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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 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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
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- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
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Navy Speak
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Navy.com Para Familias
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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quilts
I just started quilting about 3 yrs ago. It was something on my bucket list I wanted to do. Now I am hooked. Now that I am retired from my work. I do have more time to quilt. Keep me in the loop if anyone wants to do blocks or etc. Hope to me in touch with you all. Oh by the way I son goes to Great Lakes in December so I will have lots lots of free time on my hands.
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Permalink Reply by TroubleonFire on
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Hi Jean, I love to quilt too, welcome to the group. My son will be getting out of the Navy in February, so he will be a Navy Veteran. I am still learning alot, I have made a few quilts, just takes me a while to get them done. Hope we can become friends. Trouble on Fire.
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Hi Jean,
Nice to meet you! I'm not an expert quilter either, but I do enjoy the process and the learning curve that goes with it. I remember about 5 years ago, I said I would NEVER be a quilter because it took too long to see any result. Welllllll....never is a long time, and I've come to enjoy it immensley!
I'm glad you found Navy for Moms. There is a wealth of information here, as well as more moral support than you can imagine. We are a Navy family. My FIL was a career Navy man - started enlisted and retired as a Lt.Cdr. Hubby is also a retire Naval officer. My dad was in the Navy when he was young. So, needless to say, when our sailor enlisted we were pleased. He is an Operations Specialist - 3rd class, has been in 19 months, is married, has a 7 month old baby boy and loves his life!!!
Get ready for the roller coaster...it's quite a ride!
Post some pictures of your quilts!
kathy
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Permalink Reply by Eaglemom2 on
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Hi, my name is Judy and my son is on the dep and will be leaving in March 2013. He will graduate college in December. I want to make him a quilt while he is at bc, I will be making a Northern Star Quilt with Navy Material that I found at Hobby Lobby. I want to put a blessing or a motto or something on the back of it. Does anyone have any ideas what would be appropriate or right for the back of his U.S. Navy Quilt. Thanks for any and all suggestions.
Judy
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Hi Judy and welcome!!!
Firstly, if you want your son to be able to take it aboard ship with him it must be 100% cotton, from fabric to batting to thread. It is for fire reasons. As we know, polyester melts and sticks to the skin when exposed to fire. As to what to put on the back...perhaps a scripture verse or reference OR the Navy's phrase for "good luck" which is "Fair winds and following seas" Lastly...it would be a good idea to machine embroider or otherwise permanently put his name on it somewhere. Sadly, these things have a way of growing legs sometimes and his name on it without possibility of being removed without damage to the quilt is a good idea.
kathy
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