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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
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OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
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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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He left today
My husband and I went to see him swear in. I have rarely felt so moved in my life. I'm proud and sad and everything at once. We stayed with him at the airport until the last hour and half. He called from O'Hare and now we wait.
This is as hard as I thought it was going to be, but I know it is going to be worth it all.
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Comment by kimst on February 14, 2014 at 9:52pm
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Your son and mine where in Chicago at same time? We got the call about 1:00am Thursday or is that Friday morning.
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Comment by Coach Shelia on February 15, 2014 at 8:14am
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Sending prayers and well wishes your way today and forever! Amen Navy Sister! It is so worth it! My son will have his first year in next month! This website has been designed to help our families. I have learned so much, and daily I learn something new!
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Comment by Hello2u on February 15, 2014 at 1:33pm
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woot woot! congrats! :)
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Comment by Lita on February 16, 2014 at 10:35pm
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Stay strong. It is so hard and as my heartbreaks just like yours I know our kids would want us to support each other just like they are doing. Big hug !
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Comment by encourager on February 21, 2014 at 5:44pm
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Hello Skooter, I so understand your feelings. My son's swearing in ceremony was really moving to me too. Be patient, in a few days you will get his box and the form letter comes after that. I had to wait almost two weeks for the form letter that my SR wrote in but it gave me the info I was seeking: Where was my son and how do I write to him? After that I feel so peaceful. The Facebook page for the PIR group told me that a phone call is coming and so is his first letter.
There is a silence in the house that I am sure other moms experience. But I take refuge in my Navy for Moms and that Facebook because although I don't hear or see my SR, I know he is well cared for and I will see him before we know it.
If you like, you can ask to be my N4M friend and we can correspond using this website.
Hang in there, you are not alone. And crying helps!
Sylvia
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