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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

...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

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**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).  

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RTC Graduation

**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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I know nothing...

Typical parent. Evidently I know nothing even though I've probably done more research on the Navy and what my daughter will be going through. She says "Navy Mom's don't know anything, they aren't in the Navy". Well, either are YOU sweetie pie, but yet their daughter's ARE so  yes, I think they know what they are talking about...ugh...teens.

Anway, my daughter isn't doing much preparation. Isn't working out (even tho I bought her tons of stuff to work out with), barely studying (hasn't taken her real ASVAB yet, that's on Tuesday)...doesn't seem to want to do much other than sit out in the sun and sit on her bed texting people.  

I don't know how to motivate her to prepare herself for the Navy. Because after all, I know nothing. She thinks she'll be "eased" into excercising there so no need to work out now. Please, someone tell me I'm not going crazy, and how the heck do I motivate this veeeeeery unmotivated aka lazy 18 yr old.



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Permalink Reply by tks4 on July 28, 2010 at 9:14pm
My daughter does not drive either. A recruit picks her up and brings her home. I will ask my daughter the website she goes on to talk to other recruits. Maybe they can get in touch with one another.
DenaPermalink Reply by Dena on July 28, 2010 at 4:46pm
I have 2 daughters in the Navy, the youngest is 21 and has been in since 12-08. I have been through the studying, getting ready for the ASVAB and bootcamp....when does she leave for bootcamp?
Permalink Reply by Patti (7/174) on July 28, 2010 at 5:55pm
No clue. Just took her ASVAB last night. According to the ladies here we would have known the score immediately, but that wasn't the case. Evidently she has to wait until Friday when the scores are sent to her recruiter.
Permalink Reply by JessicaB-Sailor Mom on August 3, 2010 at 6:29pm
here are some links to groups that will help. Just click on the http address


http://www.navyformoms.com/group/deppersinbutnotyet read some of the discussions for good info


Go to YouTube and search Navy boot camp, graduation, BattleStations 21(CNN does it), the navy way to fold and iron.
Permalink Reply by valensmom S11/D054 on December 17, 2010 at 10:30am

Good morning everyone, my daughter has been in BC a litle over 3 weeks now and I have been spending a lot ot time reading the posts placed by the members of the PIR group and not so much here, but now that I received the phone call yesterday I am not so anxious wnating to know everything the other kids say.

In reading your posts it seems I was reading what I would have posted back then:) Now she sounds so happy about her decision, so commited and responsible.

I am very proud and happy as well.

Permalink Reply by AndreaS61 on December 20, 2010 at 1:27pm

Valensmom - just wait until you get to PIR and see your daughter in her dress blues.  My daughter just had PIR 11/23/10 and is in GL for A School. She seems so confident and proud and responsible. No longer the teenager who just months ago would tell me "I'm 18. I do what I want".  She's a wonderful role model for her sister who is 16.  My daughter laughed when I joined Navy for Moms and now she realizes that these amazing ladies know what they're talking about.

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