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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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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:
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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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 Kim on November 19, 2014 at 10:22am
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Welcome new moms. PIR weekend is different for everybody. Some are 'grad and go' and some are on hold. My son was staying for school, but had duty Saturday night. He graduated during a Blizzard. The show DOES go on. They had to add a step. They marched in from outside, stopped, took off their lid (hat), emptied it, put it back on and continued. The parents looked like walking snowmen. We shook off what we could and sat wet, cold and all smiling. No one complained.
My son's PIR was 2006. He was stationed in Japan and San Diego. Now he is a navy recruiter in the state of NY. He is married to a woman from Japan and they are expecting their 1st child December 24th.
It is never dull.
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Comment by gretamae3 (nuke mom) on November 19, 2014 at 9:06am
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It took us about 9 hours as well to get there. Tolls everywhere!!! We only had the day with him and he flew out the next morning. He is at goose creek SC now mm in the nuke field. We are still waiting to see if he gets chit for thanksgiving. I had planned on visiting him over the holiday but we had an unexpected trip to Florence so made a long weekend of it and went to see him since it was an hour away. I won't be able to do 2 trips back to back. My best friends daughter was killed. Very sad http://Wjcl.com/2014/11/18/fort-stewart-soldier-charged-in-wifes-mu...
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Comment by Marcy on November 19, 2014 at 8:36am
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Greta, I know when we went it took us 9 hours. I can't remember where we stayed, that was 7 yrs ago. My son is a CTR, cryptology. We took the train into Chicago and went to the navy pier but I think things have changed a lot since we were there. Do you still get a whole weekend with them? My nephew graduated last year in December and my sister just basically got a day with him. Wasn't sure how things are now.
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Comment by PA Navy mom on November 19, 2014 at 12:05am
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Gretamae3, congratulations on your son graduating Boot camp! Awesome! I can't wait for our graduation. How was pir? How long did it take you to get there and where did you stay? I did not know we could visit for thanskgiving so we were not planning on going. How did you get thru it while your son was at boot camp? We just got his address yesterday so sent his first letter today...
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Pa navy mom hang in there and we all are here for ya. I am right outside of Pittsburgh and it is bitter cold. My son graduated BC oct 17Th. I just saw him this past weekend. I went to visit him at A school. Saying goodbye doesn't get any easier that's forsure. I am still sad. Do you have plans on going to Great Lakes for thanksgiving? My sons good friend left today for boot camp. My letter writing and boot canp days get to start all over again
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Thank you Marcy! I am so excited for him. What a way to start the new year! I keep praying he makes it through boot camp. Hopefully it will be warmer than it is in Pittsburgh right now! Job is mineman.
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PA navy mom, congrats and what a great New Year you both will have. If you are going DEFINATELY dress warm. I was there in October 7 yrs ago and it was cold then. Good luck to your son. What is his job?
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Hi. My son left from Pittsburgh on nov 6th. PIR on dec 31st.
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Comment by ScottsMom ship 02 DIV 949 on November 6, 2014 at 10:16am
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I have created some great journal pages to memorialize our memories and feelings while our SR's are/were in boot camp.
I hope you like the latest one:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/209919415/us-navy-boot-camp-weekly-jou...
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Comment by tina41 on November 4, 2014 at 7:27am
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hello all!!
hope everyone is doing good!! not much chatting here lately.
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