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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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RTC Graduation

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PIR 1/14/2011

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This is for all of us who have recruits graduating from RTC on January 14th, 2011. Here we can all support eachother through the long separation and prepare to see our US Navy Sailors for the first time after RTC.

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 111
Latest Activity: Jul 29, 2011

This PIR group includes Divisons 39-48, 908!Best of luck to all of them!

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Comment by gmaof6 on December 2, 2010 at 9:39pm: For a real tear jerker check out You Tube
Kiss Tribute to the Military
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=5MtdIO23MKM

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on December 2, 2010 at 9:33pm: That should say that they may have to go back for few hours for duty or watch.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on December 2, 2010 at 9:31pm: For those who are grad and go and have a-school in Great Lakes they usually get to spend most of the weekend with you. After PIR they have to pack their stuff and move across the street to the other base. This take about 4 to 5 hours. Then they call you to pick them up and unless they have to do back for a few hours on Sat or Sun they will almost always get to spend the whole weekend with you. This only if they are grad and go and staying in Great Lakes for a school.

Comment by J&D<3 on December 2, 2010 at 8:33pm: No problem I wassss so excited we have a joke before he left that it's going to be freezing and if he froze to death we probably would never know !!! Haahahah so I was starting to think that was the case :p but yea I'm very excited and I can't wait to see all of our beautiful sailors graduate :)!!!

Comment by mmaya1109 on December 2, 2010 at 8:05pm: hey all- does anyone know if ship 12 div 41 is a grad n go . i saw some comments on here about them and i have been freaking out all day to find out if he is one or not...

Comment by bluewarriorlady on December 2, 2010 at 7:33pm: Hey there, navyfam! I did receive letters from my hubby a bit ago. I thought that everyone else was receiving their second rounds! Maybe I'm trying too hard to keep up with all of the divisions, or maybe some of you are just getting your letters later. Either way, I am hoping to hear from him again soon! :-)

Comment by DramaboysMom on December 2, 2010 at 7:10pm: Hey gals! Here is a link to something to also show support for our kids. http://www.mybluestarflag.com/freebluestarflag
I remember this from my mother in law when my hubby was in (b4 we were married!)
I sent for one for the grandma's. and myself.

Comment by navyfam on December 2, 2010 at 7:09pm: J&DThanks for the update..I'm on the west coast too! Only 1 letter last Saturday. I sounds like those who live back east are getting more letters...or is it that our loved ones aren't writing very much????? Mine daughter is in ship 07 div 044.....maybe it's their ship LOL

Comment by J&D<3 on December 2, 2010 at 7:05pm: SHIP 07 DIV 046
Letters are coming to the loved ones on the west coast!!!! :)

Comment by navyfam on December 2, 2010 at 6:57pm: Bluewarriorlady Hang in there. For some reason I thought you had received a letter from your hubby. Tamme is right live vicariously through others...I have been doing that because we only received 1 very short, uninformative letter & she called the BF yesterday! He does keep me updated but it's not the same. Praying you get a letter tomorrow. :)