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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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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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- PNG – 2.3 MB
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Comment by Absoltuekraze on October 14, 2011 at 1:47am
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SheilaD - You'll be amazed at how fast the time goes! Before you know it you'll be watching him graduate :] (assuming you're flying out for the graduation) the weekend you get together will fly by even faster. lol
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Comment by SheilaD on September 1, 2011 at 7:05pm
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We received our son's form letter today, with a wonderful 4 lines from our SR! He sounds in good spirits, too. He is in Ship 11/Division 350, PIR 10/21/11. So great to hear him sound so positive!
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Got my 'I'm here' call at 2:50am this morning! He left MEPS in Brooklyn yesterday (we went in to watch the oath), but his flight was delayed. Glad he had his cell phone! I am so happy that he's on his way! Thanks for the encouragement, too!!
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Comment by bobbie (ht mom) on August 23, 2011 at 9:16pm
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i agree with teresa my son is in A school in gl right now he loves it and if he is happy so am i
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Thanks HisMom and Elaine L.! Navy Moms stick together, right? I do like the Marine acronym. I'll pass that one along to my son.
He left today at 1pm - I cried and so did his sister, but the boys and his Dad hugged him and said 'see ya'. We're going to meet him at the hotel and give him one last dinner out, then hug him ourselves. I am going to MEPS tomorrow for his swearing in, too. Oh, this is harder than I thought it would be. :(
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Comment by HisMom on August 22, 2011 at 3:43pm
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Funny. I think guys pick on each other to pass the time away. Girls have better things to do with their time.
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Comment by Elane on August 22, 2011 at 1:27am
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@SheilaD unless the Marine outranks your son he could remind him the Navy owns the Marines. If he is "out ranked" he might want to remember that and just chuckle about one of the acronyms for Marines.
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I guess even though they are part of the same branch of the service there will always be the rivalry between the two groups of who is better, Maybe it's a guy thing.
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Thanks, Elaine L. and Hismom. A marine that he met while working called his job being a 'dent monkey' and Thomas didn't really like that... or maybe it was the marine's superior attitude he didn't like!
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My son is on the USS Bonhomme Richard
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yep, fix the metal... the pipes whether it be welding or plumbing, etc. That is a Hull Tech specialty. Mine has commented on the plumbing problems as part of his job and something about water under pressure (not the incoming pipes) and needing a shower after. Hasn't mentioned a nickname.. but he has a really long last name.. so I'm sure he does have one.
@HisMom which ship did your's get to?..sorry if you've mentioned it before sometimes I have short-timers
@SheilaD, If I remember right PIR is about 6 weeks after they start BC IF they don't get delayed for some reason most of the ones' I've heard about are on a Friday.. good luck to your son. IF they have not warned you.. all his personal possessions (clothes he wore when he left) will be sent back to you after he gets there. For some that "box" is traumatic, I was not warned about it among other things. Write him daily or almost if you can... He won't get to write except one time a week.. so don't worry they appreciate the communication even if they don't return it right away.
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