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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:

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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Comment by missheparin(ship11/div370) on October 3, 2010 at 9:02am: Whoshero, Ohh, yeah maybe. I originally thought my son's PIR date would be 11/19, so did some others that left at the same time. Evidently they "fill" divisions and my son was one that got an earlier PIR date. Thats too bad about the bogus info. I'm sure he will get his mail. Hang in there, I will look here to keep up with how things are going for you!

Comment by whoshero on October 2, 2010 at 6:34pm: missheparin, It is possible that they left together but apparently something got missed in processing and my son got sent back to do it and ended up being moved to a different division so we have the later PIR of 11-19. After hearing this from his recruiter it explained a lot about why his first weeks haven't been so good. His recruiter originally gave us ship 11 div. 370, then got the form letter with ship 11 div 002...his recruiter found out about the processing snafu and let us know. Now I'm hoping all his mail caught up to him because we sent it to ship 11 div. 370. btw, we didn't go to MEPS, his girlfriend took him and I cried at home :(

Comment by missheparin(ship11/div370) on October 2, 2010 at 12:03pm: LOL Wendy, My name is Katherine, I work in the operating room, some time ago a nurse friend/co-worker of mine had been "out of practice" scrubbing on vascular cases,so we "scrubbed" together. When the surgeon asked for heparin she turned and said" Katherine..heparin!! Ha ha she thought that was funny and has called me missheparin ever since. Just a term of endearment from an old friend! I guess it does seem a little strange?

Comment by missheparin(ship11/div370) on October 2, 2010 at 10:06am: Whoshero, I'm thinking our kids left together. My son left meps 9/21/10. Probably saw you there! My son is ship 11 Div 370 PIR 11/12/10. Is that the same for your recruit? Please feel free to join the PIR 11/12/10 group. Hope to see you there!!

Comment by whoshero on October 1, 2010 at 4:25pm: I'm in Coon Rapids. Rec'd the box and form letter...sounds like the first 2 weeks have been a bit rough...hopefully things will look up from here for him. I've been busy so it seems to be going by quickly.

Comment by JJ on September 29, 2010 at 11:07am: Being just west of Brainard, you are not too far from some of us. I am thinking that there are several moms from that area that you could become very close with. Check on the Members Page. Most will leave a city or near city next to their name. But anytime that you want to head to the Cities for one of our get togethers, come on down! We would love to have you. Remember, if you ever have any questions, there is always someone that can answer them on this site. Have a great day. (I am the mom that has been involved with the Navy for more years than I like to admit. My son is on staff on the USS Enterprise)

Comment by carol on September 23, 2010 at 8:22pm: Glad you are here with us, whoshero.

Comment by whoshero on September 23, 2010 at 8:15pm: Just sent my son to boot camp. Love following along with you all, makes it seem real to me too instead of him just being "gone".