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

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Comment by StaceyStan on March 26, 2011 at 10:58am: Thank goodness no one has said that to me... I would have slaped them! i just keep telling myself that I can do this... I can do this... 40 more days.. 40 more days... I am so worried about missing the phone call!! I cant wait to hear his voice!

Comment by aveoamare(Ship02div925) on March 26, 2011 at 10:50am: 40 more days. its on the 5/6/11 countdown page LOL

I slept with my husband's shirt in my bed too. Until all the smell came out. I cried in front of my son a lot, but I think its good our children see us having different emotions, it teaches them that its okay to be sad sometimes. People kept telling me to stop crying, it isn't like he's dead. I wanted to slap those people! But I'm sure you will get mail soon. Plus they get phone calls pretty soon too I think.

Comment by StaceyStan on March 26, 2011 at 10:20am: 4 letters!!!! You are sooo lucky! I am super jealous of you know! lol I haven’t gotten any yet, but no one in our division has yet. I told my Daughter that her Daddy went off to school, and she seems to understand that better then anything else I could come up with. We also put a sticker on the calendar every night to mark the night off. She runs in the house from daycare and the first thing she does is sticker the calendar. Its cute.

I cry all the time as well. Its hard not to cry in front of my daughter, I don’t want her to think anything is wrong. When she asks about him and things like if we can call him its gets hard again. She is doing so well though. I however, am going crazy waiting to hear that he is doing okay. I sleep in his t-shirts at night sprayed with his cologne. (Sounds so sad when I type it out.. lol) It helps me sleep at night though. Well I hope the letters bring you good news! How many more days do we have of this?? Lol..

Comment by aveoamare(Ship02div925) on March 26, 2011 at 10:05am: I've gotten 4 letters, 1 the first week and 3 this past thursday. Its hard with a 3 yr old b/c they know whats going on. My son doesn't really get it yet, but I'm sure when he gets older having his daddy leave all the time will be hard on him. But our children will be so proud of their daddies when they are old enough to understand what they do!

It is SO hard w/o my husband, i cried ALL the time. I walked into the bathroom and saw his shaving cream and started sobbing. But its getting easier, but nights are still really difficult. I go to be early so I don't think about stuff.

Comment by StaceyStan on March 26, 2011 at 9:52am: So it seems like we are in the same boat. I also my DEERS stuff this week, but no letter yet. How are you doing with everything? The first week was really hard for me. I see that you have a son, I have a 3 year old daughter that is being stronger then I am… however she is starting to act out a little more then usually. However that could just be because she is 3!! Lol. Have you gotten a letter yet??

Comment by aveoamare(Ship02div925) on March 26, 2011 at 9:47am: My hubby's PIR is 5/6/11 but he's in 02/925

Comment by StaceyStan on March 26, 2011 at 9:46am: Any other wifes with the PIR 5/6/11??? Or from Ship 12/159?

Comment by aveoamare(Ship02div925) on March 26, 2011 at 8:30am: Oh and I got my DEERs paperwork yesterday, so I'm going to SS office on Monday so I can officially change my last name. Its changed my license but not officially on government things. I figured it would be way easier for everyone if my last name was the same everywhere.

Comment by aveoamare(Ship02div925) on March 26, 2011 at 8:01am: Cam, I know how you feel! It will be week 4 without my husband on Monday and sometimes I have really bad days. Actually the nights are the worst, during the day I can keep myself busy, but at night I tend to go to bed at 8pm so I don't drive myself crazy!

Comment by camenae on March 26, 2011 at 2:37am: Thanks, Ashia!

Ladies! I just realized I haven't seen my husband in a little over a month. I was in a horrible mood today and I think that's why. Luckily I'm going to Pensacola to see him next weekend. Hopefully next week will fly by like the week that just passed!