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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.
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- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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Moms of a Sailor in Oklahoma (Tinker AFB)
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Latest Activity: Aug 5, 2022
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Comment by BaylorMamaBear on August 5, 2022 at 5:06pm
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Hello! My SNFO in Pensacola had his selection day today and was put in the E-6B unexpectedly. I believe it is a blessing in disguise, as this will give him great stability for raising a family in one location throughout his career. Are there any NFO moms on here that can give me any insight or advice?
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Comment by Rhonda8881 on December 6, 2017 at 10:21pm
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Susan,
I am the admin for the OK Navy Moms group on here and on facebook. We are very active on fb and would be happy to meet with you when you visit. If you send me a private message with your personal info I will find you on fb and add you to our group so you can stay in contact with us.
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Comment by Susan mom to Niko on December 1, 2016 at 9:20pm
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My son will be heading your way soon! Hoping to meet some local moms when I Visit!
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Comment by Diverdee90 on May 3, 2016 at 9:52am
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Good morning... My son arrived at Tinker last week, he likes it so far. He and my daughter in law are waiting for their on-base housing to be ready so they can move it so for now the are in the extended stay on base. Kinda stinks having to put all their stuff in storage and then rent a moving truck again to get it out and move to their place but they will do it :) I cant wait to go visit them...
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Thank you runningintheair and Mark_13 for your information about Tinker housing. My son is an E-3, just graduated from A school, IT in Pensacola Florida. He will be at Tinker by next Thursday. He's sort of disappointed he will not be near a beach (he's from Calif. and loves to surf). I hope there are other fun things to do in Oklahoma. I'm sure every Sailor would prefer to live off base and independently. My son, who is 25, would love that eventually.
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Comment by runningintherain on November 5, 2015 at 11:14am
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Dollybelle, my son is finishing up his C school and has been living in the barracks at Tinker for about 6 months . It's nice that he doesn't have to share a room like he did in Pensacola. I'm not sure what your sailor's situation will be, but my son's room is a lot like a dorm room. He is ready to move ASAP, mostly because he wants the independence of living off base.
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Comment by Mark_13 on November 4, 2015 at 7:15pm
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dollybelle, your sailor will be housed in "barracks" which look more like a red roof inn. He/she will need transportation, as the distance between housing and work is a bit more than a walk would allow. My sailor just got 'off base' after more than a year and having attained the proper level (e-4,e-5) to be able to move off base. I just got back from visiting.
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Hello, can anyone tell me about the housing for a sailor coming to Tinker Air force base after A school in Pensacola Florida. Thank you.
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I am looking to find out more information about VQ-4. Their page states they are deployed 5-6 months a year. I do not want anything that would be against OPSEC or anything like that just curious about how we could get more information before selecting it. I have already looked at several websites and pages.
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Comment by SpineNurse63 on March 9, 2015 at 7:57am
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Hi everyone!
I had just joined the NavyforMoms website earlier (Jan 2014) because my son joined the Navy. But my husband and I both were Sailors! He retired from VQ-4. I am now an RN in the Air Force Reserve here at Tinker. I stumbled on this group and noticed that some folks are either new or just arriving - well the posts were back in November 2014 and earlier.
Navy wife, I hope you have met more people. If you need anything I will see what I can do for you - or anyone else here that just needs to vent or whatever. My husband and I moved to Oklahoma after his squadron moved to Tinker from Pax River Maryland. We thought we would be here only 3 years or so, before PCSing, but that was in 1993 and we are still here! He retired! We lived in Choctaw for 18 years and now live in Edmond. Contact me if you need anything!
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