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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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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:
**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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Started this discussion. Last reply by lemonelephant Oct 11, 2012. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Can any of you recommend a nice hotel near Great Lakes that would have large rooms? Going to my sons PIR will be my husband, our 2 other sons, myself & my mom. We are trying to keep expences down…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by lemonelephant Oct 12, 2012. 16 Replies 1 Like
Hi all I am a new navy mom. My son left for bootcamp at Great Lakes Oct 1. He arrived Oct 2nd, gave me that 1 final call home that night & told me to be loooking for a box with his personal items…Continue
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 11:24pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
Anyone else have a SR in SHIP-03 DIV-021. Have only found one other mom with SR in this ship & div.
Posted on October 13, 2012 at 4:07pm 1 Comment 1 Like
I finally got my son's form letter today. At least I now have his address & can start sending him letters. HAve one ready to drop in the mail tonight with phone cards in it. Cyle is SHIP-04 DIV-021 any other moms, wives, girlfriends out there that have an SR with same ship & div?
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 5:26pm 3 Comments 0 Likes
My son arrived at Great Lakes Oct 2 for his bc. I still as of today have not received "the box", the form letter, or a letter from him. I found out today why I haven't been able to contact his recruiters. One had a death in the family & the other a sick kid. They have been out of the office since last Thur & won't be back in until Monday. So now I am sitting here with a letter & phone cards ready to mail to Cyle with no address. Needless to say I am driving myself crazy with the…
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Well on thanksgiving we will stand out with our boys in uniform. My SR is from 802. Their buffet sounds a lot better than the other one i found. Same price but a lot more variety.
Oh, Angel, we're on the FB group together also. My son, Shae, knows Cyle. Just found out today when I talked to him. :) Small world. Out of 90ish boys, Cyle's name was the first one he said, and I immediately knew who his mom was. lol
Hello Angel. Thanks for the friend request. <3
I sent the cards to you in an email...:)
See my reply at http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/1971797:Topic:921434?commentId=1971797%3AComment%3A7365415 since there are 2 changes you may need to make to this page and then read that whole discussion.
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