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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
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OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
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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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Cell Phone in Sasebo
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Comment by Anti M on October 4, 2009 at 12:55pm
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Iwakuni is down in Okinawa, an island to the south of Japan. It was once an independent nation, so while it is Japanese, there are some interesting differences. Definitely better weather (except in typhoon season).
November and December near Tokyo? Typhoon season is over, but you're headed into "wet winter". Very chilly, breezy by the coast; coat and glove weather, and always carry a folding umbrella. Buy the umbrella there and give it to your sailor (plain black). There are two winters in Japan, one is wet, one is dry. Dry winter starts in late December, into January and February, then you get wet spring. There can be snow in December, but that's really unusual. Warm shoes and socks are a must, keep your feet dry to stay warm. I recommend a scarf too. Hats are fun, you can get all sorts of funky hats in Japanese department stores.
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Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on October 4, 2009 at 7:57am
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Pamela Did a yahoo search and found this site with the pin
www.martinawards.com/
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Marianne, Kyoto is in the middle of the country, a little closer to Sasebo. It is the ultimate Japanese experience.
Lynda, the MWR tours change from year to year, but I can assure you they're great. Family services has all sorts of maps for do it yourself sightseeing. If you get lost, no worries, the Japanese will help you if yo ask.
My very favorite from Yokosuka is day trips to Kamakura, which is where the Great Buddha is. Shrines and temples at every turn, and so many wonderful gardens and shops! Only 20 minutes by train. For a wonderful overnight trip, go to Nikko. Stay at the Pension Turtle if you can. Tokyo is a day trip too, Akasakusa or Shibuya, I'd have to get a guide book to know exactly... again, family Services should have maps and directions to attractions. Yokohama is fun too, and I know they have new things since I was there. Hakone (foot of Mt. Fuji) and Izu are nice, but require a car to be easily accessible, the trains there take some time.
Wear shoes you can slip off if need be. Do try to use chopsticks, but tuck a fork in your purse. Never stick your chopsticks upright in your rice, that's a funeral symbol! The number four is extremely unlucky, all tea or dish sets come in fives. Buy and carry a folding umbrella there. Carry a handkerchief or bandana, and a pack of tissues.
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Anti M - A trip to Kyoto is something I should suggest to my daughter who is stationed in Sasebo?
By the way, did you ever go to a Navy Ball? Just curious. Katie is attending one on October 9th.
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Those MWR tours are terrific for seeing the country without going too broke.
If they get a chance to take a trip to Kyoto, the ancient capital, it is well worth the expense. When I went to visit my hubby in Sasebo, his ship went out for a week in the middle of my stay. I went to Kyoto on my own and had a wonderful time. I really enjoy history and culture, and there's more than a little of that there. I stayed in a tiny ryokan which was on the grounds of a tiny Shinto shrine. Nice!
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Living off base with OHA and COLA is possible if you're careful with your budget. Hanging out off base if you don't have your own place is pricey. Too bad, there's so much out there that's fascinating. I didn't really care for too much time on base. Even Yokosuka, which is fair-sized, felt small after a little while.
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Comment by Kim on September 29, 2009 at 11:36pm
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Anti M all I can say is LOL, keep your personality. Wendy, I am with you. Not only do I NOT have a clue about the military, but I was raised in Canada. We all learn here and everyone is very helpful. On the positive side of my "Canadian" family... my dad was a pilot in the Canadian air force during WW2. He was sent home before being deployed oversees and that week they ended the war. His American cousins where in the Navy in the U.S. One was hungover, on the beach during "Pearl Harbor" and the other went on to be an Admiral. When my son failed college the same year that my mom died, I sent him to be with my (82 year old) dad in Florida. They chose the navy together. What a blessing for both of them.
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Yokosuka is her ship's homeport, if she is with the airwing she will be attached to Atsugi air base when in port. (Not OPSEC, common knowledge, in case anyone was wondering).
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There is a site for military to sell/give things to each other in Yokosuka:
http://www.yokosuka4sale.com/index.php?a=10
I didn't see a double stroller, but there is a single and a few baby items.
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