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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.

OPSEC - Navy Operations Security

Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind.  In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships."  OPSEC is everyone's responsibility. 

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:

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:

RTC Graduation

**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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Navy.com Para Familias

Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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Richell
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A little about me:
Married mom of five (1boy, 4girls). The eldest, my son, was in the SARs program.PIR date of 9/3/.09. Currently he is assigned to the USS Ronald Reagan, stationed in San Diego studying to be (AEAN) Aviation Electrician Airman.
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Stage of (Sailor’s) Navy career?
Enlisted
When I heard “Navy,” I...
Needed to learn more about it
The Navy offers opportunities that...
Be patient and trust my son's decision
Our Navy experience so far...
It was positive and maturing. Our relationship has grown stronger.

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At 10:04pm on February 27, 2010, Richell said…
Hi Linda, Riston graduated Wednesday (the 24th) about 10am and was flying out of Pensacola by 3:45pm that afternoon!!! He had packed his bags the Sunday before - yes, he too was ready to be done with Pensacola.

However, to be fair, it wasn't so much as getting away from Pensacola, BUT the NEED for GIRL GERMS for a few days!! He bypassed visiting us to see his girl!?!

Riston turns 20 on Tuesday, March 2nd and arrives San Diego on Thursday the 4th. The first travel day doesn't count, so I think that works out that he took 6 days. I have heard that depending on their circumstances, they might have up to 10 days available before reporting? (Now, after Tuesday, I won't be able to say "I have 5 teenagers!")

My husband Jon, and I drove Riston and 2 other sailors back to Pensacola (from Wisconsin) after Christmas break, and then spent 5 days there, it was cold, but the beach was beautiful and the museum amazing.

Have you had a chance to visit with Steven since he left?? I'm sure it will be nice to have him closer to home in a couple weeks :) Hopefully, if we can get things to work out, we will try to visit Riston the end of April or beginning of May.
At 11:56am on October 1, 2009, TexasMomof2 said…
Well, I've sent his cell phone twice and neither time was a good experience, LOL! So, I don't have any advice either.......apparently there's a building where their name is put on a blackboard when they have a package arrive so I know my son checks this blackboard when he's expecting something from me. But when I've sent something "overnight" (which I did with his cell), a couple of days were added on "top" of that. One of the other Sailors told my my son that mail to them was first re-routed to somewhere else.....yikes, who knows? I know it ultimately gets to him. :o)
At 5:05pm on September 30, 2009, TexasMomof2 said…
Hey, how's it going? What is the best way that you've found to mail our guys things? Both times I've sent stuff "overnight," once via mail and the other via UPS, it didn't get to J until the 3rd day. Pretty disappointing.
At 7:07pm on September 8, 2009, TexasMomof2 said…
Hmmmm......maybe between our two sons we'll get enough info for one son....my son isn't much of a detail provider either. :o) I have to drill him. :o)
At 11:03am on September 8, 2009, TexasMomof2 said…
Hi Richell! My son is also a rescue swimmer from Ship 4/Div 842 - I didn't get to meet you at PIR last week.......wish I had been able to as our son's both go tomorrow to Pensacola!
 
 
 

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