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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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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
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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 JayDee659 on July 8, 2016 at 8:25am
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Anna, sorry you two couldn't get together too. Timing is everything or so they say.
My husband and I went to Natural Bridge Virginia several years ago. It's very beautiful but the walk to the falls is deceivingly long. There's a lovely winery not far from there called Barrel Oak Winery, if you enjoy wine and get a chance do stop.
Happy travels!
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Comment by Anna on July 7, 2016 at 9:42pm
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Oleander,
Love the picture!!! So glad your girl is enjoying herself!!! These short "outings" will let both of you get used to the deployment when it gets here. And you'll already have a little bit of idea what she is doing with the pics and videos she sent!!!!
Alicia,
Yes, it is really hard when they first leave. You have to go quite a while until you can really get to hear from them. But just think, a year or more from now you will a "pro" at this journey called NavyMom and will be able to "pay it forward" to new Moms and share your story and what helped you get through it. My baby girl left 2 months after my mother passed away. I didn't think I would ever get through that. Now she's a veteran and her twin sister is still serving. And I have a son who is making a career out of the Navy. It's still hard to say goodbye but we manage!!!
Welcome JoJo!! I'll be sending you a personal welcome but want to say hello to you on here!!! All those messages apply to you as well. We really do help and support each other. I couldn't do it without all the wonderful Moms on here!!!! I appreciate each and every one of you!!!!
And now for my good news to share - our trailer is fixed!!!! Brand new axle, new bearings, new brakes!!!! We plan to finally leave here on Sunday and head for Natural Bridge, VA.
JayDee,
I was really bummed that we couldn't get together with your daughter. It was a long afternoon by the time we got done at the VA and got our few errands done. We got home just in time to get dinner!!!! Hope she isn't working herself too hard at the lab!!!!!
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Comment by Oleander on July 7, 2016 at 4:42pm
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Hi JayDee, yep -- she's thrilled, especially with all the flight deck and helo landing training, they've been told to expect 6 hrs a day each day they're out there. I can't wait for the stories when she gets back!
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That's a really cool picture Oleander! Is your sailor excited to be under way?
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We definitely do Alicia and we all made it through. So will you and your daughter. Keeping you both in our hearts and prayers.
I'm holding up fine Blondie, thanks. They went underway this morning. I'm grateful to have had 2 very short underways I'm sure it will help me adjust when she's deployed. She LOVED her helo training last night and sent a few pics and videos. So exciting!
Jojo, we're here for you. Come often, vent, brag, cry. We all need or will need support from these great moms who really understand & have been through it!
Here's a pic from last night's training
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Alicia that's what we're here for. My brothers served in Vietnam and I'm not sure how my mom did it without a support group like this. Technology is a pain in some ways but Navy for Mom's is a great example of a good use!
Funny, your picture of the flags looks like it could have been taken at my house, nice pic!
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Comment by Jojo2167 on July 6, 2016 at 9:41pm
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OMG... my daughter ships out 3rd August & I know that I will probably lose it. She's my oldest & first born. Glad that I found this group to lean on for support. Two of her friends have already shipped out in June. Their rate is HM. My daughter's rate is HMDA. I miss them all. :(
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Alicia, my husband brought in our kid in a box and set it on the sofa. My sailors puppy would not leave it alone. She kept sniffing it and would sit and watch it. When I opened it her face went right inside to check (you never know that little girl might be in the box..). Like Oleander, I hugged her clothes and cried. Heck, last time she was home I laid down in her bed and cried myself to sleep. It's a mom thing, don't let anyone take it away from you.
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Alicia, I was a total wreck when my daughter left. She's my youngest and we're very close. It was so hard to let her go even though I totally supported her choice. I cried a lot! When she got the chance to call we both cried for the 1st minute or so - she was very homesick and having a difficult time. But she made friends and they still keep in contact. To this day she still says our letters kept her motivated and focused so write write write! You can't imagine how much it means for them to get letters!. And like JayDee said, put a small number on the back corner of the envelop so she can tell the order that you wrote them. Send her lots of encouragement, pics of her pets, funny stories about what's happening at home, mention how proud you are of her - all positive stuff. Both you and she will feel better!
P.S. my daughter donated all of her clothes when she arrived at bc so I only got her cell phone and back pack in the pkg. I hugged that backpack for hours and cried like a baby. It's what we do. We're moms : )
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