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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.
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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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Care packages for new graduates (a school)
Started by Cali's mama. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Mar 19, 2021. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Looking for current information for my daughter on what's allowed for care packages..idk if it matters that she is in the great lakes location or not..ship 7 div 136...lonely mom with confused tears lol
Bootcamp arrival Sept 8, 2020??
Started by Stephanie0725. Last reply by Shoosh Oct 5, 2020. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Hello! Got the call that my daughter made it to bootcamp quarantine last night 09/08/2020. Looking for other moms out there on the same timeline. Sadie is my baby, only daughter, and only child in the military. I think I am going to need lots of…Continue
PIR DATE: December 13, 2019
Started by Donita. Last reply by Donita Nov 5, 2019. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Anyone else’s recruit have a PIR date ofDecember 13, 2019?Continue
Arrived at boot camp October 2nd
Started by Donita. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Nov 5, 2019. 26 Replies 1 Like
Hey everyone- my daughter left for boot camp October 2nd. I missed a call from her last Friday telling me that her graduation is December 13th. I feel like the worst mom in the world for missing her call. Really didn’t expect her to call so soon but…Continue
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Comment by Oleander on June 21, 2018 at 11:11am
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You're so welcome Brenda! Don't hesitate to ask anything! We stayed in a Residence Inn so were able to cook and watch movies - couch time! It gave our sailor the opportunity to just decompress out of uniform which was really nice.
Please keep us posted, we love hearing about PIR! Little tip - bring binoculars, little field glass ones, you'll be able to watch her face. It was so fun to see our daughter watching us thru the ceremony!
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Comment by Brenda on June 21, 2018 at 10:56am
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JayDee & Oleander,
Thank you for the info on the Liberty weekend, I was sure that is what I read. We are staying in Chicago until Monday as well. We are definitely planning on spending time and dinners and hugs with our daughter. Thank you again for the answers. This group is so helpful.
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JayDee yes, our daughter stayed in GL for A school. There was no break between bc and A school other than the weekend after PIR. We didn't fly home until Monday morning and were able to treat her to dinners, a trip into Chicago - we made good memories and got lots of hugs : ) After A school she came home for about 2 wks prior to reporting to her ship.
I'm with you txnavymom & JayDee! bc was hard on me, bc and college are NOT the same. We weren't a military family so the whole process was foreign. I cried a lot in the shower! Believe it or not new moms, after a while you'll look back and be shocked at how quickly bc was! Hang in there!!!
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Awesome job with the workouts, JayDee659. This site is great it does help to know so many moms/parents are going through the same feelings, I'm thankful for this site.
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Comment by JayDee659 on June 21, 2018 at 10:36am
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txnavymom it's a double edged sword. I weigh 20# more than I did when my daughter left. The scale makes me sad. The muscle is easy to build, but getting rid of the fat (when you're over 50) is darn near impossible. I joined our local Anytime Fitness and found that they had an incredible head trainer. She also teaches small group classes during the week. After 1 year of working out with the trainer (one day a week with her 4 on my own using her routine for me) to get my strength up I joined in on the group classes. The group classes are great and I try to get in there 4 times a week. My husband and I walk the dogs in the evening and get in 2-3 miles depending on weather. I still look in the mirror and see only fat :(
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jaydee i am jealous! tell me how you did it!
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txnavymom it absolutely isn't college. First we deal with the fact that they're just gone, no voice, no text, nothing. Then it hits us that they'll be out there on the front lines one day. Ugh. I found that I spent less time with my friends whose children went to college because they just couldn't grasp it. On the plus side, I made some incredible friends here and spend lots of time in the gym and walking my dogs. My trainer told me Tuesday that she estimates that I've put on about 8# of muscle in the last 2 years. Now if only I could get rid of that resistant fat in my midsection...
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Jayde659- it it me hard when they left. i was hit with the whole ' omg this crap is for real, this for real, my son & daughter are in the military* what in the sam hell just happened? this is serious no wonder why i am a wreck
military is not college like civilians think it is write back soon
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txnavymom0917, you're so right! Having a community that understands makes all the difference. While I wanted to talk to others about my daughter being away, I just couldn't. Navy is not college and I'd end up crying my eyes out. People thought (and probably still think) that was I crazy.
Unfortunately my house is not cleaner. My husband took over where my sailor left off - ugh! The other day I went up to sailors room to clean it up and sat there crying. She's been in 3 years in August! When we talked she said that she'd clean it but her sister got 5 years so she wants 5 years to. Sold.
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good mornin ya'll! i've read over the below comments and boy it sure helps knowing that us moms are going thru similar feelings i thought i was the only one that could get through 1 hour at a time when both my sailors left for BC. When someone asked me how they were doing/have i heard from them, holding back those hot tears was the hardest:) but i have to say that each passing day was just a tiny bit better than the day before. i also gave myself a pep talk when i would become overwhelmed with so many emotions. i would tell myself well atleast the house will stay clean longer, i can eat out all the time, don't have to cook, my laundry area will be nice and tidy etc that helped too LOL stay positive strong and humble wrote those letters, we got this navy mom thing every day all day! praying for yall!
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