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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
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Going through A School at San Antonio?
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Latest Activity: Jun 19, 2022
Discussion Forum
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 lemonelephant on February 13, 2015 at 9:38pm
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"A Sailor's security clearance will affect the billets that s/he is offered. Sailors with a poor credit rating will not be able to get Secret clearance, for example, which could limit the billets that are offered to them." That is in Break down week by week.
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MJsproudmom, He will continue "A" School for now. Some have been able to graduate and it has limited the options for a duty station and others have had to get a new contract for a different "A" School that didn't require the security clearance. It all depends on what the hang up is. They will let him know what the options are as it gets closer to graduation.
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Comment by MJsproudmom on February 13, 2015 at 8:32pm
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My son is at MA school and he just found out that he still doesn't have clearance. He is one of 2 that doesn't have it yet. He is in school not on hold. Should he be worried? Any info would be great. Thanks.
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sport11, your Sailor will fly out the day after PIR. See PIR Day and Liberty During PIR Weekend and the info I left on your My Page.
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Comment by Nancystj on February 11, 2015 at 7:25pm
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I just got my son's Keel yesterday and his PIR was 11/26/14 For those who don't know (I didn't) it is like a yearbook. As far as when they leave after BC for A school--it's usually the next day I believe. Mine left 2 days later since it was Thanksgiving.
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How long after your Sailor graduates from bootcamp do they go to school??
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It's too early to have The Keel yet. It is mailed around 12 or 13 weeks after PIR. See Division T-Shirts, Graduation Photos, The Keel, and DVD of PIR.
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I would like to know if any of the moms got their son's Keel from Boot Camp graduation on 12/05/14 from Great Lakes. My son said he ordered it along with a CD of graduation, but I have not received either as of yet. I do not know even who to contact about it. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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While my son has not gone overseas we did talk to an MA who was in Bahrain and had only good things to say about it. She saved enough money to buy a new car!! The only downside was she had a small child in the states.
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jessang, Bahrain is not too bad other than being hot; at least that is what my Sailor's good friend says. She will be going back in a few months and is considering 2 years, but that is so she can have accompanied orders. Those with unaccompanied orders have a 12 or 18 month commitment.
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