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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
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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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Separate division for the SR's who have injuries/ fractures and are on light duty and unable to be with their original division
Members: 28
Latest Activity: Feb 11, 2023
Discussion Forum
Vision Waiver
Started by Proudmomofsailor79. Last reply by Proudmomofsailor79 Oct 2, 2019. 2 Replies 0 Likes
My son was just sent to RCU as he didn't pass his vision exam on intake. He is currently pending a waiver to proceed in boot camp. He required a waiver when he went through MEPS. Anyone have…Continue
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Comment by WestonsMom (FL A School) on October 21, 2011 at 12:04pm
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KCs mom....WHAT??? Good grief.
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Comment by KC'smom on October 21, 2011 at 11:56am
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Colton's mom- my son had to sit in the middle of the room on the floor with a bunch of other infjured recruits without talking, for 8 hours b/c they played hangman on a dry erase board without asking.
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Comment by Colten's Mom-Nuke A school 1207A on October 21, 2011 at 11:09am
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Colten was going to finish BC in RCU but he got in trouble so they put him back with a DIV. for 2 weeks. SO had he not sprayed some air freshener that misted onto another recruit he would be done. He was injured during week 5.
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Comment by sbarber on October 21, 2011 at 10:18am
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@CoastalKat: Some of them are allowed to work on stuff and take test its all up to the RDC's that they have at the time, it also depends on his injury and how far along he was in his training when he was injured like week/day. Sorry there isn't a for sure answer to that but hope that helps.
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Comment by CoastalKat (Ship 09 Div 360) on October 21, 2011 at 8:56am
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So Colten'sMom, he was able to work on his training while in RCU, right? Mine thinks he won't be allowed. I need to perk him up & let him know that some were allowed to work on their training. He said the group was a great bunch but a little stir crazy from being in there & bored.
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Colten is out of RCU and in a Div. and will PIR on 11/4 thanks for all the prayers and support.
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my son was allowed to work on his training while in RCU. He went in for leg stress fractures so he was limited for the first week or two. he just finished boot camp yesterday...a lot sooner then everyone thought even the doctor he saw first. My son was determined to get out of RCU ASAP so he used his original PIR date as a goal and then his birthday. He is now finished one week before his bday!
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I suppose I can't speak for everybody but I don't recall my son being allowed to do ANYTHING except therapy and laundry. No tests or anything that worked towards graduating.
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Does anyone know if the SR is allowed to work on their training while in RCU? Does it depend on their RDC?
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that was wonderful that you got a call from her ship mate!! Wow!!!
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