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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.
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.
DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.
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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Overview of RTC from Google Earth
I know a lot of people are probably wondering about the walking distance, parking arrangement, etc. Here is an image pulled from Google Earth that I've labeled so you can get an idea.
I have labeled the buildings in Red, you might not be able to read the far left one, it says EAT/NEX. There is a Taco Bell/McDonalds/Pizza Hut in there to have lunch with your Sailor. The green line is how you come into RTC with your vehicle. You enter the parking garage from the back, park and walk through the garage, through the museum and wait to enter the drill hall. If the garage is filled up, you would turn left instead and there is a parking lot there, then you can make your way to the museum entrance. The blue line is the walk from the drill hall to the restaurants/NEX that you can go with your Sailor after the ceremony. If your Sailor is staying at Great Lakes, s/he will have to go back to RTC barracks and pack to move over to the TSC (Training Support Center, they're in charge of the A Schools there. There is a tiny yellow line with a red dot at each end, right under the blue line in the middle of the pic. I did this for you to see the distance you'll be walking. The distance between dots is shown in the dialog box on the right. That yellow line represents about 132 yards. If I forgot anything, just ask. Even if your Sailor is leaving for A School and can just go with you (not go back and pack) you still may want to stop at the NEX because you can never go back there (unless you have another graduating Sailor!)
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