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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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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 bhmom Sep 26, 2024. 5 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 Blondie on April 3, 2020 at 12:32pm
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Time does fly! On my daughter's 5th anniversary she flew back to the states, she'd been over seas for over 4 years! She was in for a total of 10 years before she left to get married and have T. Crazy life. In Aug. we will celebrate (or not) her 4th anniversary out of the Navy. we've been through A Lot together!
She will be heading to England later this year, her husband is still in.
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Comment by JayDee659 on April 3, 2020 at 11:01am
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I just realized that today is the 5th year anniversary of the day my daughter enlisted. It was 3 years ago today that she got her first orders after finishing her schooling. How that time has flown.
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Comment by Anna on March 9, 2020 at 10:22pm
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JayDee and Oleander,
I agree, this is sad to read about. So sorry for those families that won't get to see their sailors graduate. The same is being done at OCS as well. I understand the need to keep our sailors safe but it's still sad!!
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Ladies, I just saw the on Navy RTC FB Page:
Beginning 13 March, Navy Recruit Training Command (RTC), the Navy’s boot camp, will suspend guest attendance at graduation ceremonies to prevent any potential spread of COVID 19 to either Sailors or Navy families.Graduations themselves will continue, and will be live-streamed on Navy online platforms, including our Facebook page.Commander, Naval Service training command, which oversees RTC, will continue to monitor the situation and consult with medical experts to decide when it is appropriate to resume guest attendance at graduation ceremonies. There are currently no confirmed cases of COVID-19 among recruits, and RTC has robust screening processes in place for those who arrive each week.This action is being taken out of an abundance of caution, to both ensure the welfare of Sailors and that RTC can continue its essential mission of producing basically trained Sailors. RTC Recruits impacted by this change are being authorized to call home to directly inform their loved ones.Liberty will be cancelled for graduates of RTC. They will report directly to their follow-on assignments. Liberty or guest access at those locations will be at the discretion of those commands. Families are encouraged to contact their recruits following graduation for details. We cannot speak on behalf of the commands they will be reporting to regarding their liberty policy.Not great news for those of you with sailors at RTC but apparently the Navy thinks it's a necessary move. My SIL is on a sub and they are in port. The Navy is not really allowing them to leave the base.
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LadyBluefire,
That is wonderful news from your daughter!! So glad you got to hear from her and that she is doing well. I don't think her stamps can not be used - a stamp is a stamp!! But sometimes with RDCs you never know what they like and what they don't like!!!
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Comment by LadyBluefire on March 2, 2020 at 9:39pm
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welcome fellow home schoolers! That is awesome!
Got the first letters from daughter. Curious about the fact she did not use the stamps she took with her nor the stationery. She does lose things but am hoping that is the case and not that what she took was not permitted to be used based on the fact the stamps were soccer balls.
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Comment by dmj on March 1, 2020 at 7:57am
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ladybluefire-thanks for the info-I also homeschool!
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dmj - this is going back to when hubs was in the Navy in the 90's. Civvies you do yourself (or some times there is a bag you put your civvies in so they know who to return to) but your uniforms are done for you.
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do they do their own laundry in A school -how often are they able to do laundry?
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JayDee659, oleander
poor thing was exhausted sounding - just frustrated at the rest of her division. I will be getting 4 letters from her soon - she just got permission to send mail today.
Now her brothers have to pass their PFA too so she doe snot show them up!
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