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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
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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 SailorsLIMom on June 20, 2017 at 5:30pm
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Me too herNavyMom...even after learning that she's done with Basic and will have PIR this Friday, it comes over me in waves. She's my...DAUGHTER after all!
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Comment by herNavymom on June 20, 2017 at 12:20pm
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It's getting easier after the box and letter but her minutes were used up for roaming so no calls. We are overseas. Anyone else missing their girl? PIR 4 August, Ship 12 Div 234.
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Comment by Anna on June 17, 2017 at 8:38pm
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lahrrh92,
Yes Mom, we are here for you. I cried over that kid in the box for several days. Before daughter left, she and I had to pack up everything in her room because her sister and I were moving to a different apartment. I had to clean her clothes and put them down in her last box and close it up. Funny how life runs in cycles because today she is moving from a small apartment to a little rental house with her boyfriend!!
bbcregular,
It's always great to hear from you!!! So glad to hear your daughter is doing well and is happy!!! Please keep us posted!!
JayDee,
Don't you just love "oh be ready to leave in an hour", "no wait, make that tomorrow", "no, make that next week!!!" My Jenn goes through that a lot when she's supposed to have a flight.
Speaking of Jenn, she missed the qualsim by one really stupid, simple mistake right at the end. Literally, she was 5 minutes from the end and got just a little careless. I don't know the details cause I'm not allowed to know what she really does, but she said as soon as she did it, she knew it was wrong, and went through all the corrective actions. However, it was an automatic failure!! BUT THEN, she retook it Thursday and passed with no problems!!! Now she has to do her check ride but that has been pushed back - the ole' go now, no, go later!!!!
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Comment by JayDee659 on June 17, 2017 at 1:54pm
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lahrrh92 sounds like your journey has just begun. Kid in the box is the worst part so far. Mine sat in her spit on the living room sofa for a couple weeks. Her puppy would lay by it and sniff at it. She just couldn't figure it out. Boy was that one happy doggie when she walked in the door at Christmas!
My sailor is currently on the stop, go, stop, hurry up plan. She was told she'd be flying out to her carrier early next week. After the briefing she and one other of her rate did not receive orders. She knows she'll go soon but not sure when.
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Comment by bbcregular on June 17, 2017 at 8:25am
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Hello everyone. Have not been here in a while. Trying to read and catch up. Welcome new moms. Your posts and experience is great for me knowing we are all in this wonderful ride together.
Sailor finally in C school learning her job. She is looking forward to start working. She is grateful for the training and time the Navy has invested in her training. She continues to say that joining the Navy was a good decision. Because she is continuously asked about her future plans she is thinking that the Navy will be her career. She is still investigating the option of OCS.
I love the communication options. We talk/snap chat/FaceTime 3 - 4 times a week. I know those on ships do not have this. I feel privileged and know to be ready for that time of no communication again. In fact we are planning a mission trip for two months and it will be Mom and Dad who are unable to communicate.
Have a great weekend and hope everyone hears from their sailors.
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Hi all! My Navy girl left Monday 6/12 for boot camp. Received the box today. That was harder than I thought. Can't wait to see her in 8 more Friday's. This group has been so great to one another. It's so nice to have the support and know if I need help you're here. Thanks for sharing your journey with me.
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Comment by Blondie on June 13, 2017 at 8:48am
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LOTS of Great news!!!!
Welcome herNavymom.
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Anna - I converted to the recruiter rating (NC) in '99 but had been recruiting in AK from 94-99. Then went to Denver and San Antonio before retiring. For the first 10 years I was a manual morse op in the CT rating.
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@ spyder013 - thank you. So far an abundance of info!
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herNavymom,
So happy to have you here!! Just out of curiosity, where did you recruit from?? And what was your rating prior to recruiting??
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