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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 Kim on April 8, 2009 at 11:13am
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I am so jealous of you girl moms. lol. People that I work with have been to Yokosuka and they told me that they rented bikes. I will keep working on my son to phone me.
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Thanks melia. Wish I knew this before I went. I am still trying to get my son to get a cell phone that I can reach him at. He has Skype but he is never on it. Finding the DOD at Narita was easy as soon as I knew what to look for. They where extremly helpful. I was just clueless and wandered around for an hour. I volunteered for the assignment thinking I might see my son. Unfortunatly, he was deployed the whole time I was there.
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Thanks Melia, this is cool, I will look into it. I work with alot of high tech guys, they are a great resource, but they have no experience in Japan.
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but did they try prepaid sim cards?
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You are talking about prepaid phone cards. I was told they can buy prepaid sim cards and use their own phones. Has anyone tried this? As I said, I only used skype. I am interested in finding out the prepaid phone and sim card rates. I want to buy some as a present for my son. And yes, they should have some yen just in case ($250 sounds like more than enough). The airport usually has the best rates but you should check the hours before you go.
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Comment by T-Lynn on April 7, 2009 at 8:53pm
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Hi
My son uses Navy Federal and likes it. At least check it out.
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Now that I think of it the bank definently charged a fee. I am not positive that the O club did. Anti M, my son doesn't tell me much. He has an account with navy federal. Is that the debit/credit card they should use?
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Comment by Anti M on April 7, 2009 at 8:18pm
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In the past, the Navy clubs did not charge a transaction fee. Ah well, times move on. Still, you can change money almost anywhere in Japan; we used Chase Manhattan on base most of the time ... I have no clue which bank has the on base contract now.
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One more thing. It has been said before but the best communication is Skype. It is free for Skype to Skype. If they have their own computer all they need is a headset. For $3.00 a month they can phone ANY U.S./Canada number. The best part is that if they have a web cam you will be able to see them when they talk to you. It was all I used to talk to my family and my office when I was there. I stayed at the lodge in Yokota and the lobby was always full of people on their computers talking to family at home.
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My husband has a capital One credit card. They do not currently charge a foreign transaction fee. Here is the web site for Narita airport. http://www.narita-airport.jp/en/ Like I said, I got lost in the airport because I couldn't figure out where to get the bus. Just in case your daughters sponsor doesn't make it she should have a backup plan. Every time I asked for help they didn't understand me until I said "D-O-D".
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