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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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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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Graduates PIR 08/19/11 TG 40
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Discussion Forum
Encouragement Questionnaire
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Places to Eat in Great Lakes
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Ship 10, DIV 267 Navy Mom
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Reading Material for FUN! Navy Basic Acronyms, Laughs for the Hard Days and Top Ten Lines Home From Boot Camp...
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Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on July 7, 2011 at 3:36am
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…and one last time…for now!
Other Topics I posted in your Discussion Forum:
After PIR-Friday and Saturday Departures (What is Grad n Go?)
What to wear/bring to PIR
Flags and Pennants
Ship/Div-How it works
Reading Material for Fun…
I think that is quite enough for now.
Happy Reading!
Be back to check in on you soon!
FTLW
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Me again!
I posted a link to the Family Guide and Family FAQ that are on the RTC website.
This website is where you will go eventually to print out your Gate Passes for PIR. Your honor grads will be listed here (but not until about 2 days before PIR-those of you that will have honor grads will be notified by the Navy as you will get to sit up front!)
So explore around on it a bit. On the links is where you will find the one for the RTC FB page. [[CAUTION: DO NOT post for people to come over here-it WILL be deleted. We don’t know why…Navy4Moms is sponsored by the Navy…??? My recruiter GAVE me a pamphlet about ANvy4moms with a little magnet on it…I had already beat him too it though! ;-)]] Here you can go and hook up with people if you FB. You can also sometimes find your SR (or at least his/her DIV) on the photo wall in the coming weeks. RTC posts Pics fairly regularly of daily goings on. I believe there is some kind of challenge question every Tuesday…I don’t know what the winner gets. I do not FB.
The Family Guide has general standard info about PIR; your form letter does also.
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Ladies-
I posted info on jokes and such to send to your SR up in the discussion area.
As you may already know there is a special way to send your SR mail.
We recommend no colored envelopes (My SR never mentioned a problem. This is usually up to their RDC's like/dislike!). No bulky envelopes...they'll have to open it front of the RDC (contraband). No packages-again opened in front of RDC-if it contains edibles it will be thrown out or consumed by RDC's!
Definitely, no musical cards! We've heard stories about what happens with these from-dancing or IT while they play; sometimes until the batteries run out!
Sometimes moms have sent newspaper articles only to hear that they are thrown out before the SR can read them.
So, that being said here is what we do...copy Pics, jokes, puzzles(I did word searches), cartoons ( I did color with no problem but again that was my Sailors RDC's), drawings( little bros and sisters like to do this...moms too!), ON THE BACK of your letters. This keeps the envelope smaller.
We also recommend typing in 14 pt. font. Ummm...NO SR would ever dream of doing this (wink) but there is a red light on at night after lights out (think Naval vessel) that they sometimes read too. So no red ink either. I did hand write some to make it "homey".
I know it seems "plain" but the "back of the letter" thing helps.
Happy Writing!
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Comment by duhhuh58 Ship 10/Div 267 on July 7, 2011 at 1:36am
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when i googled for images of blue candles i found this website. it's GREAT! shows videos of a PIR and battlestations
http://chickensintheroad.com/living/a-blue-candle/
carol
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Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on July 6, 2011 at 11:14pm
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jvptxmom, I am more than sure that your son can answer questions on what he can have with him while at boot camp. RTC is so strict about what they are allowed to keep with them while there. I just remember my son telling me that he could not take his Cell Phone/Laptop/and Civi clothes back to boot camp with him. He said if he did, he would loose his Liberty for the rest of the week end. The RDCs go over all the rules with them. My son was scared to breathe. LoL
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Comment by jvptxmom on July 6, 2011 at 11:03pm
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RTC fb page pretty much answered my question about bringing items and the bag. But I still need suggestions about what to take....anyone??
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diannep~I wanted to know if I could bring my son some personel items since he will be attending A-school in GL. Can I bring him a few sets of clothes, cell phone, laptop? I don't want to bring too much since we are flying, but I'd like to bring a few things to give him. Any suggestions as to what kind of things they can have? Or how much is too much? And do you know if I need to bring it in a black, unmarked bag also? TIA!
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gsskygirl- you are welcome-looks GREAT!
kathy-your on your way! We're here for you!
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Comment by kathy on July 6, 2011 at 8:59pm
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I did get her box and pir papers just waiting to hear her voice or get a real letter thanks for all the suport i need it !
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yep, took a bit of work but got it
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