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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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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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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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IC Sailors
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This is a group for the family and friends of IC Sailors
Members: 94
Latest Activity: Mar 6, 2020
Interior Communications Electrician
Interior Communications Electricians (ICs) install, maintain and repair the equipment needed for interior communications within ships and shore facilities. These communication systems include public address systems, interior telephone systems, alarm systems, engine telegraphs to communicate orders for changes in engine speed from the bridge (ship's command station) to the engine room, certain kinds of ship control and equipment monitoring devices, the ship's gyrocompass, the rudder position indicator, audio-visual equipment for the ship's TV entertainment systems, advanced navigation and various other equipment.
The duties performed by IC's include:
Maintaining and repairing interior communications systems;
Preparing and interpreting blueprints, wiring diagrams and sketches;
Installing and inspecting dry cell and storage batteries;
Recharging wet cell batteries;
Testing interior communications and gyrocompass equipment;
Installing telephone and other communications circuits, boxes, switchboards and bell buzzer systems;
Maintaining plotters and dead reckoning equipment;
Maintaining and operating TV systems;
Working Environment :
People in the IC rating work in many different situations, at sea and ashore. While most of their work is performed indoors, it may be in a clean or dirty environment of a shop-like nature, and it may be in any kind of climate or temperature. IC's usually work closely with others. Most systems IC's work on is of the modern solid state electronic type, making the rating a very technical profession.
A-School Information:
Great Lakes, IL -- 10 weeks
Some Interior Communications Electricians who graduate from "A" school go on to advanced training courses such as gyrocompass and advanced TV maintenance. Others are assigned to duty stations where they can continue learning their rating through on-the-job training.
C-Schools (Advanced Specialized Training):
Shipboard Information, Training, and Entertainment (SITE)
Integrated Launch And Recovery Television Surveillance (ILARTS)
Class Ship Interior Communications Subsystems Technician (FFG-7SS)
Fiber Optic Data Multiplex System Operation and Maintenance (FODMS)
Data Multiplex System (DMS)
Vertical and Short Take-Off and Landing Optical Landing System (VSTOL)
Stabilized Gyrocompass Maintenance (WSN)
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Comment by DebbiL on March 26, 2013 at 4:05pm
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I didn't know about the fb page! Thanks Paige! :)
Jana - be sure to check in here and in the book camp group for your son's graduation date. There are tons of questions that come up, as well as a roller coaster of emotions. The "veteran" moms and others really helped get us through the family end of boot camp. The information you will get will be invaluable (there were times I knew more than my Sailor!)
Navy for moms was a real Godsend to me and my husband (it's not just for moms anymore!)
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Comment by Jana on March 26, 2013 at 9:44am
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Paige I found the group on FB I will relay to my son Thanks
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Hi to all my son is leaving for Great Lakes next week then to IC A school sso glad I found this group I will read some comments before I ask questions In advance thank you
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My son PIR'd on Nov. 18... due to a last minute change (long story...) his rate was changed. He was put in the temp housing unit on the boot camp side for over 2 months (They said it would take a week - maybe 2 tops!)
I wouldn't put money on the classes starting on March 11... Maybe they will surprise us! :)
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Comment by classicplbghtg on February 18, 2013 at 9:49pm
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Thanks DebbiL so only 10 days after PIR is ATT training so maybe he wont be on hold too long if all goes well i guess thanks for informing me:) Your son graduated or is going to graduate;
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oops - make that Apprentice Technical Training... sorry
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The tentative start date for Advanced Tech. Training (ATT) school is March 11. All ICs and ETs go to this first, before A-School (some consider it a part of A-School, so I think the combined schooling is 21 weeks - but not so sure on that). Don't be surprised if they push that date back again. I've been told they get leave when they finish A-School and before starting C-School.
I'll private message my son's name to you. You can have your son look him up once he gets settled in at NSTC.
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My son has PIR 03/01/13 and then he is going to IC -A school he says its 21 weeks does he start right after graduation and when does he get to come home for a leave before getting shipped out;
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Update on that last post... All ICs and ETs are on indefinite hold for ATT school.
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He told me last night that the rumor is that they are on ATT hold until March 10. Just FYI if there are any other Moms out there...
(He said there are two other ICs with him in Indoc...)
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