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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:
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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- Graduation Info
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Comment by snowmc on April 8, 2010 at 9:07am
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Great stories! My new Ensign was also our navigator and went "Candio" on his dad a couple of times when he didn't follow his directions...then said "sorry dad...just a natural reaction now"...lol! Kathleen..we ate at the Mooring on our last night in Newport. Beautiful restaurant! Saturday night we were at the Atlantic Beach restaurant...son was in dress blues. Every eye in the house was on him as we walked in. And then someone paid for his dinner....our waitress was almost in tears when she told us. Really got to me too.
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Comment by Kathleen_D on April 7, 2010 at 11:31pm
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Who needs GPS when you have your new Ensign who aced navigation driving you to dinner? I made reservations at the Mooring restaurant for sundown on Friday, really looking forward to watching the sunset over the water on a beautiful evening. Well, Ensign D. failed to follow my back seat advice and wound up on the $4 bridge to Jamestown. I caught the sunset from the top of the bridge on the $4 return trip. Then the navigator missed the turn into the restaurant wharf and had to circle downtown on the one-ways to get back to the restaurant. Wonderful memories. Well, it was a great restaurant. Best part was when we left. There were 2 Candios from 13-10 walking down the sidewalk in their blues. They stopped and saluted my son and called him, "Sir", then congratulated him. Wow! What a moment.
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We flew into Providence on Southwest Airlines from Chicago. For me, it was an easy choice over Boston Logan and any other airline. PVD airport is closer to Newport, and doesn't yet have the virtual strip search body scanners that Logan has. I booked on SWA because I could rebook without a penalty fee in case my son rolled, and SW doesn't charge for a carry-on and 2 checked bags. The flight to Providence on Wednesday was nearly full (including several other passengers heading to OCS graduation), but the non-stop flight back to Chicago on Saturday evening had only 35 passengers! Everyone had a row to themselves. It was wonderful.
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We fly into Providence, Rhode Island (PVD). It is about 30 minutes from Newport...easy drive. You can also fly into Boston, but that is a two hour drive.
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Comment by Sweet*Southern*Lady on April 7, 2010 at 9:07pm
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What airports did you use to travel to Newport, RI? Any help? Thanks!
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Comment by sharongs on April 7, 2010 at 1:07pm
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My son did OCS in Pensacola. Is there a group for those moms?
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Whitney..that is so cool! What a wonderful treasure to have found.
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Comment by whitney on April 6, 2010 at 10:12pm
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I was at my grandmothers for Easter this weekend and I found the Bible that the Navy issued my great-grandfather during WWII!!!! :) It even had an encouraging letter from Roosevelt, haha! :) She let me have it to give to my LO! It made me so proud!!
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Oh...just go with it and enjoy every second. This is a very exciting time in your lives...live it up!
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I TOTALLY agree....they just want us there! When I told my son I was having trouble deciding what to wear, he said "way to nuke it mom" which means I was over thinking it...lol!
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