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Join groups! Browse for groups for your PIR date, your sailor's occupational specialty, "A" school, assigned ship, homeport city, your own city or state, and a myriad of other interests. Jump in and introduce yourself! Start making friends that can last a lifetime.
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.
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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:
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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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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Moms from Wisconsin who want to share their photos or share their experiences of their son or daughter in the Navy.
Location: Watertown
Members: 123
Latest Activity: Jan 28, 2020
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Comment by MyKidIsInNavy on June 2, 2013 at 6:30pm
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I am a Southeastern WI mom, 40 minutes from RTC
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Comment by mindshaper87 on June 2, 2013 at 6:29pm
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Facebook group for Northwestern Wisconsin Navy Moms:
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Phases of 1 to 3 are based on the command, no two are alike. Some can phase up fast, some take alot longer. The usual things they have to do is time, then shadowing watches and duty and then actual shifts and also inspections. Then they have to write paperwork and have it signed off by their section leader and submitted for approval. For example, my Sailor PIR'd back the first of March and has just been finally been able to put in for approval for his phase 3 and that will take about 10 days to be approved. But each command is different!!
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My son just arrived in Pensacola on Saturday from PIR! He is Aircrew and is on a month hold. He is bunking with a sailor from Pardeeville, Wisconsin and one from Illinois. We are from Wisconsin so they joked about putting all the midwestern boys together. It is so nice to be able to talk with him on his cell now. One question: what determines when/how they move from phase 1 to phase 2 to phase 3?
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Comment by Debi on May 23, 2013 at 10:28am
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Good idea Mindshaper87. Sarge's info will be very valuable especially with the number of divisions in your PIR group. We only had 7 divisions for TG 23 so there were no issues getting onto the base and such for parking. With more divisons it becomes a bit more hectic.
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Debi we are driving from Eau Claire. I am hoping to get to Sarge's Meet and Greet by 7:00. My parents will go early and take notes for me. We have a hotel through Sunday just in case my son doesn't fly out Saturday morning.
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Mindshper87 where are you driving from for PIR? We're in Milwaukee and it was on the list of "approved distances" from base for PIR liberty. We did get a hotel in Waukegan anyway because on Thursday they have the Meet and Greet with Sarge..very valuable info!! and then we figured he'd be flying out on Saturday with his fellow sailors to A school..didn't quite happen that way so we got to have him from 8 am Saturday am til 8pm saturday night and again on Sunday..so we brought him home and drove him back to base at night. It was great to get extra time with him!!
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HI GodBlessAmerica...things are going good with my "SeaBee". He's at Fort Leonard Wood learning how to handle adult sized Tonka Toys :) Every little boy's dream! LOL
The second's ship date is rapidly approaching. We've received our tickets to the White Sox game in Chicago to see him Swear In there :) And I'm bracing for the "kid in a box" because he'll have to send his phone and his special Tshirt home unlike kid #1 who we told to toss everything. So it'll be a new experience but I'll be ready for this one :)
My only hope is that son #1 doesn't graduate from A school the same week as son #2 PIR's from Boot Camp! LOL Talk about a quandry..and it could happen that way too!
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My SR is scheduled to PIR on May 31. I am so anxious to see him! I am glad we can drive to PIR. It would break my heart if I couldn't be there!
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Comment by GodBlessAmerica on May 18, 2013 at 2:37pm
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Debi, how are things with your sailor? Are you prepared to send the second one to boot camp yet?
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