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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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**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
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Comment by k-love on October 27, 2014 at 11:28am
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Hello ladies, my son is still in Aschool & expected to graduate in Jan 2015. He got his soft order last week and will be joining USS MD. Can anyone share us (from westcoast) any info on this FBMsub? Thanks :)
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Comment by Corfrank on October 12, 2014 at 9:16am
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Hello everyone, My son will also be on the Gold Crew. Trying to learn what they will be doing while ship is in dry dock.
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Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on September 12, 2014 at 9:15pm
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Hi mamma Jill,
That's the first I heard of green! My son will be there next month - gold crew. I heard that sailors go on other boats to get their qualms - they can't get them on land. But I am new to this too!
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Comment by Mama Jill on September 12, 2014 at 8:59pm
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My son graduated A school and is finally on his way. He only had a few days, so he is staying at a friends house in Virginia then reporting to ship early next week. He is on Blue although I believe all are green while in dry dock.. so trying to learn this new lingo! His brother is a Corpsman in SC! Any other information would be awesome. I am assuming that he will not be resting.. LOL...but get straight to work earning his quals..?
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Thanks BearyBlue!
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Comment by BearyBlueNavyWife! on September 9, 2014 at 1:48pm
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He will just be sent out with other boats to get his quals!
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My son is graduating A school next month and has been assigned to the USS Maryland Gold crew. I realize it is in dry dock in VA, how has it worked out for others who have recently joined getting their quals?
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Comment by donnab on December 30, 2013 at 9:59am
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Congratulations to your son Nana16, my son was assigned to the Maryland and went out on the Alaska to get qualified. After that he went on leave and was injured in an accident which caused a blood clot in his leg and then went to his lung, so he was disqualified from submarines. He is on limited duty for now until he is re-evaluated. I was always worried about him being on a sub, but now if I had to do it all over again I would be happy that he was healthy enough to be on one.
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Comment by Nana16 on December 29, 2013 at 12:56am
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For those who are new to all this, while the USS MARYLAND is based out of King's Bay, she is currently in drydock at the Naval Shipyard in Norfolk/Portsmouth Virginia. The members of the crew have to ride other boats to get their quals completed because they have to be ready to do their job when she is ready to go back to sea. My son just became the new Commander of the "Fighting Mary" last week in Norfolk.
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I have not been on here for a very long time now but I was wondering if there are still some of you that are still on the boat!? We are trying to start up an FRG even though our husbands are at home I think it would be good to meet other wives from the boat and have events to bring us closer!? I think I'm going to start coming to this page more often because I think it was very helpful in the past and I'm hoping we can grow this group more and plan get togethers so we can meet and make need friends since there are a lot of new wifes and our husbands all work together! :-)
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