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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

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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 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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RTC Graduation

**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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Nuke School Charleston

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My husband is in Nuke school at the NWS in Charleston, SC. We are enjoying it here! This group's for anyone who wants to talk.

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Comment by DonnaEricsMom on August 11, 2014 at 12:24pm: WearsLargeHats - Thank you for the information about the Christmas break. I will pass it along to my son. He's just beginning "A" school now so I know he will be there during this holiday. : )

Comment by CEWnukegf Ship13 Div266 on August 11, 2014 at 10:52am: WearsLargeHats: Thank you! We are trying to make plans for that weekend, but it is hard without being able to contact each other very much and not knowing all the rules yet. I'm trying to get as much information as possible, so I can be prepared. Breaking any rules is the last thing we would want to do! Thank you very much!

Comment by WearsLargeHats on August 11, 2014 at 10:33am: dentalchick, that is completely normal. A-school grades aren't quite like college grades. All of the students are on some mandatory study. There is a number of hours per week and a number of hours preceding an academic day. I have heard it pronounced something like "25 tac 4". If they are getting high grades on the tests, then they can get the mandatory hours reduced. If the grades aren't so high, the mandatory hours go up. It is a pretty effective way of working out how much they need to study. The lower numbers end up being more about flexibility and trust than not having to study so much.

Comment by dentalchick on August 11, 2014 at 5:31am: My son is in A school and is scheduled to graduated Sept 26 2014. I am concerned or maybe just a worried mom because he leaves out all the details to me because I do worry but this last exam has caused him to have more study hours. He said he passed the exam so what exactly does that mean?

Comment by WearsLargeHats on August 11, 2014 at 2:25am: CEWnukegf, for Labor Day, if your boyfriend has just arrived, he won't be able to overnight off base. He will be able to go off-base on liberty with some restrictions, but will have to return to quarters by 00:15. Look at the "Your Sailor's Schedule Upon Arrival" discussion above, which lists the phase one rules. He will have been briefed. It is important that they strictly obey the rules, especially WRT alcohol.

Comment by WearsLargeHats on August 11, 2014 at 2:00am: Eric's Mom, from our experience last year, no he won't be able to come home for Thanksgiving, but the school essentially shuts down for the Christmas holidays. Just about all get 10 days of leave with temporary phase-up if applicable. They have to get a chit to travel more than a certain distance, but that isn't difficult -- they just have to tell where they are going, how they are getting there, etc.

Comment by DonnaEricsMom on August 11, 2014 at 12:18am: Hi all . . . I asking almost the same question as CEWnukegf, how does it work for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays?? By that time my son will have phased up, but we weren't sure if he would get to come home any time during these holidays? Does anyone know, or who he could ask?

Comment by CEWnukegf Ship13 Div266 on August 10, 2014 at 10:54pm: Hi I just realized this page was here! I was trying to ask a question on the nuke moms page but it got ignored so maybe someone here will be better help!
How does holiday liberty work for new sailors in phase one? I spoke to my boyfriend today and he said that someone told him (higher up) that he should be allowed to spend the night off base, but wouldn't know for sure until he got to Charleston Labor Day weekend. I didn't think that was the case, but I figured someone here should know.
Thanks!

Comment by CathyA622 on August 8, 2014 at 9:29pm: I heard from my son, he didn't have any details, but he said it was very small.

Comment by CathyA622 on August 8, 2014 at 9:16pm: Mamma D, I didn't think they had graduations for prototype only A school. Waiting to hear from my son who just passed his boards for prototype.