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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
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Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:
Events
**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).
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
**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.
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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USS Bonhomme Richard(LHD6)
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This group is for moms as well as others with a loved one aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard.
Members: 84
Latest Activity: Dec 18, 2019
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Hello From a Newbie
Started by lieu2010. Last reply by Harly Sep 7, 2013. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Hello All - I'm new to this page and to this group and thought I should tell you all a bit about myself. I have 3 kids. My oldest son, a Marine. My middle child (another boy) is my Sailor. He's an…Continue
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Comment by Margaret_ProudTexasMomof2Sailors on July 29, 2010 at 7:33pm
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Comment by momoftwosailors on July 29, 2010 at 7:13pm
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I kind of know what you mean. I'm sure you're aware that when the BHR was gone for 7 months, they didn't get to stop at many ports. My son was disappointed about that. Didn't get to see as much as he thought he would.
I get the Google Alerts, which I really like. It was very helpful while they were gone and given me lots of info on Rimpac. But I saw a comment last night where a mom looked at the BHR website, at People of Rimpac. I looked for it but couldn't find anything like that.
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Laurence, my corpsman, says New Orleans is OK. He says he joined the Navy to see the world and so far he has seen Great Lakes, Camp Pendleton and now, New Orleans.
Do you get much news about RIMPAC?
I have been following it on Facebook. I love looking at all the pictures!
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Oh, of course. That is a big job, but probably the best job if you're going to work in the kitchen...it smells so good! Does he like it? Since I did the Tiger Cruise, I've seen what they do and how much they have to prepare. amazing!
How about your other son? is he happy where he is? at least he's a little closer to home.
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CS is culinary specialist. They feed all on the ship! He is in the bakery baking rolls and cakes.
The base in New Orleans is a reserve base, but since they have a hospital and he is a corpsman, he some how was assigned there. He wants to be assigned to a marine unit. Why, I have no idea! He currently works in the physical therapy department.
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No, my son is in IT. What is CS? I was reading the previous comments, you said hull tech and fire fighter. Is that CS? My second son fuels helicopters and does fire fighting as well as works in the pump room.
I didn't realize they had sailors in New Orleans. Of course, there's a lot I don't know about the Navy. I only know what my sons have experienced. What does your son do there?
I'm in the Houston area.
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momoftwosailors, is your son on the BHR a CS? If so, there is a site here for CS,
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My other son is a corpsman in New Orleans. He has been in since August 2009. He just finished all his training and has been there for about 5-6 weeks.
Where in Texas are you? I'm in the Dallas area.
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Hi Margaret! My other son is on the Makin Island. My son on the BHR also made dinner rolls last year while he was still new on the ship. He loved being in the bakery!
Where is your other son? did they join together like mine did?
By the way, I'm also in Texas.
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Welcome, momoftwosailors.
I too have two sons in the navy. Where is your second son?
My son on the BHR and has only been there for a few months. He is the one who bakes the dinner rolls.
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