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Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!
Join groups! Browse for groups for your PIR date, your sailor's occupational specialty, "A" school, assigned ship, homeport city, your own city or state, and a myriad of other interests. Jump in and introduce yourself! Start making friends that can last a lifetime.
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
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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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 snowskiier on March 27, 2012 at 7:27pm
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Palmbeachnavymom What a great photo!!!! He looks so proud and happy! I bet mom is too! Thanks for sharing. My younger son really enjoyed seeing a "real" graduate from the local area!!!!
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Hi Annette
My SR is going to Pensacola after RTC I think. He's a rescue swimmer. I didnt get as much detail from the Recruiter however I understand on the Navy website there is an outline of the different training schedules based on their rates. In any cae, the PIR is May 4th. How exciting!!!
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Comment by pjay(ship04 div811) on March 27, 2012 at 7:23pm
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@palmbeachnavymom---Congrats! Such a handsome guy! And you deserve a big picture!
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Very nice! Congratulations!
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Comment by navymom3 on March 27, 2012 at 7:13pm
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palmbeachnavymom congrats! Great pic and thanks for sharing. He looks so happy.
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Comment by palmbeachnavymom on March 27, 2012 at 7:00pm
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OOPS. Sorry picture is soooo big.
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My son graduated from BESS School on Monday. HOOYAH!
Now onto A-school for ET-comm-radioman.
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This link gives you all the naval rates(jobs) and there description and how long there initial schooling is and where.
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/enlistedjob1/a/navyjobs.htm
Keep in mind most have additional schooling which can be preclasses before the actual a school or c classes for a specialty after there a school.
Both of my sailor had a pre class, a school and a c school class. It just depends on there rate.
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Hi Annette! My SRs PIR is May 4th. He left out of Jacksonville Mar. 13. He is in the Navy Diver BC. All of this gets kind of confusing. I know he will be in GL for A training and I thought he was suppose to be there about 8 weeks and then to Panama City for 15 weeks. I keep hearing different time frames so not sure what will go on until I start getting letters from him. Good luck to your Gunner!
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Comment by Annette GM3 Mom on March 25, 2012 at 6:06pm
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Pjay and snowskiier... when is your PIR? Mine is May 11th... my son is a gunners mate and will be at Great Lakes after for 27 weeks. My son left out of Tampa on the 13th of March
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