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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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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 Anna on August 22, 2018 at 7:08pm
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JayDee,
I hope your daughter gets her leave to come home for Thanksgiving. I don't know when was the last time I shared that holiday with our kiddos!!!! I think this Christmas I'll get to spend with my sailor son and his family in Whidbey but it will just be them and me!! Hubby can't even go!!
TXmom,
I'm slightly prejudice when it comes to OS!!! That's the rate I was when I served so I'm always excited to see another women go that rating!!!! I would love to know what she does in her job when she gets out in the fleet!!
Oleander,
What exactly is LOW 100s!!!!! To me anything over 90 is HIGH!!!! LOL!!!!
Lulubugg,
Oh I so understand those changes in our girls!!! When my daughter got out of OCS all she did was yell everything!!! I try to keep up on some of those acronyms but it's a whole new language!!! And yes, seems "that thing" is pretty common in the Navy!!! Or, we're going "there again!!!" There where???? Can't tell me!!!!
Some good news for me!!! I got approved to go back to the surgeon who did my right knee to get the left knee replaced!!! I am beyond excitement to see him again next week!!! Will keep you posted!!!!
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Comment by Blondie on August 22, 2018 at 11:48am
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LuLubugg, You got the right idea, hang on for dear life! And ENJOY. It's so Fun watching them become Wonderful women and Sailors. Their expressions, mannerisms, voices LOL WE love to SHARE. so bad with tears or Joy laughing and crying come here, We LOVE to support each other.
JayDee, Same here, I got so I'd ask Sailor, How'd the thing go? and she'd look blankly at me and we'd both crack up laughing. Cause she had no idea which "thing" I was talking about, But neither did I. I call it, "Giving it back " LOL kept me from going nutty. Or if she asked about her Dad or siblings, I'd say, Doing their thing. Bahahaha
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Comment by JayDee659 on August 22, 2018 at 8:16am
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Lulubugg we noticed the same type of thing with our girl. She speaks in acronyms and Navy all the time now. Even more annoying is she'll start to tell me something and use "the thing" for what she's not allowed to tell us. "we were working on the thing when a thing happened". What? Drove me insane at first now it just makes me a bit nutty.
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Comment by Lulubugg on August 22, 2018 at 2:22am
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@Blondie thank you for the kind words supporting our young women Sailors and their growth.
I gotta tell you a funny story. When my Sailor Girl came home she was “yelling” lol lol compared to her old standard of talking. She was very soft spoken and barely talked over a whisper. Talking in Navy lingo and we wore like; “ugh???” She would giggle. When she walked around the house it, seem like double time to us.
What a transformation is such a short period of time. Great to watch and I am proud to be a Navy Mom.
So, Blondie the rollercoaster ride is just starting, well I am gonna hold on tight and enjoy the ride.
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Comment by Oleander on August 21, 2018 at 1:32pm
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So true Blondie! Every day is a holiday when we see our kids!
Anna, that's the cruise I wanted to go on but we chose to go with friends who had a different route. Still, it was such a wonderful time I'm glad we shared it with friends. Glad to have you back.
Fingers crossed your daughter gets to be with you at Thanksgiving JayDee!
Still hot here ladies...still triple digits but at least it's low 100's. Can it be fall weather soon? Please??
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Crossing my fingers for ya JayDee and sending up a Prayer. It's always hard during the Holidays. Depending where she is and how long she's been there..... Usually they either get Thanksgiving or Christmas, New Year. most stations try to be fair about it. They can only let so many go at once, so it becomes a numbers game and importance. If they have a high important job and few in that specialty it's harder to get time off. my daughter was Intel and after 5 years of not seeing her I went to Japan to spend time with her. Then there was bad weather (everywhere) and flights couldn't get in/out so she worked most of the 2 weeks we were there. Now since she's been in the states, she always asked for Thanksgiving, let the families have Christmas was her thinking. Now that she has a family.....We just Pray Joe makes it home before Christmas. At our house (and our many kids) any day they can make it home is a Holiday!
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Blondie, "roller coaster" is the best word to describe life as a Navy family. My daughter has stated that she is going to try to come home for Thanksgiving. I have my fingers double crossed as she'd put in a chit for Father's Day but it was denied. Hoping she can get this one!
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So PROUD of all our girls! Love hearing about all your daughters. It is Exciting watching them grow and become these Fabulous women and Sailors. And it does get easier in "school" they get more liberties but then deployments come with more tears. The Roller Coaster continues. Just know we're all here to help each other through. My daughter and 1 nephew are out now. But my SIL, another nephew and a soon to be nephew are still active. 2 of which are deployed the other leaves in Sept. I also have an adopted son(deployed) and adopted daughter reserve(after active 8 years) and working for the FBI now. So I have years to go yet, Loving every minute of it!
Navy Mom HUGS to all
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@TxMom my daughter graduated the same day Div 280, she graduated A School August 3rd, she was in Pensacola.
Yeah, we didn’t hear much from her in BC, but I kept the letters going. It sure made us feel better and I know she felt all the LOVE. I wrote encouraging words, printed out news articles and keep positive energy going.
Now each morning I send a brief good morning text and have a good day. Best part she can respond back and rather quickly.
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Comment by TxMom on August 15, 2018 at 10:11am
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@Lulubugg Your post made me tear up at how exciting it will be to see our daughter in a month or so. I'm so happy you got to have a visit. That is exciting your sailor got to come home last week for a visit. Our daughter graduated BC on July 13 and is in OS A School in GL we are so excited she finally started school and looking forward to her coming home for a short visit around the end of Sept.
I know during BC our daughter did not write much but each time she called she would ask to continue sending encouraging letters. They did make her home sick but she also said they helped.
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