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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.
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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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Thanks Lisa. Do you know if there is a limit to how many a sailor can receive or how long it takes to get to them?
Last name of your sailor (if the last name is longer than 6 letters, it will be the first 6 letters) plus his first and middle initial@name of his sub (ie: alabama)-crew color (blue or gold).navy.mil. Hope this helps.
I've tried to find information about how the email process works for submarines and everything I found is from 2009/10. Does anyone have current information about emailing to/from a sub?
Lori, a CS is a Culinary Specialist. We live on the KS side of Kansas City.
I wanted to respond, but got a little busy over the weekend. And then with all the activity I thought it might be weird to answer so many pages later. And frankly, my iphone screen is to small to read without glasses and I hate wearing those. And N4M app is so small, I check the email's and only post when on my laptop.
Lisa, thank you--that helps a lot. Now I can judge a size a bit better.
Hi LoriM - the size box I usually send with my Sailor son is about the size a toaster would come in. So far, he hasn't told me that has been too big. Hope this helps :)
Hi ladies, about what size shoe box should I use for the halfway box, women's box or men's box? Thank you.
Since my fiance has retired from the Navy, I haven't been on this site so often. Hence, I've given Lori Group Admin ranking in case anything should happen to me. Stay safe, everyone!
So just a little bit more regarding halfway boxes. These are boxes that your sailor will take with them when they leave with instructions not to open until they have their "Halfway" night. It is a bit of a celebration and a little bit more relaxed. It signals that they are halfway through their patrol. I have included things in my sailor's halfway box such as: jerky, paperback books, DVDs, red bull, any type of candy they like which won't melt, seasonings they may like, tabasco sauce, bbq sauce (ones with lots of vinegar so they don't have to be refrigerated, pictures, magazines, socks, toothpaste, floss, etc. Hope this helps!
Hello GoNavyBeatArmy, my son serves on the Gold Crew. Your comments made me so proud and a little teary. Hope you don't mind, I passed your comments along to him. Thank you.
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