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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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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 Denise on January 9, 2011 at 6:00pm: YAY...just talked with my son! He sounded great and is doing good. He said he has no regrets! The division has five flags and he has been nominated for one of the honorary awards...but doesn't know if he'll get it yet. Battlestations is scheduled for the 24th!

Comment by StarChild (Ship9 Div007) on January 7, 2011 at 3:12pm: Ok Susan. We sang Happy Birthday to Hippmom a few days early. Get your vocal cords ready for Jan 17:)

Hippmom, enjoy your early birthday dinner. I wish I had been there for the fish fry.

Comment by StarChild (Ship9 Div007) on January 7, 2011 at 1:06pm: HAPPY BIRTHDAY HIPPMOM! I was not going to even sing this one. I heard Susan and that was enough:)

Comment by Tamme on January 6, 2011 at 10:22am: So true about the graduation DVD. Take your own camcorder. We go to PIR next Friday. Yeah!

Comment by Denise on January 6, 2011 at 9:21am: Susan...congrats on the phone call. Hippmom...enjoy your time with your son (forget the New Year diet and have fun while he is home). I actually live downtown Columbia in the Vista...would love to meet any of you ladies when you are in Columbia. Where are you planning to go for dinner?

It's Thursday so I'm hoping for mail today! It's also exactly three weeks until I leave for PIR...whoo oooh!

Comment by StarChild (Ship9 Div007) on January 5, 2011 at 9:51pm: Susan, I am doing a happy dance with you. I am so excited about the moms going to PIR. You will love it. I received my dvd and was a little disappointed. A lot was cut out and it was several advertisements for the Navy. My husband was happy because he was not at PIR. I guess it is for the memories.

Hippmom, enjoying your sailor? Dumb question, right. Have a great time. Louis and I are skyping now and I love it. Since he is an hour behind he always calls me when I am in my pajamas. I can see his roommates looking at me and waving. I am so embarrassed but they tell me it is good to see me anyway. LIARS!!

Comment by SANDY ship07div056 on January 5, 2011 at 11:57am: Yessss!!! Susan I am so happy to hear your good news!! Laughs and happy tears I'm sure?! Tight hugs to you!!

Comment by Denise on January 5, 2011 at 9:01am: I can't wait to TELL yall my stories! I feel like I'll be graduating too! He will be staying at GL for A school for 14 weeks afterward...then, who knows where he'll be.

I had a bit of a meltdown a few days ago after a conversation with my ex-husband where he told me, "you know he is never coming back." Meaning that he has chosen the Navy and will return for visits every now and then, but will never return "home." That hit me hard...no wonder I divorced him...LOL!