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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."
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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
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- A little about me:
- My boyfriend of 5 years has now entered the navy in the DEP. He left to go to Basic Training on 11/17/2010. I am doing all that I can to educate myself in what to expect for his upcoming Navy Career. His PIR was on 1/21/2011.
He will now be attending the AECF A School in the Great Lakes. His family and I are so very proud of what he is accomplishing in his life. We fully support the direction he has chosen to do.
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- Enlisted
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Hey Alice,
Expect your boyfriend to be in GL for about a year for schooling (give or take a month or two) once he graduates from A school, he will move to another state for C school which can last 3 months to 9 months depending on what school he gets assigned to. Generally AECF sailors are in school 18-24 months.
They will tell him at the end of boot camp which rate he is going into. It doesn't matter which rate he wants - they assign the rate. The good news is both are great rates with lots of schooling on the front end and that is a good thing in the Navy. Once he finishes his A and C school programs, he should be a Petty Officer, which is a great start to his naval life.
I was a Navy wife for over 10 years, my hubby was an FC and now our son is an FC and is stationed in Hawaii. Let me know what questions you may have and welcome to the group.
You will find this site very helpful and full of members who are eager to answer your questions. Browse around the site and check out the forums, groups, blogs, photos, videos, and even the other member profiles!
If you haven’t already, please make sure that you review our Community Guidelines to learn the “Do’s and Don’ts” of the community.
Also, check out this OPSEC Internet Safety Video
Enjoy your time here and we look forward (along with the community) to reading more about you! :)
-Colleen