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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
...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.
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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:
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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:
**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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- Graduation Info
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- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
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Military Spouses and Education
MYCAA is great bc they don't care if you have other financial aid. Using it allowed me to pocket the rest of my aid! It also lets you pay for undergrad, graduate school, or any other certificate/licensing programs.
There's also a scholarship you can apply for through NMFA..the application period is over, but it's an annual scholarship. It's not much (I think it's only $1000..but anything helps right?) http://www.militaryfamily.org/our-programs/military-spouse-scholars...
The navy marine corp relief society also provides spouse scholarships/loans/grants..in special categories (i.e. scholarships for spouses whose husbands are deceased/deployed)
http://www.nmcrs.org/education.html
Don't forget to check with your college's Veterans Affairs office. they have a lot of spouse only scholarships too :)
Also, one of my final papers in college was about military spouses and education..I interviewed the lady in charge of the Navy College on base and she opened my eyes to lots of new opportunities. If you guys have a chance, stop by one..they can help with just about everything! and it's free :)
I also heard from a friend in grad school that the gov. aid you normally receive from fafsa to cover undergrad expenses also can help pay for grad school :)
but first and foremost, make sure you apply for in-state tuition if you are a military spouse. most states honor it and it helps A LOT!
Also, while looking around for more resources, I found several navy sites linking to this: http://www.alliedschools.com/military-spouse-training.shtml It's a school that provides free online training to spouses..it sounds too good to be true..I'd do a little more research on this to find out if it's really legit. Anyone heard of Allied Schools?
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Permalink Reply by Casey~ Ryan's Wife, Nuke ELT MM2 on
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Kathy - FREAKIN' Awesome girl.
I'm lovin' MYCAA too, but just to throw it out there, it's under review so no new applicants are being taken, but definitely keep an eye on new info from them at the militaryonesource.com site because it's $6,000 and that's a good chunk of change :D -
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This is great! There is so much to know about being a military spouse & all the great things we can get too! I keep bookmarking all the info you ladies share with us so when I need it, I have it all saved! Thank you!!!
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Updated MYCAA info (they finished their review):
https://aiportal.acc.af.mil/mycaa/default.aspx
They've limited what it can be used for and reduced the amount you get to 4,000, but it still may help you so check it out! :) -
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