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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
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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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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Latest Activity: Aug 18, 2021
Discussion Forum
The Path of a Rescue Swimmer
Started by Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours). Last reply by Swimmermom May 28, 2019. 53 Replies 33 Likes
My Rescue Swimmer is at RTC...PIR 11/9/18
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Comment by Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours) on August 28, 2013 at 8:08pm
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HI yall...... okay an old Navy Mamma friend from my our BC posted this on my Face Book..... this is OUR song ladies!!!!!!!!! yes it is!!!!!!!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=311541422196326&set=vb.100...
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Comment by Travelsalot on August 28, 2013 at 10:33am
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Hello Heartstrings... They are still in it together..!!.. My son said they have not actually started A School yet.. They are in a 10 day class preparing them for A School.. Learning about general things, rules, aviation history and safety... etc...He is excited to get going and be done with training
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Comment by jaxietwo on August 28, 2013 at 10:00am
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Nancy, congratulations on your daughter!
No letter yesterday - since I am also in Illinois it should be here today - I WILL stalk my mailman!
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Comment by Tiffany on August 28, 2013 at 9:58am
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Thanks for asking moms. My son is currently still in Pensacola he has about 13 weeks left of A school. He is certainly counting down. Then SERE :( (during the winter, I am already freaking out) All is good though. It really has gone by pretty fast.
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Comment by nancynature on August 28, 2013 at 9:51am
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Hi all! Been gone for my daughter's wedding but am now back.
Proudmama - yeah for letters!!! I am so happy you got to hear from him. It is so hard not knowing what is going on and to not worry. Sounds like the pretty typical 800 division antics and hopefully they will start jelling soon!
Lydia - Bravo Zulu to your son! That is awesome! He has come a long way from that bear crawl hasn't he? Funny story in retrospect.
Jaxietwo - have you heard from your SR yet?
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Jodi hahahahaha..... Im not good at it either... Im thinking ill organize his book this winter when there is nothing else to do!!!! Oh and thank you... he is a GREAT kid but then all our kids are!!!!! Im just hoping that he is keeping all these honor certificates somewhere safe till I can get my hands on them!!!
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Comment by Jodi-alumni Ship 4 on August 28, 2013 at 9:38am
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Lydia your son has done awesome the whole time he has been in. What a great accomplishment!
I have every letter that J sent somewhere in my house for safe keeping but at the moment I can't think of where haha. I am a pack rat when it comes to stuff my kids gave me and newspaper articles on them but I fall short on organizing them into those neat little scrapbooks. Just not something I'm good at. Hopefully J marries a really creative girl!
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Proud.... SUPER AWESOME.... now you can relax just a bit!!!!
Hi Jodi and Heart... how are YALL all doing?
I made a scrap book for my son and all his letter some photos etc are in it... I do need to catch up with it tho......
He made Rescue Swimmer of the Quarter!!!! Need to put that photo in there for sure .... bragging rights... us mammas ALL have bragging rights at any time hahahahaha.... we are all so proud of our men AND women kids!!!!!!!
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Comment by proudmama on August 28, 2013 at 9:28am
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Heartstrings- thank you so much for your encouraging words! Yep...it doesn't sound like things have changed since your son was in bc! How is your son doing? Is he still in the pipeline or does he have his wings yet?
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Proudmama- so glad you got a letter. You will cherish that one & everyone that comes after it. Hang in there. I remember when my son was in BC it seemed like all the other divisions were getting calls all the time and reading how much fun BC was for the other recruits was confusing to me. LOL now I understand that why. You will be so proud when you see him as a Sailor. Hang in there.
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