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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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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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Homesick (Navy girl)
My Navy girl, my daughter called the other day very home sick crying. We have not seen her for almost a year. I decided that it would be a lot easier if I came up with something creative.
I bought a couple of watches and I decided to syncronize them to beep every 5 hours. I send her a note saying that every time her watch goes off, mine will go off at the same time. I told her to close her eyes, at that very momment my eyes will be closing too. I will be thinking of her happy thoughts as she will be doing the same thing too. I think that this idea will help her a lot and it will help me as well. I hope this will help others like it helped us. God bless..!
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Comment by Lyonstrailmom on October 4, 2010 at 12:22am
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I have a 19 year old son in the Navy going through his 11 weeks of "A" School, everytime he calls me it seems like I can never devote my attention to him on the phone. He has two younger brothers that are 3 and 5 that are constantly interupting me when he calls. Slowly, I'm trying to teach them not to interup mommy while she on the phone. Sometimes it works but most of the time it doesn't. So I end up hearing in my sons voice that I'm not paying attention to what he has to say. Which fills my heart with guilt, because I think of him so often and I so proud of him making this as his life passion. The call ends up being a short call. I do tell him how much he means to me and how much I love him. I guess the guilt gets the best of me.
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Comment by Kimberly on October 10, 2010 at 8:13pm
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Your response to your daughter was beautiful. I am in Texas if your daughter would like I can drop a line to her as well OR introduce her to my Navy son he is in Ct at submarine school. Lol
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arwen how beautiful. You all that song brought tears to my eyes how thoughtful you are of each other.
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I don't know but my guess is that the Navy doesn't want any accidental babies. I think she would have to give consent to take the shot but then again maybe not. You know I really have no idea. Sorry
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Totally sweet Navy Aunt. I wish I had that kind of an imagination
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Comment by Alexs momma ( ship 03, Div 017) on October 25, 2010 at 10:22pm
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Beautiful...just beautiful. That is the sweetest most heart felt thing I have ever heard. I'm so glad that it helps your daughter. My daughter is in basic now and she is very unhappy and wants to come home. This kills her father and I. You, made me feel like there is hope..and I can do the same. Thank you for sharing your great stoy.
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Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on October 27, 2010 at 10:21am
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my daughter is now on hold for c-school, she doesn't really know anyone at her base. Her squadron and ship are out on tour so she isn't getting to meet anyone she will be working with. She gets so lonely and homesick. I know she is because she calls me 10 times a day lol. I don't mind that at all. I love talking to her but I wish she had some friends on base to hang out with in her down time. She likes the week days better because she has an office job and there are people around. She hates weekends because she gets so lonely and board. Now what 20 yr old girl likes weekdays and work more than weekends? And she is at the beach. There needs to be a safe way for sailors to meet other people on a new base. Please let me know where your daughter is. If they are on the same base maybe we can "introduce" them. :-) Mine is Nas Oceana.
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Comment by Rollandsmom on November 7, 2010 at 12:03pm
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My son left for bootcamp on Oct. 25th and he called yesterday. He is homesick and wants up tp come see him for Thanksgiving. He gets a 12 hour leave so we are going to make the trip. We are hopeing that will make him less homesick.
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That was beautiful, I wish I would have thought of something like that,well my daughter has two weeks left and We can spend four days in the hotel together for Thanksgiving.
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My Nephew is on the ground...Not stationed on ship. Anyone I can talk to about SENDING PACKAGES ETC...?
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