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Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!
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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
Navy Speak
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Navy.com Para Familias
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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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)
Discussion Forum
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Comment by Jana on June 30, 2014 at 9:56pm
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Tamara FB search PIR 07-25-14 NAVY BOOTCANP you can join meet others from your PIR You will get your son around 3 or 4 a short time after PIR they move over to the base. pick him up at Maingate He will have to be sined out with our son we drobe to his barrecks using our PIR car pass brought him back around 8 830. There is also Navy moms PIR friends group on FB i belong to that lotws of suppor perhaps ill see you on here sometime we can chat.
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Comment by Tamara in Florida on June 29, 2014 at 7:27pm
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Jana. Can you tell me what the FB page is?
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Jana. I am very excited that one of my other sons and I will be making the trip for PIR. We arrive late on the 24th. I didn't know about the Sarges meet and Greet before I made our arrangements so we will miss that. We're flying into Milwaukee and we are staying at the Navy Lodge. Any info you can offer about PIR is appreciated. I know we should have lots if time to spend with him since he is staying in GL. We took that into consideration when scheduling our airline tickets. We don't leave until Monday afternoon.
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Tamara i see your son will graduate end of July. If you have any questions about PIR just ask Hope you can attend. You get more time with him since he is staying at GL. Also if youare on FB there are some great group you can even be a a group for your PIR its been a little over a year and some of us are still friends Also Navy moms PIR griends group on FB let me know if you need any help Remember count the FRIDAYS it helps and that still does for me . My son will be coming home at the end of July
take Care IC Family
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Thanks Jana for the info. My son loves bootcamp so far and is so excited for his job. I'm just not used to them being so far away from home. I guess I need to get used to it;). I'm glad your son likes his job. I think its important that they love what they do.
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Tamara Hi it seems Ic are hared to come by. He will will mmeet some when he starts school. My son idint know any in bootcamp. They work really long hours Mine is on an aircraft carrier. seems to enjoy his job and is getting comfortable where he is . Thats San DIego. nice and warm.
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My son is in bootcamp right now. PIR date of 7/25. He said he's the only IC in boot camp right now. I love the pictures you've posted! It great to see where my son will eventually end up.
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Hello All my son recently returned from a 5 week underway. He is on a Aircraft Carrier. There are about 50 IC's on this vessel. so his job is mainly in the audio video communications. He was very busy with Long hours. we talked last nite and is enjoying his weekend well who wouldnt He is in Sunny Cali.
take Care IC family
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As my daughter is on her first underway, I enjoyed seeing these! Thank you
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Comment by 1proudmama on May 25, 2014 at 12:01am
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Thank you Jana and Paige.
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