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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
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Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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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 Maria ( 9/132 - HM- 04-2011) on October 27, 2011 at 10:20pm
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PNM, I am so glad you received your letters. It is a relief to know that they are ok. Just remember that the navy will take good care of them. That is one thing that made me feel better during BC. The instructors are tough but at the same time they will take care of them and work with them to make sure they succeed.
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Comment by ProudNavyMom on October 27, 2011 at 9:48pm
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Kathy - that's a good idea! I should have done that!!! Maybe I will do it now..
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Comment by kathy on October 27, 2011 at 8:03pm
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PNM. That is great!!! I photo copied a calendar for the 2 months my daughter was there .... Make them very small and send several copies for others the need them Also send band aids for blisters !!!!
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I'm so happy, I'm crying!! I got THREE letters from my son today and he also sent one to his brother!!! I cried all the way home from work because I hadn't gotten a letter or phone call. Then when I checked the mail and saw a stuffed envelope and opened it and all these letters, I cried even more! Thank you God! I needed to hear from my son. He's doing well. Says he misses me alot. Says he is excited and sad at the same time. Excited for becoming a sailor but sad that he is leaving me. Cry cry cry. He says he is homesick but that bootcamp is not that bad. Ha ha ha. In one of his letters he says he's lost track of the days. Says he knows it is Friday, just doesn't know which Friday it is. He didn't date any of his letters.
I'm so happy. I'm gonna read them over and of again.
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I will not be at the dinner today but my mother is bringing my daughter
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Comment by Rhonda on October 27, 2011 at 3:01pm
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If your sailor is on Vaction & going out of the country then they DO need there paasport. The only time they do not need their passport is when they are deployed.
We have already found this out when we went on our curise.
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Comment by Alysia-Redsmom (VQ-4/ATO) on October 27, 2011 at 2:42pm
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Interesting tid bid for cut off date for mailing to Irag:
http://www.stripes.com/news/date-set-for-military-post-office-closu....
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I think they still need to have a passport. I would love to know the correct answer as well.
THANKS!
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They can fly cargo if there is space avaliable. The only problem is they can be straped in ready to take off & if someone of a hogher rank walks in & wanst there seat they get it. Then your SR has to wait for the next flight in that area. My uncel said it really sucked. He had it happen to him on more than one occassion. Thats why my SR won't bother with it.
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Hoping for a letter today!!
I am constantly thinking about what could he be doing right now, what phase of training is he in, has he made new friends, did he get his wisdom teeth out, There is a lot going through my head.
He was my first born and I miss him like crazy. I had a year to prepare for this, but until it actually happened, it didn't seem real. About a month before he left, I started getting weepy and would tear up whenever I thought about his leaving or when anyone asked about it. Now, I just break down and cry and have been known to sob a time or two over the past 3 weeks that he's been gone.
I'm glad that we have this forum of communication so that we at least have each other to lean on.
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