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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.
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:
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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- Graduation Info
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For moms (and dads), wives (and husbands) and girlfriends (and boyfriends) who survived PIR February 19, 2010 - Including Ship 14 Div 095-100, Ship 7 Div 101-102 and Ship 6 Div 913
Members: 86
Latest Activity: Dec 2, 2016
PIR 19 Feb 2010
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Comment by Arwen on February 19, 2011 at 3:39pm
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What a horrible way for someone to go - taking their own life.
But. today is a happy day for all of us. Happy Anniversary, everyone!
Chris is still out there, stationed in Japan, but he has only spent a few weeks actually in Japan. He reported and immediately went on a four-month deployment, had three weeks in port, now he's at sea again and will be for about another month. The Navy is pretty good about publicizing what his ship is doing, so I have a decent idea of what he's doing and seeing. I've even found a few official Navy photos of him, out there doing his job.
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Comment by Navy/ArmyMom on February 19, 2011 at 11:23am
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How tragic, Sandra. God bless this Sailor and his family.
Well, it was one year ago today that our Sailors had PIR. Oh my gosh, what a day we will forever remember. I'm still so proud of them and sometimes look at a PIR video on line and get teary eyed.
I hope you're all doing well. I read here at N4M quite often but don't always have time to write. I've noticed that cyber sisterhood gets very quiet : ( but there's a peep now and then. I hope you're all doing well.
I often wonder how are dear friend Beverly is doing. I've always missed her. And some other moms missing as well. But Sandra and Arwen stay in touch here very well.
God bless all of you!! Happy Anniversary!! We'll always remember. Did the year go fast for y'all or slow? I thought it was a long year. It feels as though two years have gone by!
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Comment by RosaEdsmom on February 19, 2011 at 10:18am
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Sandra~ Thoughts and prayers going out to his family and friends. It is terribly sad, especially when there are children involved. I agree, sad that it got by everyone.
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Hey Ladies~ Hope all is well with everyone and their sailors. I have to say...it has been one long year. Ed left the Nuke program and is on hold. Have to agree with Colleen, congrats to all the sailors still in the program. Wish things were as simple as PIR. lol.
Colleen~ How cool it that!?! Woohoo, Stephanie!! So glad Justin is doing well.
Sending Blessing to all.
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Can you believe... Battlestations was a year ago!
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The sad part is that I know exactly what he is doing. He now has a laptop, and his Dungeons and Dragons books and dice. I'm quite certain he has gone so deep into those that he doesn't remember anything exists elsewhere.
You know the old joke about the D&D geeks who go down to "mom's basement" with Mountain Dew and cold pizza, and come up a decade later with no clue that any time has passed? Well, that's Chris, and he has a whole ship to use as his basement. Except they give him hot food and make him shower, LOL.
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I'm on letter and care package strike. Chris stopped calling and never writes, even though I KNOW he is in port and has tons of time off. I've sent him letters, emails, and packages with goodies and notes. I've sent envelopes, stamps, paper, a filled-in address book... and had no response.
I figure if the family news just STOPS he will get curious and call home to see what he's missing.
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Comment by Janie - ProudSailorWife on January 10, 2011 at 7:02pm
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Thanks Colleen!!
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Ladies it means so much to me. This group has been here from the beginning and I don't know how I would have every survived the past year without many of you!
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No, Chris didn't call on Christmas, but he did call later in the week. It's maddening because the connection from Japan is horrible. We keep getting cut off, and spend a lot of time saying "What? What did you say?"
A cyber baby shower? That sounds fun!
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