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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).

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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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Lemoore NAS California Moms

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Many of our Sailors are stationed at Lemoore NAS in California.Here's a home just for us to discuss how our Sailors like it there, how long they've been stationed, and have any of you been their for a visit?

Location: This Mom lives too many states away!
Members: 157
Latest Activity: Jan 5, 2020

Lowering of Flag Ceremony Every Evening At Dusk & history of the Base

It's well worth taking the time to see the Flag Lowering Ceremony!

THE BUILDING OF LEMOORE NAS

In 1954, the Navy searched the Northern California-Nevada area for land to build a master jet air station - one with congestion free air space.

Lemoore was chosen because of its central location, good weather for flying, relatively inexpensive land and the nearby accommodations. Construction started in 1958. With base housing, administration facilities and the flight training areas in operation, the air station was commissioned on July 8, 1961.

Located in the San Joaquin Valley approximately 40 miles south of Fresno, CA, nearly 5,000 military and 1,000 civilian employees work onboard, with an average payroll of $120 million per year.

NAS Lemoore's primary mission is to support fleet carrier squadrons. The heart of this mission is the operations area. Designed to support more than twenty fleet squadrons, it serves as a master training center for carrier-based strike fighter squadrons of the United States Pacific Fleet.

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Comment by carol on April 3, 2013 at 10:16pm: Welcome SouthCarolinaProud.

Comment by Jill (ATO Mom) on April 3, 2013 at 9:58pm: Hi SouthCarolina, my daughter bought a truck while she was at A school in Pensacola, she then drove it (all by herself) all the way to California. The navy paid her miles and hotel and a per diem and she actually ended up being able to pocket some of the money because she didn't spend it all. She is keeping her registration in Florida, but because it's now in California she had to change the insurance to cover where the car is. It actually saved her $80 a month to change it.. I guess Florida has some of the highest insurance in the country. Anyway, once she got it to the base, she had to take a test on safety before they would tag it and let her bring it on to the base. Having a car in Lemoore is actually nice as the towns of Lemoore and Hanford are 20 minutes away and those are the closest towns with malls and movie theatres, etc. As far as changing the registration, as long as they are military they don't make you change the registration unless you change your legal residency. I was at the base for a few days last month visiting my daughter. It's not anything like Pensacola... but it is really nice to have more freedoms that they did not have in A school. My daughter is actually in Lemoore for C school and will be going to Washington state to join her squadron in September. Is your daughter going to be stationed there or doing C school there? Welcome to the group! There's not a lot of activity here, but a few of us try to answer some questions when we can.

Comment by SouthCarolinaProud on April 3, 2013 at 8:00pm: Hello everyone. New to this group. My daughter just got her orders today an she will be coming to Lemoore. She graduates A school in pensacola on may 1st. She is a AO. So any information you can tell me about the base there would be helpful. One question she wants to being her car. Is there anything specific she has to do to her car before bringing it to Cali? It's registered in South Carolina now with SC insurance!! Thanks for any advise. She is still making payments on it so she wants to bring it.

Comment by mother always on March 19, 2013 at 6:28am: Good morning

Thank you for answering me!

As for now,my sailor son,who is deployed,is making arrangements for my stay....

He bought my air tickets,I received them yesterday!!! Woohoo!!!

Comment by Jill (ATO Mom) on March 18, 2013 at 3:04pm: Hi mother always.

Yes, there is a Navy lodge on base. I stayed there last month while visiting my daughter. It is nice, they actually have 2 different lodges and the one I stayed at was converted barracks rooms. They have tv's, satellite tv, refrigerators, microwaves and even put mints on the pillows :-) I believe it was $55 a night which isn't bad. The motel 6 in Lemoore is cheaper, but it's also 20 minutes away. It was fun staying so close to my daughter on base. Highly recommend :-)

Comment by mother always on March 18, 2013 at 11:07am: Good morning

Hope you all are well!!

I would like to know if there is a Navy lodge on base? or near?

Thank you!

Comment by carol on March 18, 2013 at 10:54am: Hi Becky. All is going well here. Just waiting until he can come home.

Glad your son is doing well in Japan. (And I could agree with you on just wanting him in the states :)

Comment by becky m on March 17, 2013 at 10:40pm: crystals31 where in japan will your sailor be heading to?

Comment by becky m on March 17, 2013 at 10:37pm: hi all and carol...just popping in to check on my lemoore ladies. my son loves japan me not so much. lol i miss having him in lemoore. hope everyone who has someone on deployment will get to see their loved ones soon.

Comment by becky m on March 17, 2013 at 10:37pm: hi all and carol...just popping in to check on my lemoore ladies. my son loves japan me not so much. lol i miss having him in lemoore. hope everyone who has someone on deployment will get to see their loved ones soon.