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Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!
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.
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:
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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
Navy Speak
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Navy.com Para Familias
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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Halfway There
Well we have reached the half way mark on this journey, assuming that the graduation date is still the same. It's been really hard dealing with the fact that he's away and Im not there to help him, but I guess thats the whole point of training. I have gotten mail, but they arrive almost always 6-7 days after they were sent so I never know if he gets my mail until much later. In my letters I try to sound strong and happy, because I never want him to blame himself (which he has a habit of doing), I'm so proud of the decision he made to join the Navy and I want him to know that. But sometimes I really do get lonely and kind of blame him for being away. Is that wrong? It might be, but thats why I always want to show him my strong, confident side. I also, always try to reassure him that I will be waiting for him when he gets back. In his letters he conveys faith and trust in me but "for his own sake" still has to tell me the wait is worth it and if I could just wait for him. It breaks my heart to know that these thoughts and feelings creep into his mind, and I'm not there to banish them on the spot. But I always tell him that Im not going any where and that he has absolutely nothing to worry about since I love only him. I understand why he has to say it and why he feels that way, so I do my best to reassure him constantly. I'm so glad we've come this far and have only a little bit more to go, God willing. Thank you all for supporting and comforting me through out this whole endeavor. It means everything to me, just like my sailor does.
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Comment by NavyStrong107 on February 8, 2012 at 9:57pm
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Wow thank you so much for the info!
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