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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
Navy Speak
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Navy.com Para Familias
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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Moms for Latter Day Saint Sailors
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Mom's who's kids are memebrs of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Members: 28
Latest Activity: Sep 27, 2017
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Comment by Taylorsugarb on January 23, 2011 at 8:11pm
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My daughter is at Naval station great Lakes. She grad RTC on 14 Jan 11. Trying to help her find the LDS services , what chapel, what time? anyone know the answer? bless her heart she walked in the freezing cold to the wrong chapel early this morning so she gave it a good try . She went to church every Sunday while at Bootcamp, but has not found LDS connection now at Naval station Great Lakes.
Help if you can please. Thanks, April
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Comment by Carla on December 19, 2010 at 10:52pm
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Our son surprised us by catching an earlier flight so he ate, took a nap and is off to his friends already. It is great to have him home.
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We get to pick our son up tonight. He gets to stay for almost 2 weeks. He was really sad about the tabernacle, as we all are but I'm sure he will want to go see it. I hope you all have a Merry Christmas.
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Comment by Jakesmom on November 16, 2010 at 4:07pm
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Camille & Marianne - Thank you so much for the info and invite. Marianne I will send you a friend request to get the additional info. I talked to him last night and he sounded better and found out a couple of friends from Great Lakes are on their way to VA sometime in the next week or so.
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Thank you Marianne. I know for myself without my church family I would be rather lonely so I know in my heart that Jake needs to also embrace a church family while he is away from us. Now I just need to convience him of that........
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Hello Sisters, It's been awhile since I have been on to comment here. First of all my thoughts and prayers are with you and your sailors. My son Jake landed in Norfolk, VA just yesterday and is stationed in Little Creek, VA. His ship is at sea so he's in temp housing till they decide what to do with him. He wasn't assigned a sponsor like most are so he's pretty much on his own right now. I'm a little worried that he will get so lonely and sad over the hollidays so I want to find out information on wards/branches close to Little CReek where he can maybe attend church or church activities. Does anyone have information on the area regarding church, missionaries etc in the Little Creek, VA area. Maybe if he knows there is church at least might bring him back in and help him get comfortable with his new base.
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Comment by Renee on November 9, 2010 at 1:08am
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PollyAnna - my heart goes out to you too. My son finished Nuke school about a year ago. Then went to Prototype and Sub school after that. It was really rigerous. He spent many long hours on base. (They can't study off the base) They have a test every week. He always took Sunday off and went to church what a blessing for him to have a good ward there. So I'm sure your son and daughter-in-law will have a good experience with the church in SC. Good luck to you and him. It's still a lot of hard work, but now it's mostly mental.
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Comment by John smith on November 2, 2010 at 12:37pm
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Great! Thanks!
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Hello,
I asked my recruiter but he honestly didn't know...
I'm an endowed male and I was wondering if any of you had any knowledge from your sons experiences as whether or not you can wear garments in RTC... I assume I can, I'm really just curious as to if I should. My reasoning is isn't the a group laundry? And won't my PT shorts be too short? Of course I would prefer to wear them but in an extenuating circumstance such as this...
Any advice would be grand
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Kelly, that would be great - let's sometime.
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