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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:
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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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Comment by mikes mom on April 7, 2010 at 2:52am
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sarayu - Lokks like you met two of my friends Vicky ( We both live in Calif. ) and Marcy she and I are on corpsman group together.. Your very lucky great ladies...
Marcy - You are suppose to be posting links to " Our Best Bites ' wait was that the site you gave all of us ???? lol sara Marcy always finds the best links for us to go to when we have a question about our kids ...This is all so new and you will have a lot so please ask and she will give you the best link to go too... ( By the way Marcy that was on a serious note no joking you are very helpful...Thanks)
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Comment by sarayu on April 6, 2010 at 9:24pm
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Vicky,
Thanks so much for that info. My sons and I have been through some extremely difficult times and I am so proud that he has not hardened his heart - that I know I will be so proud and break down all at once.
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Comment by Vickyrun on April 6, 2010 at 9:21pm
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I am so glad you have some people going with you, Sarayu. When I went on 8/21/09 it was just me and my grandson. And it was the 1st time I travelled as a single woman! It was fun! Chicago is a amazing city. I wouldn't want to live there, but nice place to visit. 1) Be sure and get some Chicago style pizza before you leave. 2) Take a shuttle bus to the base Friday morning, you get in quicker then if your are driving. Ask your hotel if they have one.
BEST of all is when they rolls those doors open and your sailor marches in. It is an experience I will never forget. A thousands words can't describe it.
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Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on April 6, 2010 at 7:54pm
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Sarayu, you should join this group also -http://www.navyformoms.com/group/itmoms
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Marsha, when did your son have his PIR?
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Welcome Sarayu! I also took my sister to PIR. She was with me at the hospital when he was born, so it was nice to have her there again and to hand me Kleenex at PIR.
April 23 is right around the corner, and you're going to love seeing that boy again. Then the you can explain to him that he'd better shape up and get better at keeping in touch! ;)
"Afg" is shorthand for Afghanistan, by the way - I know Mike's Mom from the corpsman group & she's wonderful.
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Marsha, Vicky and all you great ladies - thank you so much. I am tearing up as I write this. My son, Jim, is going into the IT field. He didn't say much about it other than he will be sent to FLa after PIR. I am going to the PIR and my sister is coming with me and Jim's best friend. Then his dad and stepmom are also going. I took another part-time caregiving to help with costs.
Marsha - I don't mean to be lazy, but I just got home - so what is Afg?
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Hi Single Moms, Welcome Sarayu. You are not alone, we are all here whenever you need us. Are you plannig on going to his PIR? I hope you can it is well worth the cost of the trip. I got letters form my daughter about once a week in BC. But girls are better at writing then boys. Just think no news is good news, he is busy working hard. The last 2 weeks of BC is the toughest. Keep writing him even if he doesn't write back. Navy Hugss ~ Vicky
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sarayu - My son is deployed to Afg. and I have only gotten one letter..lol I FB my son and he does get to call us. Your son is still in PIR..Your going to love the graduation !! What is your son planing to do in the Navy ?
I do understand the missing..
Welcome to our group everyone is great here..
Marsha
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I'm new to this single moms site and am so glad I found it. I started to feel like I was the only single mom out there experiencing this great loss and gain all at once. I'm so proud of my son, but I miss him. His PIR is April 23. Ship 10 division 163.
I am still waiting for a phone call and another letter - everyday it's on my mind. Has anyone received a letter recently?
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