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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.
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.
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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."
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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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It depends if he is a four year STG or a 6 year STG AEF.
If he is an AEF he will have to attend ATT at great Lakes before going to A school.
My son PIR from BC was 06 mar 2015, he just went to San Diego for A school yesterday.
Thanks, jillymom! We decided to go anyway. We live in Georgia, but I'm originally from Santa Cruz, California. We are going to make a vacation of it, and hit my old stomping grounds! And, I can't imagine eating pizza all in white!! That's funny!
I attended one of several mini-grads during the stages of sonar school. There were about 25 of us for as many grads. They kept having to add chairs and said it was the most that had ever attended. Sailors without attendees went out for pizza (in dress whites-lol) together afterward. Not necessary to be there; I just happened to be in town.
Thanks so much, Navymommo and abuon! I was clueless, (although, I've heard that before!) We'll have to rethink going, because it's a big expense, and this is the third year in a row that we have a child getting married! I appreciate the help!
I'm so glad to have found this! My husband and I felt out of the "loop" in regards to basic training, and knew nothing about "meet and greet"! We are certainly proud of him, and plan to attend his PIR from A school. Whoo Hoo!
Hi all! My son arrived in SD yesterday ready for A school...my STG just had his PIR on Friday and he is all fired up and ready to go!
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