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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
...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.
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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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For those who have graduated from Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI or who are currently attending there.
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Comment by DallasMom2014 on July 6, 2014 at 9:41pm
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My LO is part of class 16-14. The Facebook page for US Navy OCS Class 16-14 Family & Friends is an awesome site for information. Request to join the group so you can get useful info about OCS. Let me know if you have any questions.
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Comment by Gatormom on July 6, 2014 at 9:39pm
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Yes, that's the name of the group. I'm not very computer savvy & can't figure out how to send the link. Go to the search feature on Facebook & search for that title. I'm members of 15-14 & 16-14. So very helpful! Susieq228, what's your full name? I found a feature to add a member but need your name you go by on FB. Yes, I'm from Florida, have lived in Gainesville for many yrs. Gator mom says it all!
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Susieq228: Search Facebook for "OCS Class 15-14 Friends & Family" or some similar wording. These are usually a "closed" group that you have to request to join, but acceptance is usually automatic by the group administrator. It is usually helpful also to join the class AHEAD of your LO's (14-14) so you can see what they are doing three weeks ahead. !4-14 should be close to graduation! Maybe Gatormom can send you the link to 15-14's group page if she is a member.
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Gatormom: I did not realize that my LO's class had a separate page in friends and family. If you would kindly direct me how to get there, I would truly be thankful. I visit Facebook, but I am not "Facebook Suave". I visit the Facebook page of OCS in general. but not specific to his class. PS. I'm from Florida and am a gator fan, don't think gatormom means anything different than that, correct me if I am wrong. Thanks for your comments.
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Susieq228: my son is right behind your LO in class 16-14. This site has been so helpful as well as the Facebook friends and family group for his class as well as the class of your LO. Our class page has been more active than yours, so perhaps you want to join the 16-14 class as well if you're on Facebook. So many helpful folks on this site and the FB site.
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Susieq228: My son graduated from OCS in Sept 2012. There was a Facebook group for his class "OCS Class 16-12 Friends and Family," and our group always referred to the candidates as "loved ones" or LO for short because the officer candidate mentioned could be a son, daughter, wife husband, sister, brother, grandchild, etc., so we referred to them all as LO's because that was certain!!! You will notice here on N4M's that we also write of LO's because we don't necessarily know if your Ensign is a son or daughter, and some of us are grandmoms of sailors also. After your son is commissioned, then join the "Moms of Officers" group here. Also any group related to your son's "designator,"--aviation, nuke, etc. These Moms have been such a help to me, because I knew nothing about the Navy before my son joined, and there is nothing like the voice of experience! So I'm trying to pay it forward and help the newbies. Enjoy the graduation/commissioning ceremony. You will be bursting with pride!! (Take Kleenex.)
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M's mom: I found that out as I spent the day checking out hotels. So many "famous house hotels" and the prices per night went from $200 - $805. I stayed with a staple "Ramada" and actually got 20% off the rate for a 3 night stay.
Thank you for your expiration "loved one" - that is so true for all of us moms.
What is your connection to OCS if you don't mind me asking? Susie
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Susieq228: As far as hotels, the "Newport" hotels cater to tourists and are very expensive. Search for hotels in "Middletown RI." Middletown and Newport kind of blend together, but Middletown is actually closer to the gate of the base than Newport, and they have lots of chain hotels there that are cheaper than anything in Newport on the bay. We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express in Middletown and it was fine. Some folks stayed at the Navy Lodge right on the base, but it fills up fast for graduation weekends. Your loved one will have to be available to check you in to the Navy Lodge because they need to see a military ID. It's only for military and their families.
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meam: go to www.ocs.navy.mil then click on "programs" then OCS. There is an FAQ section there, but we didn't know a lot about OCS before my son started. We actually had to learn more about it here on N4M's and also his class's Friends & Family Facebook page, than any info we got from the Navy. For instance, nowhere on the Navy OSC site does it tell you NOT to send any goodies or gifts to the candidates BEFORE they become Candios (after nine weeks.) We had to learn that here and on FB. Some candidates were innocently punished in my son's class for being sent contraband!!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEPQSK5r3ms
Hello meam - I'm a new mom to this site also, but my son is currently in class 15-14 scheduled to graduate on August 8th.
View the above youtube video. It will give you a real vision as to what your son will be doing. It is a little scary too - OCS is not a walk in the park, but it will give you the feeling of how proud you will be when he completes his class.
On another note, if any of you ladies can give me some information on hotels for my stay during graduation, I'd be very grateful.
Happy 4th of July to all. Susie
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