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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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OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
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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:
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**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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Break down week by week
Started by lemonelephant. Last reply by lemonelephant Jul 25, 2018. 196 Replies 36 Likes
Flights from Bootcamp to San Antonio for MA School
Started by julie. Last reply by lemonelephant Jan 19, 2017. 7 Replies 1 Like
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Comment by Brenda Sue on January 7, 2010 at 2:09pm
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In the military - "No news, is usually good news"
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You two ARE friends - so it shouldn't be hard to PM. If you need help, I'll stick around.
To check messages - upper right corner of ANY page - it says "Inbox" - just click that
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To PM - first you have to be friends.
Then, under your avatar - there is a link to leave message - that is where you go. It does not work unless you are friends first.
To delete a message - click on the small "x" in the top right corner of your message.
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you can just put the last name - then when Stephanie gets it she can tell you and you can delete it. Not the best idea - but - hm - . . . .
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Do y'all know that the OC spray is so. . . (whatever) that they actually get a certificate for completing it!
Also, military transport? I have heard that it is kinda of sit and wait situation. You just sit and wait and see if you can get on a flight. Then, you may have to go to a half a dozen other places before reaching your destination.
Laptops - can't they go to some places like Starbucks and get on their internet through wireless connections? My Sailor did not purchase a computer until right before this last deployment. When he was in Kuwait (actually on an oil platform in the Persian Gulf) - he made a phone call and said he was using a friends computer. Very bad connection - so I never was clear what he meant.
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Comment by Tabitha on January 7, 2010 at 10:26am
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Janice: YES i had to address it just like at BC SR last name, first name and so on and so forth! Matt is in a holding unit but they said the mail would find him either way! I am not sending the laptop due to the fact it is expensive and crappy service! Instead I am adding web service to our cell phone plan and he can get on that way!
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Tess: monkey is doing great!! LOL He doesn't quiet understand why daddy isn't around again, but he'll understand once he's older! I just keep telling him daddy is at work and he is fine with that :) We will be back together before ya know it! And I have to keep telling myself how blessed we are that his school is only 8 weeks long, it could be much worse!!
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Comment by lemonelephant on January 7, 2010 at 8:30am
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The OC spray causes an intense burning feeling and even after removing it, the sailor may appear to have a sunburn, which is actually the chemical burn from the Oleoresin Capsicum. As I've said before, it is important to watch and not get cross contamination by touching things to the sprayed area of the face (cell phone, in my sailor's case) and then touching them later and transferring the OC spray.
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I updated the break down above to indicated that OC Spray is Oleoresin Capsicum. It's a really strong “pepper spray” and the oil is best removed by a soap product. There are usually plenty of sailors with baby shampoo and they share. They are also given the info by the instructors to have milk on hand. Yes, OC spray is USUALLY on Friday. The sailors are so excited to make it through that. You can find some actual videos of past sailors going through OC spray at SA on YouTube.
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I am chatting with my Sailor on Skype right now. It is not quite 7 tomorrow morning for him. If your sailor has access to internet (especially those with children) - look into Skype. It is FREE and if you have a webcam - it is live!!
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