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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
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Comment by T-Lynn on August 13, 2009 at 4:55pm
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Wendy Hope you get to sit with your son. My sailor's was meet by two sponsors. The Petty Officer and a salor with the same rank as him. OH! Ask him to call his sponsor and see if he can travel in civilain clothing. My son was told to be in dress whites from Officers at Ingelside. When he arrived in Japan - The Petty Officer's first words ; "Why are you wearing those? - You are a target ! " And plaese let us know he arrives safely. TLynn
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Comment by Anti M on August 13, 2009 at 1:32pm
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Some sponsors go to the airport, others can't get the time off from work.
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Yes - Skype! Wendy, please check with the airlines that your son is flying and see if they will allow you to go to the gate and be withhim as he waits. We found out to late and my son waited another 2 hours before his flight. We could have had breakfast together. Hope you can :). Good luck TLynn
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Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on August 12, 2009 at 11:36pm
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You need to use the following forms for your APO/FPO Flat Rate boxes --
Item # FORM 2976-A - Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note (2976-A) - They come in packs of 10
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Comment by Kim on August 12, 2009 at 8:53pm
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Anita, I haven't heard of majic jack. Skype is free. What does majic jack have to offer. I used skype when I was in Japan and paid the extra $3.00 a month to phone any landline in the U.S. or Canada. ($10.00/month for international). There are many discussions on Skype in this forum, but it is free Skype to Skype, and if you have webcam you can see each other.
I have a question: If I phone my sons cell phone number, will he be charged?
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I haven't tried charcoal. I've heard road salt too, but I don't know if you can get that or not. The chemical ones are nice because they do suck up a ton of moisture and it is easy to pour out.
We also kept pipe tobacco in our bins to keep the clothes smelling fresh and the bugs away.
Bugs, now there's a topic.
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Hey, I survived Japan... I know, unhelpful.
Kathy, no, not the electric ones, these are ones that have a gel or crystals, those suck up the water and it drains into a catch bowl. Makes sense once you've seen one, I will try to find a picture. I had an electric one with a shut-off switch, it worked too well and the switch did not. Oops, wet floor.
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Oh - can I send him tupperware - I was a Tupperware dealing in the 80's. Just have
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Thanks - emailing the suggestions.
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