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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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OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
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DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.
DO be smart, use your head, always think OPSEC when using texts, email, phone, and social media, and watch this video: "Importance of Navy OPSEC."
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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Comment by Tee Mill on January 27, 2012 at 2:53pm
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Angel, heavens no, my comment was directed to the person who wrote something insulting that was directed at you. I was defending you and all the rest of us who respect the privacy laws. The rude comments have been removed but I don't know if this person is still in the group. Pinckney moms have each other's backs.
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Comment by angelb2015 on January 27, 2012 at 2:53pm
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Theresa, I see your confusion now and why my comment looked bad! I just read all the current questions before my comment and it does look awful! What happened here was that right before my comment, someone had put the actual date they pull into port and that's what I was wondering about. Seeing it posted here, I thought maybe their return date was ok to post. I truly didn't know the answer, but you had no way of knowing why I wrote that comment, cuz the comment with the date had been deleted!
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Hi Theresa! If you were talking about my comment, I would definitely not want to sound rude!! Sometimes in texts and emails, a person can be misread, but I would never be anything less than gracious or friendly here! :)
I was told the same thing when I joined this group and she thought I would be offended, too, but I wasn't, just grateful for the remeinder! (Comment by clockardon October 19, 2011 at 6:50pm
"Sometime in February" is all we should say in this public forum! If you are not familiar with OPSEC, please read here: Community Guidelines)
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I have tried to read this comment from different perspectives but still keep feeling the "ouch". I hope I am wrong. I am fortunate enough to know Navy protocol having grown up in a Navy family in Norfolk, VA but I can sympathize with the moms who are a long way away from the military lifestyle. We as moms want to know what our children are doing, but are intimidated by all the secrecy surrounding the ship and its activities. I like to google the USS Pinckney, search for articles published within the last week to figure out what is going on. Our sailors can't tell us anything until it's released to the media.
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I didn't know we could go public with that date yet...according to my son we are not to say the ship's movement for security reasons until they actually get to a particular port. Is it different for when they come back home? I have so much to learn!
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Comment by joeysmom on January 17, 2012 at 5:56pm
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Look forward to meeting you and your daughter, Seabee Dtr. Maybe I will see you too Mike, I will have two nights on the island before we leave, so anxious for it to get here !!!
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Hi Everyone, new to the page. Is anyone going on the Tiger Cruise? I'm so anxious to see my son !!
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Comment by Cece on January 12, 2012 at 6:14pm
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Hi, gregsgirl71! What will your son do on the ship? My son works on helicopters. The Pinckney has been out there since August. We are ready to see them come home! :)
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Comment by gregsgirl71 (Ship 3, Div 347) on January 12, 2012 at 5:50pm
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Hi all... my son is on his way to the Pinckney as we speak... he left San Diego last night...
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Comment by mommee on December 30, 2011 at 11:52pm
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Welcome...you can send her domestic phone cards. I got mine from Costco and sent them to my son, but they don't need the actual card. Save time and email her the phone codes so she'll be able to use it right away. Happy chatting.
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