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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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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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

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**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).

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RTC Graduation

**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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Comment by Noni on March 29, 2017 at 8:43pm: jsefamily
I'm sure you son run my daughter through so drills. Lol. Where is he stationed now. Mine is in Ca

Comment by Noni on March 29, 2017 at 8:42pm: ChefMom
Did you get the message I sent you?

Comment by ChefMom on March 29, 2017 at 7:50pm: Looking for an answer as quickly as possible since our days are numbered...
Son starting OCS on Sunday and we are trying to collect everything he is going to need. The list we are working from is not clear. What is he responsible to bring with him vs. being issued once he gets there. This is the one we are using.
http://www.ocs.navy.mil/ocs_uniform.html
Then click on the link on the bottom of the page.

I'm assuming anything under "King Hall Issue" will be issued, but he'll need to bring everything under "King Hall".
Questions:
1- How large a Rubbermaid container?
2- What's a plotter?
3- memo pad?
4- utility kit?
5- marking kit?
6- How large a portfolio?

Comment by jsefamily on March 29, 2017 at 2:15pm: Our DS has been out for three years, too. He was in the 01-15 class.

Comment by jsefamily on March 29, 2017 at 2:14pm: Noni, I was surprised by the "no treats" rule, too. My DS has a huge sweet tooth. He requested one candio box be chocolate treats and the other one non-chocolate treats. There were a few other items in there, but almost all treats. I guess there is a lot of sharing and they leave the leftovers for instructors. He said there wasn't much left of his two boxes of treats. Yikes!

Comment by Noni on March 29, 2017 at 2:03pm: I as well am surprised that they are no longer allowed to have sweets or junk food. My daughter also celebrated her birthday at OCS. So when Candio time came, I sent her a new iPhone in her box with all the junk food she asked for. Prior to Candio she was allowed to have energy bars but of a centain type sent to her. We were also told white envelopes. My daughter has been out of OCS for 3 years.

Comment by M's mom on March 29, 2017 at 1:50pm: ChefMom and Tess099:

As CL pointed out, please join the group here on N4M's called "OCS Graduate Moms."   That is where all the posts are about OCS, and you will learn from Moms who have had recent graduates of OCS. Some of the officers of the families in this group became officers through NROTC or the Naval Academy.

As far as OCS mail in "plain, white envelopes," that's just what we were told when my son went to OCS in 2012.  We were not supposed to send colored envelopes, no stickers on the outside, and definitely NO musical cards!!    My son said the idea was so nobody's mail stood out from the others and did not bring the attention of the drill instructors, who would pick on those who got non-standard mail.

The drill instructors vary from class to class and year to year of course, and some are more strict than others, but their word is law. I was surprised to read that the recent Candios were not allowed to be sent sweets and "junk food" in their Candio boxes at week 10. The poor things have been sugar-deprived for 9 weeks, so my son wanted homemade cookies!!!   The OCS rules seem to change frequently depending upon who is currently on charge, so that is why I must defer to Moms of recent grads, because my experience is 5 years old!

Comment by Noni on March 29, 2017 at 10:06am: CL
Please join the Facebook book group for your son/daughters class. Your will receive all info and be able to ask as many questions by former graduates of OCS. My daughter graduated Oct 31 2014, she was the class of 02-15. 02 being the second class to go through in the fiscal year of 2015.

Comment by jsefamily on March 29, 2017 at 12:35am: My son had is brithday four days into OCS. (I'm sure it was a blast!) No birthday cards!! So he knew I was thinking of him on his/our day, I put a simple "HBD" after the date on the letter. He saw it and it had meaning. There are many simple ways to communicate in a meaningful way. By the way, one of the highlights was when my husband sent the newspaper clipping of the last minute trades at the MLB trade deadline. Our DS said every passed it around and enjoyed looking for changes his/her favorite team. Any news from the "outside" world is appreciated. They get military news, but anything else that happens in the world off the island and on the other side of that big bridge is appreciated.

Comment by jsefamily on March 29, 2017 at 12:28am: I have one little comment about the letters sent. There seems to be an obsession with referencing "plain, white envelopes only." Before I heard this white envelope reference, I sent many cards and letters and some were in blue envelopes or whatever came with my Hallmark card. It was not a big deal. When I learned of the white envelopes, I inquired with my DS (by letter) and he said it wasn't a big deal. His comment was, "They (Instructors) have a lot more important things to do and worry about than the color of the envelope." Succinct. The point is to keep it simple. Don't sweat a simple envelope. Now pink with perfume...that might be another matter! ;)