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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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**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).
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**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.
**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.
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ALUMNI OF PIR 03/28/2014 TG 20 - 9 Divisions (119-124, 810, 811, 920)
Information
This group is for those who have loved ones that graduated from boot camp on March 28, 2014. A place to keep in touch with each other as the sailors continue their Navy journey.
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 84
Latest Activity: Mar 17, 2017
WELCOME to PIR 03/28/2014! PLEASE See the PAGES section for Informational Posts about BC and PIR. PAGES is underneath the Members Photos. PLEASE scroll down this page here to find the Comment Box to post a reply to the PIR GROUP.
~OPSEC OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmost importance.
~N4M’s also has Community Guidelines just like any other social media.
~Please take the time to read the OPSEC and N4M’s Community Guidelines.
~A quick note here, from the N4M’s CG’s:
• Don’t Jeopardize the Safety of Our Sailors: Remember OPSEC (Operational Security) (Don’t Sink Ships With Loose Lips) This site and all content posted on it are viewable to everyone on the Internet. This doesn’t mean you can’t share things about your Sailor – but too many details can put Sailors in harm’s way. The following are examples of red flags and should not be shared within this community either by posting or sending via a Group message:
• Sailors’ last names. This includes your username if you share the same last name as your son or daughter.
Some Suggestions:
~If your last name is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended for you to use in your username for your own personal security. This is your option. It is also not a good idea to use an email address as your username for personal security reasons.
~First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember, everyone can see it and someone can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture to not include your Recruit at least for the duration of BC. Again, your option
~It is also a good idea to make your settings for your Profile Page "viewable only to your friends"
Discussion Forum
Ship 04 (USS Arleigh Burke) Divisions 810 and 811 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by Lucy (Ship 04, Div 811) Apr 12, 2014. 188 Replies 3 Likes
Ship 13 (USS Marvin Shields) Division 123 and 124 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by lionmother Apr 1, 2014. 61 Replies 5 Likes
Ship 04 (USS Arleigh Burke) Divisions 121 and 122 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by Lucy (Ship 04, Div 811) Mar 27, 2014. 24 Replies 5 Likes
Ship 11 (USS Kearsarge) Divisons 119 and 120 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by PJs-Mom Mar 26, 2014. 33 Replies 0 Likes
Ship 02 (USS Reuben James) Division 920
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by mom_to_anthony Mar 14, 2014. 31 Replies 1 Like
PERTINENT PIR TIPS!
Started by CatMom509. Last reply by CatMom509 Mar 14, 2014. 10 Replies 2 Likes
Comment Wall
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Comment by CatMom509 on March 16, 2014 at 6:21pm
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Lucy,
Sorry, the Chatty group is a closed group of A school friends that we didn't want to lose contact when our Sailors graduated. We have been together for over a year~~
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Annabel Lee,
Remember he can only be in your hotel room in his favorite "loungewear!" Also, bring more comfy underwear, maybe a couple of t-shirts, some favorite snacks, his cell phone & charger, laptop & ac adaptor to put into his Navy issued black backpack at the airport. You might write him to ask if he wants you to bring him certain items to choose from
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Hello All~~
"Your words were found, and I ate them,
and Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing
of my heart; for I am called by Your name,
O Lord God of hosts."
Jeremiah 15:16
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Comment by purplecrayon on March 16, 2014 at 5:21pm
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should stop sending mail 7 days before grad. can wait to see my son again too!!
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Comment by D-hunter on March 16, 2014 at 5:12pm
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Liberty- I was wondering about sending my son his contacts. do we just send them In an envelope????? I don't want to get my poor kid in any trouble?
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ship 11, div 119
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Comment by Liberty on March 16, 2014 at 12:33pm
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I convinced myself that the second phone call would be the last until the "I'm a sailor" call. That way, I wasn't glued to the phone like I was at first and being disappointed every day! My thoughts were this..I have always had high expectations for my kids, but this is one time that he only has to do one thing for eight weeks- GRADUATE! Haha! He left 2/4 and this has been the schedule...2/20 letter, 2/23 phone call,2/26 phone call,2/27 letter, 3/6 large envelope containing his excess mail with a very short note asking me to send his contacts for PIR, 3/12 Another large envelope with his excess mail and no note inside, 3/13 a letter for us and a separate letter from his sister. I am not expecting another call from him and possibly could miss the "I'm a Sailor" one since we will be traveling that day to PIR. That will be most unfortunate! However, I am keeping my eye on the prize and that is PIR Friday, March 28th!! Woo Hoo! Until them I have lots to do and many letters to write! I think that is where I am a little neurotic. I make sure at least two letters leave our home every mail day. Yesterday morning my husband did not put the two letters in the mail box! I didn't realize until after noon. It was too late to mail them anyplace except the main post office. Well, off I went! My daughter said "Mom, you can just mail them on Monday.." My husband didn't say much at all. Off I went! As soon as I got in the car a friend of ours called to ask me something. I told him what I was doing and he said "Just drive over here the mailman is in my neighborhood." He is MUCH, MUCH closer than the main post office. I said "Go out to the street and DO NOT LET THAT MAN LEAVE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD!". Sure enough when I got to their house both he and his wife were out on the front yard waiting to STOP THE MAILMAN! Haha! I waved to them and continued down the street (there is only one way in and one way out) where I found the nicest mailman in the world! I told him that I was hunting him down and why. He said that it would be an honor to take the two letters that were headed to a future sailor! He also said that he loved a determined woman! Haha! So...my record is clean! Enjoy this wonderful day! Keep your phone nearby , but don't expect anything! That way, at the end of the day you won't be disappointed! If they should call you will just be delighted! Before we know it, we will all be at the Meet and Greet!!
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we are bringing the dog. my son is gonna be happy to see her. did everyone see the division photo on the navy RTC facebook page? it was awesome to see my son! he looked great in his uniform.
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Comment by Annabel Lee on March 16, 2014 at 12:10pm
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I've picked out what I am taking my SR to wear around the hotel.. His favorite sleep pants,(batman. Lol) his softest, favorite shirt, boxers, (bet he misses those!) and socks.. It felt good. :)
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Comment by azmom on March 16, 2014 at 12:08pm
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I am with you too Annnabel, I haven't talked to my SR in weeks and I love the letters but the last day or so I find myself missing him like crazy. I am so glad we are getting close.
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