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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
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Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:
Events
**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).
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
**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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Comment by egbot on July 28, 2010 at 12:45pm
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Hi jacmac80! I thought that most people would be leaving right after graduation! We may also stay over Friday night, but I thought that was somewhat unusual since I was informed that the Candidates are usually ready to leave by noon! Thanks for sharing!
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Comment by jamac80 on July 28, 2010 at 12:41pm
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We made the dinner reservations for Friday night, the night of the actual graduation day. The other nights we are just going to wing it. I wrote down the notes of places to go, hints, etc to take with me and we'll just decide what we want to do the other times when we get there.
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What happens on Wednesday night of graduation? Are the Candidates free to be with family and go off base? When are people making these dinner plans? For Wednesday night? Thursday night? Friday night? Thursday night is the Hi Mom's party so I don't understand the need to go out to eat, unless you guys know something I don't! Can you help with the confusion? I will make reservations as long as I know what's going on!
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H group? I hear "H" and my heart stops. H group...that's what it's called when they get their khakis and can say "I" instead of referring to themselves in the 3rd person?
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MK - It turns out that your son and my son are hatchmates! - AM
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Comment by pgrlisa on July 27, 2010 at 2:35pm
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I forgot that Coddington was Brewery. We did eat lunch there the day of graduation. My daughter wanted The Melting Pot for dinner, so we drive up to Providence.
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I found the micro-brewery. Thanks for the tip, 2 in the service! It's Coddington Brewing Company, right by the Naval base. There are tables still available. It's not fancy, I don't think, but my son said the thing he wants most is a cold brew so that's where we're going!
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My LO, class 20-10, drove his car up there. It is parked somewhere on base, in a safe place. We live in SC, so it was a 2 day drive. He had to take his license, proof of insurance & registration to his recruiter so that they could forward it to Newport. He had no problem driving onto base
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I'd like to reiterate something jordosmom brought up. If you are at all thinking of becoming a naval officer, make sure you are FIT before going to OCS. You will save yourself a lot of pain and even muscle/bone damage. Run, do sit-ups, work on endurance training. My son worked out somewhat, but not enough and man, he paid a very heavy price. His injuries sent him back to H (medical holding) not once, but twice, and greatly delayed his graduation.
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Oh, I forgot to add clear nail polish....used to seal the frayed ends on belts.
Good luck!!
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