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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.
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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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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PIR Feb. 11, 2011
Members: 172
Latest Activity: Nov 11, 2015
Discussion Forum
Ribbons - PIR 2-11-11
Started by aprul(ship11,div63). Last reply by J-04/128 Feb 26, 2014. 19 Replies 0 Likes
Hey PIR 2-11-11,I am making ribbons for anyone who wants them. Some of you have requested information from me and I have tried to email or message each of you personally. You can send supplies or some of the ladies are sending money orders. The…Continue
Nuke A School FAQ
Started by NF Mom. Last reply by SailingHi Ship 9 Div 071 Feb 25, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Nuke A School FAQ click the Above LinkContinue
who has a Sailor staying in great lakes for A-school???
Started by Mrs Eubank. Last reply by Mrs Eubank Feb 19, 2011. 9 Replies 0 Likes
my sailor is staying in great lakes for AECF and his rate is ET. anyone out there with that or just in great lakes????????
*******BattleStations********
Started by diannep. Last reply by vydeoynkhorne Feb 16, 2011. 150 Replies 0 Likes
This is the final test for your recruits. When they pass this, they are sailors and trade in their recruit cap for their sailor cap in a capping ceremony afterwards. The ship they do this on was designed by Disney, so it is very realistic. During…Continue
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Comment by himmiemom on December 15, 2010 at 10:28pm
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Lexsmom.....My son left 12/8 and I just got the form letter today. I live approx 25 miles from GL. So maybe yours will come either tomorrow or Friday. Hang in there I was incredibly frustrated yesterday when I was reading everyone elses comments and that they already had their PIR and Division/Ship numbers. I had nothing yesterday.
BBWinthemoon... My sons recruiter also told me it usually comes around week 3. But mine arrived exactly one week after he left. Hang in there.
It felt real good to mail off two letters to my son. I can't wait till he can read them. Looking forward to getting mail from him also.
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Comment by BBWinthemoon on December 15, 2010 at 9:49pm
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Wow! Just had a call from my son's recruiter, he wanted to thank my for the goodies that I made and to assure me that my son would be fine, and that he is living his dream and as long as he can keep his mouth shut, he will do just fine! What a great guy! He did say that sometimes the form letter may not come until week 4, it just depends on the the group. So we must just wait and see.
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Comment by Lynne on December 15, 2010 at 8:58pm
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Okay mamawalrus since you are admin let me see if I can help you. Go to the other group room and click on the widget you want. Set it up just how you want. then it will say get the code....copy the code or click get the code whatever you have to do. Then come back here and in the box where the countdown clock is...it will say edit....click on edit....then you will see the code for the clock...bypass that and then leave 5 lines in between...paste in new code...and then on bottom right hand corner of the box it should say save...click save and wahla.....it should be good.
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Comment by Lexsmom on December 15, 2010 at 8:55pm
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Hello Ladies, My daughter arrived at BC on 12/7. I got "the box" on 12/9. Just got her address from recruiter yesterday on 12/14. I am anxiously awaiting the form letter as well. I do not have a PIR date as of yet. This site was the only one close to what "I think" may be her PIR. I am confident my letter will come soon! This is a wonderful site, I find myself rushing home from work to see what everyone else is saying and feeling.
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Great job Tracy...every recruit is allowed four guest...your recruit will have to turn in the names of these guests to his RDC closer to the end of boot camp. These names will appear on a list at PIR and will be checked off when you arrive. Children 12 and under do not count towards the four guests. You can bring more than four guests, however they have to wait until everyone that is an "invited " guest is seated. In our PIR we had 13 divisions, everyone got in...even the extra guests. the Great Hall is large. The last few PIR groups have been pretty small , less than 10 divisions, if that holds true for this group I wouldn't worry at all about getting extra people into the PIR.
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Comment by pench on December 15, 2010 at 8:31pm
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ohhh glad you got your form today himmiemom... your son left the day before mine maybe we will get ours tomorrow. hang in there those still waiting it is coming the one good thing for me is my mail lady's grandson just graduated BC like 2 weeks ago so I know she will know it is important to me lol.
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himmiemom- Great News! I hope our letter comes soon, it was great to finally get some letter out to my son today, I know that he will be so happy when he gets them(at least I hope so.)
lets keep each other posted!
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Thanks TracyLou... You made it much more clearer.
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Comment by BexwestShip11Div065 on December 15, 2010 at 8:01pm
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Shauna582 - my son is also Ship 11, Div 065, we'll have to keep each other posted as to calls and emails!
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Comment by Life is Peachy on December 15, 2010 at 7:52pm
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@himmiemim = Children under 12 can get into PIR with an adult and do not need to be listed as one of the four guests. They still have to bring ID. We were thankful to learn this as my son has two younger half-sisters and we were trying to figure out what to do with them, if all the parents and step-parents went. Check out the RTC site for more details. http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/graduation.asp
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