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Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!
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.
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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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ALUMNI OF PIR 05/09/2014 TG 26 - 7 Divisions (165-170 and 926)
Information
This group is for those who have loved ones that graduated from boot camp on May 9, 2014. A place to keep in touch with each other as the sailors continue their Navy journey.
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 59
Latest Activity: Mar 28, 2018
WELCOME to PIR 05/09/2014! 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 14 Division 170
Started by Michael. Last reply by ellen0502 Mar 13, 2016. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Ship 02 (USS Reuben James) Division 926
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by Marymary May 7, 2014. 27 Replies 1 Like
Ship 09 (USS John F Kennedy) Divisions 169 and 170 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by sindaz7 May 6, 2014. 18 Replies 4 Likes
PIR 05/09/2014 TIPS AND RSVP FOR MEET AND GREET
Started by OldSarge. Last reply by tdawgsmom May 5, 2014. 2 Replies 2 Likes
PERTINENT PIR TIPS!
Started by CatMom509. Last reply by CatMom509 May 5, 2014. 5 Replies 1 Like
Ship 14 (USS Arizona) Divisions 165 and 166 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by Darlene May 2, 2014. 25 Replies 0 Likes
Ship 03 (USS Hopper) Divisions 167 and 168 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by G ma May 2, 2014. 29 Replies 3 Likes
^^^^BATTLESTATIONS: THEIR FINAL TEST ! ^^^^
Started by diannep. Last reply by J's/S'smom May 2, 2014. 1 Reply 1 Like
Comment Wall
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Comment by star77 (ship 14, div 166) on April 12, 2014 at 1:58pm
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diannep: Thank you kindly! I'm a newbie! Besides my brother-in-law who was a chief petty office (and will be there to support my son), the last man in our family who was in the military was my dad who was a marine that was deployed to Vietnam. Then his WW2 great grandpas. One of which was the main reason my son decided to join :) I'm trying to learn & be the best support I can be for him. I think you are right, he should turn back around and be positive again like he usually always is!
Darlene (ship 14, div 165): He does always lay it out there for me, so I think he would have told me if he was one of the SRs who got in trouble, hopefully! lol! He wasn't a trouble maker before! He is 20, I think I would have caught him by now ;) But maybe he just wasn't doing well with something? Yes, excepting this is all out of our hands is a process for us moms too! He was out of the house for a year before he went in, so I have let go some, a tiny "some" that is!
I will rsvp to Sarge's M & G! Thank you for that too!
My son will be at GL for A school. I am planning to bring him his cell phone, laptop, and anything else I can find out he can have! I heard a good watch is a good gift for them too? Like the coin idea too :) Our families will be staying off base. What is a chit?? My newbie is showing again :/
Thank you again ladies for responding :)
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Comment by Darlene on April 12, 2014 at 12:05pm
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does any one know about the challenge coins ?people are saying it is a nice graduation gift,there are specific coins for each ship.i found on Ebay for $ 19 with box another $10.
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Comment by Kyjeda on April 12, 2014 at 11:51am
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Same here Family1st. Navy Lodge Wed-Sun and going to Sarge's Meet and Greet. Have arranged all travel with him because we are not renting a car.
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Comment by Family1st on April 12, 2014 at 11:10am
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Staying at the Navy Lodge Wed - Sun, going to Sarge's
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Comment by diannep on April 12, 2014 at 10:04am
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CountryMom: Just saw your response to CatMom .....I think you will be happy that you switched! :-)
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star: "Feeling broken" is part of the process...the breakdown process. That is what the first part of Bootcamp is all about, before they start building them back up into sailors. So go through the process harder than others, and some will not disclose to their families how emotionally hard it is because they don't want to worry their families....so just know that this is normal. You will see a change in attitude and outlook starting about Training Week 4....when they have their goal in sight and are much more positive! So hang in there!
On RSVPing for Sarge's MeetandGreet, it is a good idea since he likes an idea to plan for the food. You can find your PIR date listed on the left of this page, under EVENTS....just scroll through until you find the MeetandGreet for your date (make sure it is Sarge's since there are other MeetandGreets, but Sarge's will be the most beneficial for info, and is the best attended).
Country Mom: Is your sailor staying in GL for A School? If so, those sailors there must get a "chit" when they move over there after PIR in order to visit you in the hotel. If your sailor is flying out, he/she is under RTC rules and I don't believe the chit is necessary. But keep in mind that the then-sailors will have been cooped up on a base for a very long time and many would like to visit a hotel "off base".
Navy Lodge is not on RTC....it is in the housing area about a mile away. So you may want to consider staying there....unless you are staying on A School base (which is where Navy Gateway is) in order to be closer to your GL A School sailor. You would not be far away though staying at Navy Lodge!
Good Morning All !
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CatMom509, Oh my gosh, thank you so much for pointing out the differences between the Navy Lodge and the Navy Gateway Lodge. I have switched our reservations to the off base lodge. I want our visit to be as uncomplicated as possible! Thanks so much for watching out for us newbies!
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star77, my son is ship 14 div 165,maybe they are brother div?the 2 letters he sent said that some of SR were doing crazy things,some were in trouble???not sure what that means but he said his div was coming together and were focused on graduating.he also said he was not as homesick that they are so busy during day and tired at night. all we can do is pray..it is out of our hands,as moms thats the hardest part.
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Comment by CatMom509 on April 12, 2014 at 2:02am
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Country Mom,
Navy Gateway is on base at Great Lakes and is much more restrictive as far as your SR/Sailor visiting you there. Your SR/Sailor must obtain a written chit for permission to be at that hotel with you. The Navy Lodge is off base and the reservation should be under your SR's name, he/she is welcome there, no special paperwork necessary. I think Navy Lodge is $66-$78 for a room depending on the amenities. Plus they provide you with a breakfast to go in a bag on PIR day and a shopping pass for you to shop at the small NEX by them without your Sailor~~
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Oh and we did RSVP for Sarge's Meet and Greet.
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