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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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**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:
In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).
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**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.
**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.
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.
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Women should not be allowed on subs period. God made us the way we are for a reason; so we may be attracted to one another. To close of quarters, passing each other is a touching factor on a sub and all your other good reasons. Women can be used in other areas of the Navy.
It is time to be realistic.
Well said J's/S'sMom.
Anyone watch MASH? the shower jokes are old as the hills, not saying it is OK just that it has been going on forever.
Another sub consideration is that on the other ships when there are issues they can remove those involved. They have a Captains Mast and they get removed from the ship. On a sub that is under the sea for LONG periods of time this can not happen or puts their whole purpose to be silent at risk.
The discussion of women in the navy, I think it is great that women are in the navy and army etc... But maybe there are certain areas that are not appropriate IE a female SEAL would never work just as a mater of physical ability, just a fact, n=men are stronger for the most part, God made it that way.
Women don't make up 1/2 the Navy,,,anyone know the ratio?
One of mine is on a DDG and they relieved 11 sailors while on deployment, I would say blame is mutual in most cases. My other son will be assigned to a sub once he completes Prototype. Niether of my sailors thin women on a sub is a good idea. Just to cramped quarters. They are not saying that the guys can't be trusted. I think both are thinking out of respect for the females, and think it is inviting trouble.
I do agree that in our Gradparents day even our Parents day there was WAY more respect instilled toward women. I tried to teach this to my boys, however my Ex-husband, (one reason he is an Ex) told them in front of me, "you open a door for a woman these days she will smack you", Some women in their over board equality thing have hurt women when it comes to refusing acts of respect. I was raised with a father who opened doors, helped with coats, held chairs, walked on the left of a woman to be between trafic and her etc... I was impressed that the navy has taught some of this to my two to support what I was trying to teach, one even said something about my teaching them these things and they were affirmed in their training,
J's/S'smom, On my son's sub, they tried the 24 hour schedule and everyone hated it so they are back to 18 hour.
Not sure about fast attacks, different schedule, different boat, missions etc...but lets hope so.
Boomers are now going to a different work schedule. Somewhat to what we have here as civilians.They will be able to sleep 8 hours work 8 hours and have off 8 hours. This is all "New" Navy realizes after much debate that the 18 hour day they use to have just doesn't work and very hard to get use to..The sailors were lacking much sleep..which also sets them up for possible accidents to happen. So my son is happy to report this time out on patrol is much better, and easier to get use to. Much more like a normal eat, sleep, work schedule.Thank God!
Thanks J's mom! great link!
The "corridors" on fast attack submarines (Los Angeles Class) are even tighter than the Virginia class. The fast attacks have all male crews and is unlikely to integrate women into the crew because of the limited space (designated bathroom/shower) for either officer or enlisted.
I have had two sons in the military. One a former Naval officer. The other attended United States Military Academy (West Point) for two years.
Here are some of the comments I have heard from them.
I personally believe a woman can do anything a man can do. In some areas, I just don't think it makes any sense. Videotaping anyone (males or female) by anyone (male or female) is unacceptable.
PERSONAL SPACE is an issue with an integrated crew. No way around this one.
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