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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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Events
**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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Started by Anita. Last reply by Anita Jun 7, 2019. 2 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by Kimberly on June 6, 2011 at 9:28pm
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My son went to BESS then A school-- He had foot surgery and got to come home for 10 days great to see him he is an adult now good to see him go back. He has rehab on his foot probably for 3 months then has to repeat some of A school. He is somewhat bummed because the guys that started with him will be three months ahead and gone but.... I haven't been on the site in a while but I've read it every day-- just the ole life issues. Have missed you all
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Comment by Matt's Mom/Cathy on June 6, 2011 at 8:14pm
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teach2 my son left GL the Tuesday after PIR and spent almost a year in Pensacola for A school.
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Comment by teach2(ship 11 div 200) on June 6, 2011 at 1:07pm
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It's so interesting to hear what happens after BC!! There are so many possibilities for a corpsman, aren't there!
My SR has final PFA today, with test 3 tomorrow and Battlestations tomorrow night. I'm on pins and needles...
A question for you veteran HM moms- where from (airport) andwhen did they leave for A schol after PIR? You may be different cuz you were in GL though. I'm just hoping for a little heads up
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Comment by Pearl Harbor MA on June 6, 2011 at 11:16am
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Hey Jules- my son left for boot camp on his 21st birthday! It was hard but now that it is behind him (and us!) he is so happy! He's in A school in San Antonio so it is driving distance for us and we got to see him last weekend. He will head to Hawaii after A school is over!
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Comment by Jules on June 6, 2011 at 10:22am
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Yes it's been almost 2 weeks tomorrow is his bday and boy do i miss him.
I live about 30 from galleria. Perhaps we can meet up it would be good to know someone else who has gone through these tough times. Thank you for your reply it means alot to me.
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Comment by Alysia-Redsmom (VQ-4/ATO) on June 6, 2011 at 9:32am
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Happy Monday morning Texas ladies...finally got a little rain last night after high temps of 105...WOW!
Looks like some record highs again today and maybe some more rain this afternoon...prayin!
I am tired from an eventful but memorable weekend. R arrived home Friday evening and surprised his Dad...tears of joy were flowing!
Sister gradauted on Saturday and then the party began...
Nice to have a full house once again :-)
Short work week for me so I can spend some extra quality time with my Sailor :-)
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Hi Jules! Welcome to our group. I live close to Beaumont and we do try to get together for packing parties, pillowcase making parties and then a shopping trip in Old Town Spring in December. We would love to have you join us on any of these. What is your son's rate?
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Comment by UFQ202- Ship 12, Div 231 on June 5, 2011 at 11:02pm
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I was an active duty corpsman and worked in security and admin. When I first got out of school I worked on the Wards in Portsmouth and then Labor & Delivery when I first got to Okinawa. Once I started making Rank I didn't get alot of patient care. When I left active duty and went into the reserves I went back to school and got my RN. Some states let a corpsman challenge the nursing boards but not Texas. A Master-at-Arms is an MA. They are the Police Dept.
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Brenda- you know, I still don't know those terms completely! I believe HM is a hospital corpsman, right? One who just works in the naval hospitals??? or is that not true? I'm not sure where to even find that info. And I have no idea what MA is!
She really wants to work in physical therapy because she had an ACL replacement in hs that made her have to quit playing soccer. She had a very hard time with that, and has wanted to be in physical therapy in some capacity since. She wants to work with the patients, not just do the paperwork. wink However, she knows that PT isn't super common, so I don't know
So glad you teach2~~~~
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Comment by Brenda Sue on June 3, 2011 at 12:07pm
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teach2 - is she going to be a MA or a HM? I teach2!!
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