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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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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NAVY WIVES ON N4M

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Missing your Husband? Have Questions or just feeling plain lousy without him?? LETS TALK!!

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Comment by camenae on May 9, 2011 at 11:28pm: Oh! I found out today that my husband will most likely get his orders tomorrow like he was told BUT it will only tell us WHERE we're going, not WHEN :P! How are we supposed to move during peak PCS time with such little time to prepare???!!!

Comment by camenae on May 9, 2011 at 1:39am: Blah...won't see my husband for 3 weeks. He's pretty upset about it too, but I told him it's just practice for when he gets deployed. Speaking of which, he *should* get his orders Tuesday. If he does, that'll be exactly one month before he graduates A school...getting nervous about having enough time to figure out how we're moving (DITY vs. Navy), finding a place, etc...

Comment by corpsmanwifeschu on May 5, 2011 at 7:11pm: Hubby is in the air as he heads to RTC!

Comment by gnomesweetgnome Ship 11/Div199 on May 4, 2011 at 8:48am: I can't really offer any advice or info, but good luck, NavyWife! :) I'm here if you need to talk/vent. Best of luck. <3

Comment by KRose08 on May 3, 2011 at 8:31pm: wanderlust: Thank you so much for your input! it is much appreciated! You were able to tell me things that I was unsure of. It is good to hear some insight from someone that went through it, or knows someone else who has. My husband was able to tell me a little but the more information the better!

It was very helpful reading what you know of it. Most of what you told me about California does sound a lot like what others have been able to share with me. I really appreciate it! So, thank you. I hope things are going well for you and your husband.

Comment by Wanderlust on May 3, 2011 at 2:13pm: NW EGS- Since no one has responded yet, I’ll post what I know because I can understand being frustrated with the lack of information :) My husband went to boot camp with a SEAL contract but switched to Diver midway through. He was in DEP for 9 months prior so I did lots of research on SEAL training. 6-8 weeks of Pre BUDS sounds about right. Most guys get out of shape in boot camp so this time is used to get them back to BUDS ready. If there are a lot of guys waiting to go (more than needed for the next BUDS class) they do have to keep their PST scores high in order to go on to BUDS, not just passing. It also depends on when the next BUDS class is starting, which usually you won’t find any info about that except from your husband.

My husband graduated BC October 8th and the SEAL guys from his division left for California mid-December. There is an indoc phase of 4 weeks or so in CA before BUDS starts. I read spouses are not on orders to move there until after they complete Hell Week. A month or two in I think… I haven’t been up to date on all this for a while so someone please feel free to correct me :) Good luck to you both!

Comment by KRose08 on May 3, 2011 at 12:02am: My husband is going to be graduating from Great Lakes on June 3. He will be going to BUDS for Seal training. It's frustrating since I'm not able to get much information from him about his orders after graduation. He was suppose to go straight to California, but now he is saying that he will be staying in Great Lakes for BUDs prep at least 6-8 weeks after graduation. Since we aren't able to talk on the phone, I'm not really understanding the process very well. Is there anyone who has had their husband go through this before, or is currently going through it?

Comment by gnomesweetgnome Ship 11/Div199 on May 2, 2011 at 10:29pm: Awww, that was sweet of him! :) It will be so much fun!

Comment by camenae on May 2, 2011 at 10:27pm: I know! He didn't stay there long though. He just wanted to figure out how to get there for when I visit in a few weeks. He didn't tell me that until after he got there though, lol.

Comment by gnomesweetgnome Ship 11/Div199 on May 2, 2011 at 10:20pm: That is so not fair, camenae!!! :) If you come down to Orlando we can go to the beach together, hehe. :)