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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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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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USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) Family and Friends
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Location: Little Creek VA
Members: 24
Latest Activity: Jun 20, 2019
HISTORY
Although the first ship to carry the name Whidbey Island, there was at one time a ship on Navy rolls named USS Whidbey (AG-141), a small transport purchased from the U. S. Army and servicing U. S. Trust Territories in the late 1940s.
Whidbey Island, the first ship in a class designed specifically to interface with the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), assisted in the operational and developmental testing of the amphibious assault craft from July to September 1985 and again in May and July 1986.
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Comment by Skippy on October 11, 2012 at 10:40pm
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He is looking forward to going there. It's a mere 10 hours from here and I will certainly make that trip!
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Comment by katysmom on October 8, 2012 at 12:51pm
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Skippy, congrats! My daughter arrived there last week. She said when she toured the boat she felt like a kid in a candy store, she just loves it! She also said everyone there has been so nice :)
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My son just had PIR 10/5 and will come to the ship beginning of November, along with another guy from his original BC Division.
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Interesting, she is coming home for a while after A school and won't be in Virginia until October, when will they find out when their next deployment is?
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So I'm new to this group. My daughter just got her papers (she's at A school in GL currently) and she is assigned to Whidbey Island, she will be stationed in Virginia. I was so sad as we live in Southern California and were really hoping she would be stationed in San Diego, but she's not. She is a Quartermaster. Any input on what to expect, life for our Sailors on the LSD, etc I would love to hear from you and learn more. Thank you so much!
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Comment by mimi2kk on January 31, 2012 at 5:24pm
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counting down. so excited about having them all home again!
@ Marcy - congrats on your new grandchild! I tried to look at the pic but didn't find it.
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Comment by kati on January 16, 2012 at 6:25pm
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Yes, we are supposed to have the Tiger Cruise. No one in my family can go. The siblings have too many committments. My sailor thought about asking grandma, but she would be sick the whole time... I do plan on going to the Homecoming and looking forward to it. Any one else going on the Tiger Cruise?
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Comment by Phaybe on January 5, 2012 at 11:54am
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Counting down the days til my sailor girl comes home to her little boy, she has missed so much of this little boys life, Keeping you all in my prayers for a safe return and for the families a happy reunion.
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Anyone else counting down the days? Booked a flight today, and hope to stay at the lodge. I am hoping work doesn't give me an issue about getting off. We usually have to ask a couple of months ahead of time. Guess I will just be sick,... It has been a long quite a few months for our family, having both the boys deployed back to back. It has been since March of 2010 since I have had all my boys in the states. Very soon... doing the happy dance!
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I believe the deadline to mail packages for receipt by Christmas was Nov 24th and I heard the deadline to mail any packages was Dec 1st. Packages mailed after that date will be held until they return. If you get something in the mail today, it might get through but no guarantees. Sorry I don't have better news for you. On a more positive note it won't be too much longer before they return.
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