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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 Laura on August 24, 2010 at 12:53pm
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Aww..huggs Susan. I have missed the last two with my navydude and now wil miss my navydudettes too. but they are in my heart always and they know it so its all good.
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Comment by MandE'smom(Hi, I'm Mary) on August 24, 2010 at 8:37am
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Sending Hugs Susan. :) Happy Birthday to your son. Small world...my dad's birthday is 8/25.
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Comment by susan on August 23, 2010 at 8:03pm
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My sons bday. is 8-25 this is the second one we missed. Birthdays are tuff for me.My baby will be 20.The first he was in Great Lakes. Now he is in Japan.
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Cori...you are angel sent! :) I got my very first letter today! :) And it was wonderful...I cried! (of course)
Guys, thanks for all your support. It really has pulled me through this. She sounded really upbeat. She said that she is sore and has blisters, but is doing well. She sounds determined. She wrote for 4 pages!! :) And I have read it now three times already! :)
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You guys are so wonderful...I appreciate the support.. The funny thing...I think I am handling things great! And then a day comes when I am down. This is such a roller coaster. :)
Today I am doing okay. A distraction of dealing with in-laws (we are not the greatest of friends and it usually is stressful) has stolen some of my attention.
Thanks for being there, ladies. :) I will be in touch and I appreciate the support. I do lean on N4M's a lot...experienced ladies are pulling me through :)
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Comment by janieflorida on August 19, 2010 at 7:18am
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Mel's mom hang in there. You will get a letter soon. It took about 3 weeks to get a letter from Steve. She is fine. Keep the faith.
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It will ease up when they go to school. Once there in school they can use skype. It is on the computer. Calls also come any time they have a free moment. Rules ease up in school. Besides talking to your sailor you can also see them. My son is based in Japan. Skype is wonderful. It is also easy to load.
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M and E's Mom...yeah, i hear you on the creative bootcamp letters. I sent her one from the dog, the other dog, even one from her jeep!! gotta keep it interesting. Dont worry, the letters come in around week 3. I have her there and my son out at sea. believe me, i worry less about her! Keep on being positive. Every day that passes is one day closer to the infamous and unforgettable Sailor Hug! :)
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Hi Laura...Thanks :) I am hanging in there. We are all anxiously awaiting news from GL. Calls and letters from her have not come in yet, but I am hoping to hear soon. I have been writing a lot...and trying to be inventive.
Susan...I have my ups and downs. But as long as she is doing okay, thats all that matters. I have found that this is the MOST frustrating thing I have ever been through as a parent. Even the teenage years...you still knew they were okay and sleeping under your roof. I have felt anxiety for the first time in my life.
Monday was a hard day for me, and we are only two weeks in now. She is
working on her third week now. Very hard. But today, I am in a more positive frame of mind. :) Like I said...ups and downs.
Thanks to both of you for checking on me...I am doing okay. :) Just missing my girl. :)
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Calls are a privilege.Letters are written on sundays. Melsmom she will adjust quicker them you will. You should get about 3-4 calls during boot camp. The last call is the best. It is the call about graduation. LOTS of luck,Susan.
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