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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:
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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- Graduation Info
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- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
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Fighting to stay in the Navy
My son Nick was taken out of his basic training division 3 weeks in to it. It seems I made a horrible decision 3 or 4 years ago that could now cost him his dream of serving his country. Nick was diagnosed when he was 4 years old with ADHD and when he was 16 or 17 his doctor felt that he had "outgrown" the ADHD but still had some minor self control and social skills issues and told me the best thing to do would be to change is diagnosis from ADHD to Aspergers Autisim. He explained that this would be much better for Nick as this label was not as limiting or as negative.
Keep in mind, Nick was NEVER tested for Aspergers, the doctor just changed it in his medical records.
After Nick graduated from high school, he went off all his ADHD meds, got a job, made friends and even at one point moved out and lived with a friend/co-worker. He waited until he was off all meds for a year before he signed up for the Navy, just to be sure there would be no questions about his meds or how he was dealing being off of them.
Honestly, he did so much better once they were out of his system. I think he outgrew the ADHD when he was 14 or 15 but his behavior stayed the same because the meds for ADHD are stimulants and Nick was basically high until he stopped taking the meds, in my opinion.
But anyway a Navy doctor found the Aspergers in Nick's post Navy medical records and Nick was tested and told if he passed this test they would get him a waiver, he passed but there is no waiver!
He has met with a JAG lawyer and is doing everything in his limited power to stay in the Navy. This is such a horrible feeling, knowing that I allowed the doctor to change his diagnosis without any testing of any kind, and now Nick's dream may be taken from him.
I don't know what I can do to help him...
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Comment by MsMaria68 on November 12, 2010 at 2:51am
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Hey I know what are you talking about...my oldest son has Aspergers Autism....( my son knows about his condition and his trying to fight it He got his DL with flag colors and now his driving) The thing with kids like this is that they fear nothing...And that's scary at times since they are not aware of the danger around them...And they look very normal..they get to be very focus on things even being multitask but some times their mind spins a little bit and you never know when thats gonna happen I hope that's not the case with your son...was your son a gifted student? I hope He gets what he wants and make you proud. I will never want my son to join any branch in the Army. That's why I never encourage him to join it. But hey this is a mom talking. I wish you the best and God help him to get what he wants. keep us posted:)
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Comment by AJVNavyMom on November 16, 2010 at 6:54pm
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All the best to your son. No matter the outcome, he DID serve his country and we are all so thankful to him.
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