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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
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
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If your son or daughter is awaiting an OCS offer
For all you prospective Navy moms, I would like to share the results of a poll I took when my son was in OCS. I had been frankly shocked to see the process take so long. From college graduation to swearing in, it was a 23-month ordeal. So I asked the friends and family group of 02-16 grads how long it took their LO's to get to Newport and the answer was an average of around 24 months. I was amazed. Some took just 4 months (engineers in high demand) and others took over 3 years to get the official invitation.
Luckily, I had read some estimates of 1 to 2 years from my reading here but others in the family disbelieved me when I said my son should hang in and remain determined. He eventually ended up in Newport and I think he learned a great deal about himself. He's now back home doing recruiting work until he reports to Pensacola this January.
One word of warning for any of you with upcoming graduations. We had to provide a lot of data to get clearance to get onto the base and it never was completed. Our son's guests had to have an officer meet them at the gate and escort them every time. Roughly half our time leading up to graduation related to this logistical concern. So if you go, check in ASAP with the Pass Office to make sure you're on the list. Early and often. At least we had a heads up from another mom so we weren't blindsided at the last minute.
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Comment by AeroArl on December 9, 2015 at 7:20pm
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Thank you for this very helpful information. My son is at OCS right now. The offer took at least a year and a half. Thank you too for the heads up about graduation and getting on base!
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