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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 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).
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**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.
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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 Jana on April 18, 2016 at 6:37pm
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thought id stop by. wishing someone would post some news about their Sailor
My son is very busy and will start to go on underways to prep for a future Deployment. So as of now he may not come home till Dec, :( Its expensive to fly from one coast to the other. Wish we could visit. But unless we win the lottery that wont be happening.
We have a granddaughter that keeps us busy. She brings so Much JOY !!! Hope everyone is well
Take Care IC Family
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hi all Sorry i have not posted or even touched base with you Paige. Im so excited for your upcoming visterors. Mucst be serious... :) They will be happy to get away from the COLD . We actually had a very light dusting here in PA.
My son was at Norfolk last week for school. Some sort of dish satellite stuff He said it went into more detail info. No we didnt visit, No time or money oh well. Yes they will start some serious underways. They have been working very Long hrs
KYNavymama sending you Hugs hope you get to see your son before he starts his next adventure Never know what they have in store for our sailors.
Note from his prior deployment we purchased the Cruise Book It is a yearbook pretty cool thou no candid shots of IC s I do suggest purchasing it great memories for them down the road
Take Care
HAPPY EASTER
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Comment by KYNavyMomma on February 24, 2016 at 5:08pm
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My Sailor only has about 3 weeks left of A school. He has his "soft" orders, San Diego. The ship he is assigned to just deployed about a week and a half ago. I guess until he has his hard copy orders he won't know until then if he will be doing C school or if he will be taken directly out to his ship???? Yikes!
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yep the snow came we had abut 14 inches.Not as bad as the coast, and finally it is melting
My son is at Coronado Island San Diego This year bring many underways preparing for a future deployment
Paige congrats to your Sailor and hope you get to visit the east coast well when it warms up
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New year New Adventures .
My son was home after Christmas which was great. Less hectic since i work retail. he will be on lots of underways this year.
HOPE all is well
Take Care IC Family
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KYNavy mom its great you got to see your sons Boy 2 sailors Hope all is going well.
Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving I have no idea if my son will be working for that day im kind of afraid to ask. He has put in some long days. This is in prep for whats ahead those underways next year.
I see that Great Lakes got SNOW
Take Care
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Another question....This question may not be for this group, so my apologies if that is the case....my son is there for ATT School and then A School for his IC rating... he is supposed to go to a C school afterward, we have no idea where just yet. I have been told that his C school designation would depend on the needs of his ship that he receives orders to. So am I understanding this correctly that he will receive his actual orders for his first duty station and/or ship before or after his A school graduation and before he goes on to his C school? Sorry, hope this even makes sense the way I posed the question. Thanks in advance.
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Just had a quick question... a follow up question to what Paige has already answered for me ...is there somewhere to get information regarding the differences in ILARTS, SITE and whatever other variations there are of the IC job rating? My son finally started ATT school 3 weeks ago. He was on hold for about 5-6 weeks. He ended up having his wisdom teeth removed 2 weeks into school (why they couldn't have done it while he was on hold, we will never know). He was SIQ for 3 days, and had to go back and almost start over again with ATT classes. I know he's anxious to come home for Christmas. Sure am going to miss him on Thanksgiving- and his brother. We did get to visit with him this past weekend after his brother had PIR on 11/6. It was so awesome having them both together again even if only for a few hours. I got tons of pictures, and we spent most of our time laughing at them laughing at each other's boot camp stories. LOL!
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hey everyone not much activity ...
Sending THANK YOU to all your Sailors and any family that have served and are serving Happy Veterans Day
Im a happy mom my son should be home after Christmas !! He has not been home for a major Holiday in 2 yrs. Its kind of good cause I work retail and its already pretty hectic. We may even get a "real tree" this year i have what my family calls a Charlie Brown tree. LOL
Hope everyone is well? This time of year is tuff.
Take Care IC FAMILY
JANA :)
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HI all
N&S MOM I bet you are a mess. with 2 sons But the Joy of PIR again thats pretty cool !!
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