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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
...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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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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Hi Ladies - I finally printed some pics of my sailors scrapbook. Went to Michaels and bought the Navy - Leather bound scrapbook. Have his MEPs, PIR, reporting to his first station (Ship- USS New York LPD21) and his deployment. Actually awaiting his return from the Med with all his pics. To date he has visited Florence, Pompeii and Rome. Gonna be an awesome big of memories for him.
I just joined Pinterest a couple days ago so I haven't done much with it yet but I plan to :-)
Birdiejr......That's a great idea! I am on pinterest and am in the process of making a patriotic wreath i saw on there. I'm adding my own NAVY touches.
Hi, All! Is anyone here on Pinterest? I've noticed a lot of scrapping ideas on there but haven't seen any Navy ideas. I think we should post some!!
I like putting my scrapbooks in a bookshelf so the scrapbooks with the Navy medal or uniform on them would stick out too much. they are better for scrapbooks you leave on the coffee table or laying on a shelf flat. I used a navy blue 12 x 12 scrapbook for son's and husband's scrapbooks.
I found that Michaels has the Navy scrapbook with the emblem, but also Hobby Lobby has another navy scrapbook that is in the form of the dress blues uniform top. ALSO there is another one out there with the digital blues shirt. My brother sent me that one for my son and I also got the other one for my husband for when he was in.....love them both :)
Joann's has a Navy packet with 12x12 papers and embellishments. It's only on line though. Michael's and AC Moore have Navy photo albums. There is a 50% off coupon at AC Moore this week and you can use it in either store.
I make those with the Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge and use the little soldier. Some of the others take me several different cartridges and some of them I had to make and design some of the parts myself :-)
Lala: I had ordered a navy guy in blue cameo's and you made it for me on your cricut and I loved it. I purchased "united we stand" cricut cartridge but don't see it on it. What is the name of the cartridge you used?
That sounds like a great idea Susan. Target sells this storage thing that a friend of mine has that has the 12x12 totes with the hinged lid like they have at Michaels and those slide in like drawers to hold her paper and I think it holds like 5 or 6 of them. It's pretty cool and it's on wheels too. She even brings it with her to our crops lol.
Batmansmom, that is a great deal. I got the same one with a 50% off coupln but still paid $20 so you got a great deal :-)
Diana- I have looking at a silhouette, my birthday is next week and I am thinking that is what I want but I don't know much about them. Have you used yours yet and how does it differ from the cricut?
I would love to see pics of your scrapbook rooms if anyone would like to share :-) I am so excited to get started on mine. I can hardly wait.
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