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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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

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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).

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

**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 all the Moms(and Dads) with a Sailor in Japan

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Comment by Blondie on September 22, 2022 at 8:07am: Hello Fall! Our high today will be 61 and low tonight 44. The storm from the last 2 days has moved to our south, high fluffy clouds with bright clear blue sky moving in. To our North the next thunderheads loom, maybe by sat. night or Sunday we'll have rain again. I LOVE the cooler weather but could do without the rain, fog and frost!

When I picked my green beans this week, I pulled the plants (no bending over). Garlic has been dried and those for winter planting pulled apart and waiting. Onions pulled and drying about half the potatoes have been dug. Tomatoes and peppers still doing well, this cold will slow them down. By next weekend we'll be doing soup on the open fire and canning it for winter. That's why October is one of my favorite Months and our Anniversary. Work slows down and we Enjoy the cooler air before Winter hits.

Work is as Crazy as it gets. Busy, Busy, Busy! Everyone is trying to get us to the hour changes and which doctor is in which days. ALOT of long days, 20 min. lunches to run to bank, post office and let my doggies out. I have gotten my Saturdays off and only scheduled for 1 in Oct. But we have Church Festival and a family Wedding. So my Oct. weekends are still busy.

Eldest daughter I believe has given up getting pregnant again. So either 2 is it or maybe adoption down the road. What a relief not to have to Worry for her or another baby's life! Youngest daughter (ex-military) is on the move again. Moving to Texas! Although we back her a 100 % Can't say how hard this is on all of us. Yes, my heart is breaking again. Losing Tahlia again.... okay not losing but not being able to hug her, take her to the library, swimming....What it means for Joseph and Lilianna.... Another BIG change, school, daycare, house. this is they're 8th move in (almost) 3 years! My daughter is working for other ex-military doing security...that's all I can say. Hoping it's a good move for her and she found her "glitch" and that Tahlia bounces back. I told hubby in the military they moved every 2-3 years but....

Doors are open, place is hopping gotta go.

Hope everyone has a Sun shiny day!

Navy Mom Strong. Navy Mom HUGS (cause I need them)

Comment by Mississippi Mom on September 14, 2022 at 12:05pm: Hello Pan Moms! It has been a while....sorry T-Lynn. It has been crazy busy at work and at home. I can honestly say, mine life has not been as busy as Blondie's, but she is the Energizer Bunny and I'm not. LOL!

Blondie, I am just tired after reading about your work schedule, and then you throw in that 2 page list of what you have done at home and I need a nap! LOL! I just don't know how you do it. Hang in there sweet friend, and get some rest every chance you get.

Not much excitement going on with us at the moment and that is okay. We celebrated out son's birthday this weekend. Saturday he wanted to go to a gun show, so we did that. Sunday, hubby grilled steaks and they came over for dinner. Our daughter's birthday is on the 22nd, and I am getting her package ready to ship. She and her husband just got home from a trip to Spain. They had a wonderful time, and really enjoyed getting to see all that they did. She is still struggling with jetlag, and the time difference. She is also working some long hours at work, trying to catch up.

I have been busy with yard work, and trying to stay caught up, but I have determined that is a loosing battle. There is always something to do. Hubs is staying busy with his business. He is working on a set of kitchen cabinets, and has another job to start as soon as he gets this one done. He also has a couple of bathrooms that he has been asked to do. He helped our son last week on his bathroom. He said he got him started and then let him do a lot of the work. It looks really good.

Maggs, I am sure it was a coincidence! I have been watching a lot of the coverage on the news. She was certainly a very classy lady, even through all of her heartbreak with her family. Everyone loved the Queen.

Comment by maggs on September 9, 2022 at 2:51pm: So, I arrived back home. and the Queen died! Now I am not saying it was Coincidence, However, she lived 98 years, and last two times I was here was for funerals!!

Comment by Blondie on September 7, 2022 at 9:25am: T-Lynn, Love all the pictures, Sure brings back Great Memories!

I went to Japan 2010/2011 not sure anything is the same, Lots have changed. I remember everyone was so Nice and the whole country was Clean! no trash anyway, people would chase you down to hand back something you dropped. They'd go out of their way to help you get on the correct train and get off at the right stop even if it meant they went with you!!! Out daughter had an apartment off base so we didn't deal with hotels and such. We did backpack 3 days touring the country, staying in a hostel(?) 8 people to a room, common kitchen, bath and living area.

Even with the extra day in the weekend, I didn't get everything done! (sigh) I'm moving a little slower these days. Plus it rained. :( My kids still claim I get more done in a day then they do all week. LOL Canning season.... Yesterday day at work was catch up and boy were we Busy! Started early, worked into lunch, started afternoon back early and stayed late. today looks no different. I have 3 practitioners today!!! Geez getting too Old for this!

Sept. 1st. new owner took over the practice. Right in the middle of the week and Month-ends! And hours changed!! They wanted to raise prices too, I put my foot DOWN, Price change will go in effect Oct. 1st.

Gotta run, Hope you all have a Fantastic day

Comment by T-Lynn on September 6, 2022 at 7:26pm: Ok - Moms - start posting pictures.

Comment by T-Lynn on September 6, 2022 at 7:26pm: To understand - I LOVE Pink Flamingoes!

So to celebrate my birthday - several years back - and my first crown - I had a pink flamingo placed on it. I was told the guy who does the Crown art work - was so excited - its his first flamingo

It still looks great and is a bright pink!