after all your years of missing holidays!!
I'm just starting so I try to take a year at a time. I Don't want to think about the holidays he's not with me. For now I rather focus on the days he does come home. And although I have to share him with his fiancé I'm ok as long as they keep hanging at my home ;) I love them both.
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Comment by Storymom on November 7, 2014 at 11:10pm
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wonderful news Pam to have your son home in Dec❤ my boy has never been home for Turkey day in six years...but Christmas is usually the holiday he's home again with us......or sometimes New Year's.
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Comment by Pam on November 6, 2014 at 3:46pm
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This will be my son's 5th Thanksgiving away from home. He is single and has always had wonderful meals at the mess hall. When he was in Italy he was able to go to a fellow Sailors' home for the meal. He's even volunteered for duty on the Holiday so that married Sailors can be home with their families. But, yes, the Navy will take care of their own and they will feed them well. We are so excited that this Christmas for the first time in two years, he will be home with us. Have a great day everyone!
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Comment by tysmom on November 6, 2014 at 7:28am
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Isn't it funny that all us moms are concerned about our sailors getting enough to eat or if they are eating at all. My son had a delicious meal last year.
I am working on getting our sailors boxes of cards to send home while on deployment. They are beautiful hand made cards through Operation Write Home. They will be seasonal so if your sailor is gone during Valentines Day or Mothers Day, there would be cards for that holiday included in the box. Since my son is on a sub, all those ombudsman know and will be in contact. I am so excited, these cards can be a morale booster when our sailors are deployed! I am going to draft a letter to the ships COBs or ombudsman. That project is on my short list. I have been a card makers for a couple years.
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awh Storymom, you fill my heart with joy! All our boys will be well taken care of. Praise God! Here I was thinking IF my son is on base, what will he be eating for Thanksgiving :/ Its so good to hear they have so many options. God bless you for sharing this with us newbies. God bless our kids serving our Country.
Oh, I had a really nice conversation with my future DIL and she is making Thanksgiving for her family this year. I told her lucky my Sailor Son is to be marrying a young lady that can cook a Thanksgiving Dinner!!! HAHAHAHA She's been cooking since young so she knows how to cook a good meal! And we all know.... that's a good way to get to a man's heart! HAHAHA I love them both.
It is so nice and rainy tonight that I'm just enjoying hearing the rain falling. It rained all day and it was a perfect day for a long nap. Now I get to fall asleep hearing the rain outside. It's been a while since it rained here so this is a good thing.
Wow, I'm rambling. Its so quiet here at home, but then again, it is very early in the morning and I'm yet to go to sleep. I keep thinking about my Sailor and sure enough, this IS the quiet Service. I've been writing to him every day. I'm just happy and hopeful that he does receive some of them so he knows I'm thinking of him. God bless him and all our boys.
God bless us all and good night to all :)
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Comment by mrsb on November 6, 2014 at 12:18am
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Thanks Storymom, those are encouraging words too!!! I hope they can all have a nice Thanksgiving meal, so far from home. :)
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My hubby, a Navy vet, says the best
holiday meals were in the mess halls! all you can eat too, and everything! My son has spent many Thanksgivings at the base, and on deployment too....usually local church groups, women's clubs, the Navy League, or ombudmans, decorate and make it festive. They're not forgotten. ❤
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Awh Dee that is wonderful news for me. Thank you for the reassurance. Big hug and blessings
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Thanks Dee! I'm hoping our boys will be back in HI by then but who knows!! I'm going to scan that and email it to him just in case. :)
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