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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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Yokosuka, Japan Moms
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This group was started for Moms who have a sailor in Yokosuka, Japan.
Members: 241
Latest Activity: Apr 3
Discussion Forum
need advise
Started by Alaska mom. Last reply by me2anavymom May 9, 2017. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Getting orders out of Japan
Started by purplegiraffe69. Last reply by Spokane Sailormom Aug 18, 2015. 2 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by KatK on June 29, 2009 at 4:35pm
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My boy just left for Japan. Am sad but happy for him.
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Comment by CCR on June 28, 2009 at 11:47am
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Thank you Nancy, love those links. And there is a 7th fleet link,
http://www.c7f.navy.mil/
maybe we should put a discussion topic and only post links so they don't get lost. I'll do it if thats OK
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Hi ally and Natalie. Hello Kate!!!! how are ya? Is everyone a member of the 7th fleet web site? So can we still instant message each other on Facebook while he is in Japan, or do we have to have Skype?
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My son is coming home today and will be here until Monday when he leaves for Yokosuka. I am so excited that we get to see him off for his first duty station. He is over the moon excited about Japan, too.
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hello Mary, you may as well prepare yourself, you're gonna have to fly me over to Japan every year for the next 3 and be my guide, or I'm gonna go crazy!
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Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on June 24, 2009 at 11:16am
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Good morning Yokosuka families. So nice to see this room growing :-)
Kathy you are a 100% right on when you share that your son will see things that we will never have an opportunity to experience, living overseas is a chance in a lifetime. We were stationed there for five years and would go back in a heartbeat. Although my hubby's ship typically did deployments that lasted three months...only once did he do a six month cruise so much different than the ships homeported in the USA.
Happy news for the McCain families today.
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crdunca, he said, I'll be home in 18 years???????
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Nancy, your description is positively beautiful. Thank You.
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Nancy, what is his rate? Mine is in SD now and going to Yokosuka. Connie, I don't know exactly, just that they tacked on another 3 wk. C school after his Graduation from C school July 2nd. Then he SAYS he comes home for 30 days, though several moms have said they don't think he'll have 30 days. Then he'll go to Japan - USS Blue Ridge. so....that would be the last week in August I guess. I don't really think there is anyway to prepare yourself for this. I am doing my best to push it out of my mind and not think about it. He left Feb 2008 and I was a mess all year until Jan 1, and then I was good, with only a few exceptions. So... I am here to get some great advice from those of you who have been there, done that.
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We haven't worked out communication yet. Heard Skype was great and hopefully we will email, too. How about you? Any ideas about communication?
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