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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
Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind. In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships." OPSEC is everyone's responsibility.
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:
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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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Got the Call
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Comment by Navy Mom Lisa (Ship 11 Div. 128) on March 30, 2011 at 3:15pm
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Hello there. I am told they do read from a script. My call was exactly the same way. It was 2 minutes long and very generic. He said I'm here, I'm ok. I should be getting a box in a week or so and he will call me in 3 weeks. It's been two months since my son arrive at Great Lakes. I get to see him next Friday for graduation. This is a great site to be on. It has helped me so much and I"ve made some really great friends. It does get easier. I can say that now :) Take care
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Comment by linnygal on April 1, 2011 at 4:50pm
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My newphew left for basic on 3/29, His parents are divorced and my brother told his son to call his mother instead of him. The sad part is that my brothers exwife won't contact my brother to let him that his son arrived safely. So the only communication that my brother will have with his son is mail and maybe (a big one at that) a phone call.
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Comment by linda_d (Ship 2 Div 923) on April 2, 2011 at 4:55pm
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linnygal, tell your brother to get on this site as well as he can join the PIR group and learn a lot of what is going on as well. It is too bad your ex-sister-in-law will not alert your brother. I got the call and immediately sent a text and e-mail to my ex. I also copied and faxed the first letter with their address and graduation date (PIR). There is also a FB page that he can ask any questions. I learn a lot more than my son told me on this site and from the other moms in my divisions group. Your brother can also contact his son's recruiter and they can look up the address and give it to him so he can write to him immediately.
Just keep those letters going to your nephew. Include news/sport articles from the paper, family pictures, drawings from young kids, jokes and anything else that will make him smile. It is best to keep the envelope white and simple. Make sure no care packages go to him or he will pay for it and so will his division. It does go fast once you get those weekly letters. Good luck to your SE.
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