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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.

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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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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Latest Activity: Oct 27, 2019

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Comment by navymommo on January 16, 2013 at 10:03pm: Hold times are really unreliable. We went to SD for A school graduation and the experience was well worth it. Even though he had duty, we got to spend a few days piecemeal with him. Message me if you want info on staying out there.

Comment by Jordan's Mom (SHIP-03 DIV-281) on January 16, 2013 at 7:02pm: Hi, My son has been in SD for A school since the middle of November. He had a week or 2 hold then orientation and he thinks he will finish A school in February. He doesn't know much yet about when to expect C school to start. He has an idea of where he will be stationed and he says he thinks it will be @ 3 years. As this base is far away, I will not see him much duing this time so I was hoping to visit him while he is in San Diego. He came home for 10 days during Xmas which was wonderful and we talked aboiut taking turns us visiting him and he coming home. I was hoping to plan a trip up to SD during Easter to see him, but I'm not sure he will be in C school or have any time to see us and I don't want to go if he won't be able to spend any time with us. Any idea if I can expect him to be on hold during this time in March/April in between A and C school so I can spend some time with him? Do they ever not have a hold between A and C school?

Comment by abuon18 on November 20, 2012 at 10:34pm: There is also a hold between A school and C school, that one was 2 or 3 months (I don't remember exactly) and then another hold between his C schools, for another month (not everyone has 2, it depends which system they are learning). The classes are determined by how many students they have, when they have orders for the graduating students, and also money! Your daughter probably started her A school right away because the fiscal year starts in Oct. for the Navy... So from what I understand, that's when the shortest hold times are, since they have the most money then to move forward with everything.

Comment by Jodi (Britta Ship 03 DIV 277) on November 20, 2012 at 5:25pm: How long was your husband on hold. My daughter had been there for 2 weeks. First week was the introduction and she started her classes yesterday with no hold time. Could there be a hold later?

Comment by abuon18 on November 20, 2012 at 4:54pm: My husband has been in San Diego for a year this month for his A and C school, and won't finish until April, to give you and idea of the current class lengths. That's with hold times.

Comment by josh'saunt (Patricia) on November 1, 2012 at 5:13pm: Mine too....

Comment by GMA of a Sonar Tech on November 1, 2012 at 5:10pm: Thank you very much for the information...

Comment by navymommo on October 29, 2012 at 9:21pm: Usually a school and c school are in SD. The school in gl is a basic tech/electrician/basic ops. Your sailor will go to stg A school in SD at point loma and then hold and then c school. My sailor was in SD for a full year. In for 16 months before his first duty station.

Comment by Hopetown, Ship 11 Div 301 on October 29, 2012 at 12:09pm: My son graduated 9/21 from boot camp, is still in Great Lakes for A School, should be home in December and then off to San Diego- hope that helps!

Comment by Jodi (Britta Ship 03 DIV 277) on October 29, 2012 at 2:04am: I know she will be in SD for approximately 6 months or longer, it depends how long she get put on hold.