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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

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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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MINNESOTA NAVY FAMILY

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GROUP FOR FAMILIES OF MINNESOTA NAVY MEMBERS

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Comment by Ericka on January 12, 2012 at 11:28am: Pretty sure what ever weekend it happens it wont always work out for some - so if you all have typically done it on the 3rd weekend then stay with that. I am in the St Cloud area so pretty please dont make it an early coffee thing!!!!

Comment by mn linda (nuke MM ELT Groton CT) on January 12, 2012 at 11:16am: Just pick somewhere that you'd like and post it -- there are moms from St. Cloud that I've met and some from Mankato. Start a discussion above with when and where.

Comment by Ericka on January 12, 2012 at 11:05am: Thanks MN Linda! So do they post the lunch dates on here? Would be nice to get to know others in the area.

Comment by mn linda (nuke MM ELT Groton CT) on January 12, 2012 at 10:54am: welcome Ericka. hope to meet you sometime at one of our lunch get togethers.

Comment by Ericka on January 12, 2012 at 10:50am: Just joined and wanted to say hello, our daughter is currently on deployment on the Stennis.

Comment by tls on January 10, 2012 at 11:27pm: I will talk to Tony (my husband) and let him know ... we can get together before the ceremony to talk about details and stuff ... I usually help with that kind of thing. We'll make it beautiful!

On another note, if anyone is looking for a new church or wants to check out what we're doing in the Twin Cities, you should come to our Grand Opening this Sunday! We meet at the Children's Theatre Company at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. We've been at this location for a couple of months but this is the first really publicly advertised service! If you can't make it then, you are more than welcome to come ANY time ... service starts promptly at 11AM ---- check out a little of what we do here --->

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1693092051&ref=pymk#!/p...

Comment by mn linda (nuke MM ELT Groton CT) on January 9, 2012 at 5:17pm: awesome -- yes we're still looking for someone to perform the ceremony. They are already married but want to have a ceremony -- just won't have to sign license.

Comment by tls on January 9, 2012 at 5:06pm: HI LINDA --- Wanted to let you know that my husband is a Pastor at a church near Uptown, and does perform wedding ceremonies if you are still looking for someone. Let me know if you want to discuss further ...

Comment by JJ on January 9, 2012 at 12:35pm: I can answer that! I have set up many, many get togethers and last month I made an annoucement that it was time to "step down" and have the other moms set up a get together for the group. This is what I used to do: 1) Pick a date, I usually went with the 3rd Saturday, and a place (that would accommodate 6 to 8 proud moms) and wouldn't mind us being there for a couple of hours. 2) Post the date, time and location in the Discussion Forum above with directions with their phone number. 3) Then I sat back and hoped that there was a good turn out. Anyone can do it . Good Luck.

Comment by NavyMomx3 on January 7, 2012 at 2:18pm: Congratulations, Mrs. Andy.

I just got word last night that we get to pick up our sailor on Friday the 13th from the Mpls airport! He'll be home for a week. I'm EXCITED!

Our understanding he'll be out in a sub up to 9 months of 2012. So we want to spend some quality time with him now. We won't be able to have a lot of contact with him this year.