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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 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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OCS Graduate Moms

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For those who have graduated from Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI or who are currently attending there.

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Latest Activity: Dec 2, 2024

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Comment by redheadlass on July 22, 2018 at 5:14pm: So if everything goes according to plan, my son will be graduating from OCS Sept. 21. I was wondering what did most of you do after the graduation? Did you go out to a nice lunch, or a nice dinner with your family and new ensign? It is the Newport Food and Wine Festival that weekend so thinking every place will be crowded and maybe I should be making reservations at some restaurant. Suggestions?

Comment by New2blue on July 9, 2018 at 6:12pm: Looking for Class 15-18. Anyone else LO in that class?

Comment by M's mom on July 6, 2018 at 9:44pm: Many of those "low sugar" protein bars are sweetened with compounds called sugar alcohols such as maltitol, xylitol, etc. While these products don't have any effects like liquor alcohol, they can cause, um, "gastrointestinal distress," to put it nicely. Read the labels and "sugar alcohols" should be listed in the sugar section of the nutrition label.

These compounds adversely effect me in a bad way, so be wary about sending a whole load of them to your loved one without a warning to go easy on them until they know how they go with their digestive system. It would be really bad for a candidate to be standing in formation and suddenly be stricken with "gastrointestinal distress!"

Comment by Andy'sMom on July 6, 2018 at 6:44pm: The brands are the numbers, the types are the letters

Comment by redheadlass on July 6, 2018 at 5:00pm: Wow-- that is quite a list! Thanks so much! The brands do not matter?

Comment by Jenna07 on July 6, 2018 at 2:58pm: This is what is posted on the friends and family site I am on.

Here's the Protein Bar list:
1. Pure Protein Bar
a. Chewy Chocolate Chip, 3g sugar

2. Syntha-6 Protein Crisp
a. Chocolate Crunch, 2g sugar
b. Peanut Butter Crunch, 4g sugar
c. Vanilla Marshmallow, 2g sugar
d. Mocha Latte, 2g sugar
e. S’mores, 3g sugar

3. Questbar
a. Strawberry Cheesecake, 2g sugar
b. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, 1g sugar
c. Oatmeal Chocolate Chip, 1g sugar
d. Chocolate Peanut Butter, 1g sugar
e. White Chocolate Raspberry, 2g sugar
f. Apple Pie, 3g sugar
g. Mint Chocolate Chip, 1g sugar
h. Cookies and Cream, 1g sugar
i. Cinnamon Roll, 1g sugar

4. Power Crunch Protein Energy Bar Original
a. Salted Caramel, 5g sugar
b. French Vanilla, 5g sugar
c. Triple Chocolate, 5g sugar
d. Peanut Butter Creme, 5g sugar

5. Robert Irvine’s Fit Crunch Bar
a. Cookies and Cream, 6g sugar
b. Peanut Butter, 6g sugar
c. Birthday Cake, 6g sugar
d. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, 6g sugar

6. Thinkthin Bar
a. Brownie Crunch, 0g sugar
b. Creamy Peanut Butter, 0g sugar
c. Chunky Peanut Butter, 0g sugar

7. Fitsoy bar
a. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, 4g sugar
b. Chocolate Peanut Butter, 4g sugar

8. Probar – BASE
a. Peanut Butter Chocolate, 11g sugar

Comment by redheadlass on July 5, 2018 at 8:35pm: Where can I find the list of the approved protein bars?

Comment by Jenna07 on July 5, 2018 at 7:55pm: I just went to Target and picked up some of these items. They had most of this in the travel size so that was great. I picked up multiples and have told my son to share with others when he gts his box. Thanks for the ideas. I was able to get one of the approved protein bars from another store.

Comment by M's mom on July 5, 2018 at 5:56pm: redheadlass:

Tide pens are spot remover pens. You can find them in the laundry detergent section of the supermarket or sometimes in a drugstore. They look like a felt-tip marker but say "TIDE" on them. If the candidates get a spot on their uniform, especially those whites--yikes!-- they can rub the Tide pen over the spot and it usually takes it out, instead of having to launder the whole thing.

My son graduated OCS in 2012 near Anna's daughter, and then we could send them cookies and candy and all kinds of treats in their Candio boxes, but then they all gorged themselves and made themselves sick because they had not been allowed any snacks or desserts up to that point. I think that's why OCS quit letting them be sent sweets, since they had all been "sugar-deprived" for 8 weeks they went overboard with the treats.

Comment by Nancy on July 5, 2018 at 4:57pm: Just get plain old black shoe polish from the drug store. It's in a small tin so should fit easily inside the box.