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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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**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).
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**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.
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Hi Britt!
I wanted to comment from a momma's point of view. Missing your SR is so emotional and its important that you let yourself feel everything that your heart wants to feel.
My son will probably graduate at the same time as your fiance.
I would like to offer you some advice. Those who told you "what do you think we did when we were away for 6 months?"...sweetie, this speaks VOLUMES of that person's character. Not ALL of us raised our boys to be like that. Some men cheat and some men don't...regardless of whether or not they are in the military. My guess is, the person or people who told you this wouldn't know fidelity if it smacked them on the back of their punkin heads!
Take a look at your future mother in law....take a look at your fiance. Is he built that way? Has he cheated on you before? Do you trust him? Of course you do not have to tell me the answers to these questions...what you need to do is find out what you believe in and completely disregard those folks that are trying to crush your dream.
You are a beautiful young woman, it is my opinion that these people would rather see you without him, cuz then maybe, just maybe...they stand a chance! People are amazing creatures Britt...figure out what you believe and then...just believe.
Faith, trust, loyalty and love will get you through. As long as you both believe the same thing and have the same goals in mind, it will all work out!
Best wishes to you Britt! :-)
Britt- hi im glad you liked the video...lol I just loved that boy. I thought he did a good job of getting his point across, and ive heard hes helped a lot of women thru this tough time with it.:))
Im not real familiar with the seaman pact (my son is in submarine school), all my focus is mainly in his field, but i do have a link that may help explain it a little.
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=31017
Hope that helps.
Also...this is a big decision for the both of you. My sons GF is in college and wants to attend art school. She struggled with the usual thoughts "what about what i want to do" ..."can i still be happy, following him around".."what kind of life is it going to be with him gone so much".etc...She didnt know if she wanted to give everything up because of his decision to join the Navy. So i completely understand you concern. Its something you have to decide on and then buckle down for the long haul. After she realized how much she missed him and the letters started coming in, she didnt even hesitate to make her decision. She is behind him 100%, and is ready to follow him anywhere it takes him. At least for these first years, who knows how long it will last.
But im hoping that if you can hang in there until you have some contact with him, then you can get a 'feel' of where it will lead. It really is tough on you... i know, Its even tougher on them. Theyre going thru hell right now, and hes counting on everyone to hang in there until its over, im sure. I understand that its not just Bootcamp you are worried about, its the long road after that, but believe me, it seems tough now, but as soon as he gets out of BC, it will be totally better. MUCH easier and MUCH better. Plus, if hes not sure what his rate (job) will be, maybe he will end up doing lite duty and you will see much more of him than what you think...:))
Welcome to Navy For Moms!
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-Colleen