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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.
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.
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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."
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**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).
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**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.
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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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I recommend the Navy Lodge as well. Safe, clean, and friendly staff. I booked my room online but when I got there to check in, they asked who my sponsor was and I had to give my Sailor's name and she was with me and had to show her military ID.
Oh ya, they also have a small kitchen in the room so you can reheat take out or cook there if you want,
We stayed at the Navy Lodge there. It was nice and priced well.
Anneerrn4, there are probably more creative homemade signs than purchased ones at homecomings, so if you're good with markers, glitter and glue, a piece of posterboard works great! BuildaSign.com (http://www.buildasign.com/Troops) offers a free one, but you pay postage and the cost gets pretty prohibitive if you wait to order till just before homecoming.
You could get a suite with kitchen at Navy Lodge and offer to cook a meal for his buddies while you're there (turkey for the Thanksgiving home-cooked meal they missed?), bet they'd love it! links to Norfolk Navy Lodge and area info
My son is on the TR and will be back to Norfolk on the GW in January. We are preparing for his homecoming to SD. The site for banners the Mom's site is using is http://www.buildasign.com/Troops
They did a great job and it came pretty quick.
Anneerrn4,
Make sure you have a big sign with his name on it and also welcome home. I know you can actually purchase them, but not sure where. I would suggest to look on line. In the meantime I will get in touch with another mother who ordered her sign.
Yvonne
Hello All,
My husband and I will be greeting our son when his ship comes into Norfolk in Dec. This will be the first time for all of us. I would appreciate any information that would make it special for my son and hopefully lots of buddies.
Check these out! Cake and cupcakes from http://www.yumyumeatemupcakes.com in Virginia Beach :)
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