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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.
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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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Started by rhonda/ship 13 div 102. Last reply by PattiP Sep 26, 2013. 9 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by terbeasch on July 5, 2009 at 12:09pm
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HI rezaclori, my son is also ship 13, division 269 and a grad n go, we have a discussion under PIR 8/7 if you would like to join. No advice, i just plan to enjoy whatever time we have be it 5 min or 2 hours at graduation, are you going to the meet and greet at flanagans the 6th before PIR.
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Comment by Anna on June 22, 2009 at 5:32pm
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Hello Lori,
When our family went to GL last July for our daughter's PIR, we stayed in the Sleep Inn in Lake Bluff, which was right down the main road from the main gate. It provided a shuttle to and from the base for PIR so we didn't have to worry about driving, waiting in line to get inspected and parking. After PIR, the shuttle brought us and our daughter back to the hotel and then we got our vehicle and went wherever we wanted.
After battle stations, when the sailor gets his verbal orders they should have some idea if they are leaving right away or will be staying at GL for awhile. Unless they are going to be stationed at GL for school or such, then I know they have to go move their stuff out of the recruit barracks to another part of the base before they get any liberty. They may also have duty watches over the weekend so you have to work around that also. We got to spend all of Friday after PIR and Saturday morning with our daughter but then we had to leave. She had liberty for the rest of the weekend and went to Chicago with some BC buddies. It was hard leaving her!!!!
I'm including the address of the hotel we stayed at if you want to check them out - sorry I don't have a phone number:
Sleep Inn
3250 Bittersweet Ave
Lake Bluff, IL 60044
Anna
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Diane,
We had a nice lunch - and lots of Navy Mom talk!!!!
So sorry you had those little ones to watch over!! I think next one you need to have an "appointment" to go to!!!!
Anna
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Karen and Colleen,
Yes, see you for lunch tomorrow. I checked with the PA mom and she will not be able to make it because of work. I also got a regrets from Diane (Ryan's Mom). She got called into work also :( boo hoo
Anna
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Sandy,
I have a nephew in Bahrain and I know a Navy Mom on another group who's son is there?
Anna
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Dawn,
Welcome - sorry you won't be able to meet us for lunch Wednesday. Ladies this will be my last get together with you. I've lived in Mentor for 5 years while both daughters finished school and then moved down here to Stow while we got one of our daughters set up at the University of Akron. In two weeks my hubby and I will be moving to North Carolina. I'd like to stay in touch with the Ohio moms if that's ok!!
Anna
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Myingst,
Your daughter's schedule and flight time might be different from the one we had, but any time you have to still spend with your daughter will be worth it. I just wanted to warn you that you could be doing a lot of sitting and waiting and to prepare for it!!!
Hope everything goes well - let us know, ok??
Anna
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Myingst,
We went to MEPS with our daughter and I'm glad we did. We got to spend more time with her before she actually flew out of Cleveland Hopkins. We stayed at the same hotel as her that night but she had to stay in her own room. We had dinner together in the hotel dining room. The next morning she left with the other recruits early in the morning. We met up with her at MEPS later in the morning. For much of the time there we sat and talked and when she had to go off and do things we brought along reading material and just sat and read. The recruits are fed lunch but not the visitors. We got some chips and drinks from the snack machines. You could probably get something and take with you for your lunch. After the swearing in we sat around some more until they got all their papers and such and left by bus to the airport. We drove over to the airport and by the time we parked and walked in the terminal they were at the ticket counter checking in. (Make sure you know what airlines they are flying out on.) We stepped up to the ticket counter and got gate passes for my husband, her twin sister, and myself (you need to have picture IDs for everyone) and then we walked down to the gate and waited with her. She had just over an hour before her flight was to leave and that was when she got really nervous. Not about going to boot camp, just having to wait so long until time to board. I think she was more eager to go than I was to see her leave!!! Looking back I'm glad I had all that extra time with her instead of saying goodby to her the night before. She didn't leave until about 3:00 that afternoon so I was so glad I was there.
Anna
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Diane,
That's so cool. I'm so glad you are going to be joining us! Looking forward to getting to meet you.
Anna
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Dear Kim,
Remember - no last names of sailors on here. We need to always protect our country's servicemembers.
Welcome to the site! I'm from Stow and have a son in Dam Neck right now - going to IS C school.
Anna
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