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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 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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
Navy Speak
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
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Navy.com Para Familias
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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Permalink Reply by celinamae on
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Does anyone know sarge's rates from o'hare to the ceremony? Please :)
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Permalink Reply by Beth - KC's mom on
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We booked our rental car for the 5-18-12 PIR through Hotwire.com - got a great rate (like$15/day for a Ford Focus) through Enterprise. Having flown into Milwaukee airport, the car rental offices are right there in the airport garages - pick up and drop off was quick and painless.
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Permalink Reply by scrapthis911ship02/div930 PIR6/8 on
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Can you tell me how to bid on Hotwire as I'm not seeing that option at all?!? And it's showing the lowest rate as $18.95 a day but for four days the total is close to $140 which doesn't really add up :) any help you can give would be greatly appreciated!
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Permalink Reply by HossLuvinNavyMom(S09 D205) on
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Can I ask a REALLY dumb question? Who is Sarge? I originally heard this name and thought the Sarge's meeting was they Ship or Divisions Sgt the came to a meeting the night before PIR. And I thought the shuttles were sent to neighbor motels from the Navy Station and this is what they called it. The more I read, I think Sarge is a person with a business to cater to PIR families. But in all my reading of stuff I have not run accross the exact explanation. Even though we plan to rent a car, we will probably skip the hassle to park (as I read of) and take a shuttle. Also planning to make the Meet and Greet, but would just like to know what exactly it all is.
Thanks to anyone who can answer!
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Permalink Reply by Joan (Ship-14Div334 on
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After hearing we were attending the PIR, Milwaukee Airport Enterprise car rental really gave us a deal by offering us an upgrade when we flew in Wednesday. I had telephoned the office beforehand asking for a special Navy rate and was told there was not such a thing so I made a reservation for an intermediate sized car. They also have a long standing program of 9.99 rate for weekend rentals Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
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Permalink Reply by HeatherT(09/003) on
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Just an FYI old Sarg and his crew are the best!! They kept in contact with us the whole time and made sure we had transportation and anything else we might of needed!! He and his guys were God sends!! If you want shuttles and taxis call him!!! 80$ from midway (wayyyy cheaper than anything else, and 60$ from Ohare! ) much better than car rental. They know all the sights etc. he was great!!!
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