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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.
OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
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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."
Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:
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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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1 Year
WOW!!!!!! I can't believe it. My son left for boot camp 1 year ago on July 2. Just saying that brings back all the emotions and memories of that day....seeing him sworn in, leaving him with his recruiter the day before, knowing we would not see him for 8 long weeks, worrying that something would come up and we would not be able to make that trip, knowing he would do fine but still worrying about my baby boy, and the development of a habit that I will have to this day...sleeping with my cell phone on my chest for fear of missing a call from him at any time.
The changes that has taken place with my Sailor, and our family, over the last year is AMAZING!!! I gave the Navy my baby boy and they have made him a Wonderful young man. He's grown, matured, became more responsible, purchased an engagement ring for a very special young lady, gained book and life knowledge that I know he could have never gotten any where else. As for my husband, youngest daughter, and I.....we've learned to not be soo selfish and to cherish 5 minutes with him as if it were 5 days. I've learned that the camera and texting on my cell phone is a way of keeping him connected with our family. We've learned that our family is not within the walls of our house, and that the trip to Goose Creek, SC can be a short one. I'm even learning to let go of my urge to control Everything (a downside of my type A personality).
The writing is on the wall that our lives are going to change even more in this next year. My Sailor will graduate from Nuke Power School in Oct and has plans to get married before this time next year.
My husband and I have had more than our share of health problems and that has been hard to deal with for us and our son. We are a family that has always been there for each other and he knows that he could have really helped with his little sister if he were. But the fact is, he is not able to be here...not because he didn't want to, but because he is a responsible young man in the Navy and he couldn't. It is a part of our new normal. We got through the time and we cherish each other a bit more (didn't know that was possible ) than we ever have.
Although I know this 2nd year in the Navy will have its challenges, we made it through this first year and we know that we'll be able to handle whatever the 2nd year throws our way.
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Comment by Hello2u on July 7, 2013 at 4:39pm
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wow! congrats! :)
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