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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.
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Follow this link for 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:
**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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bbks mom
Hello to all you Navy Family members,Thanks again for all your support you were right it does get better with time.My question is when should I expect a letter from my son {ship 11 Div 062 } I also dont know his PIR date as of yet.
He left for boot camp on 12/02/2010. Also when should I send him a phone card. Thanking you in advance for
your replies.I continue to Pray for our new recruits and our Military.
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Comment by SANDY ship07div056 on December 14, 2010 at 12:39pm
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You can start sending letters now and put a phone card in one of them. My recruit took two phone cards with him. He left on 11/23. I got my first call on 12/11, two days before the three week mark. I also got three letters yesterday, which was one day before the three week mark. I was told there would be no phone calls or mail before the three week period, but that has not been the case. I miss my son terribly but the contact, by phone or mail, makes it alot more bearable. Its a big deal for them to get mail, so send lots. Mine said he needed stamps and envelopes, he was running out, but had plenty of paper. Hang in there, it will be gutwrenching at times, but know we are here for you!!
Sandy
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Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on December 14, 2010 at 12:51pm
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First letters usually arrive between the 2nd and 3rd week mark and they are only given letter writing time on Sundays.
Do send a phone card as soon as you have their address as phone calls can come at any time that they earn them. We received our first call on day 9.
Enjoy your mail --- it's such a keepsake!
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Comment by Anita MA Mom on December 14, 2010 at 3:20pm
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Hey BBK'S Mom,
I had letters and funny cards already addressed so I could just start sending them as soon as we got the address. The first call I got from him he said ''Mom we got our first mail last night and I didn't get anything" Boy did I feel bad, but we had started mailing him things as soon as we got the address. So don't be surprised if you hear that too, but he wasn't the only one that happened to. Write him very often , I did every other day, I really think that is what helped pass the time soo fast. I sent him a very thin photo album from Walmart , we placed pics about 15 of everyone that was important to him. I would send him newspaper clippings about sporting events. I mailed those in the manilla 5x7 size , and he never said that he had or got in trouble for getting over a letter size. You just can't send and LARGE envelopes or packages. We sent with our SR one phone card for 500 min and it lasted him. If you send the phone card go ahead and activate it so he won't have to waste what little time he has doing that. We got weekly calls from our SR for like 3 weeks, then it skipped a week and there was Thanksgiving and that day we got 5 calls from him because he was out at the VFW for the whole day. We leave early Thurs for GL can't believe the time is here!!! Your time will be here before you know it. Stay on this website, make friends with the Moms in his PIR group that is a MUST!! You will all help each other get through the weeks and you will also have friends for a life time. Much luck and Prayers sent to you!
Anita
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