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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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

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**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).

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RTC Graduation

**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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leaving for boot camp

My future Sailor will be leaving for boot camp August 6th...i am so proud of him yet i am so sad to see him go...any advice for me from moms who have gone through this process already...i am doing all i can to stay strong...but i know its a matter of time before the tears start...

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Comment by taylorsmom on July 24, 2013 at 12:39pm: that will be a very hard day for you as a mom who did this a year and a half ago i cried for awhile because for the next six weeks no contact till you receive the box and then the phone call it is scripted but a wonderful thing, i was told by his recruiters to start the letters which i did and as soon as you get and address start sending it makes them feel great it is the only contact they have on the outside, my son made some fantastic friend there and some still call me to say hello and they call me mom i love it, and one of the boys family live by us so we also stay in contact. You never stop missing them and its been 18months, so let the tears flow they take good care of them you will see at graduation.

Comment by NAVYmommadukes on July 24, 2013 at 11:02pm: thank you for the reply taylorsmom...i know i will miss him dearly...my son has told me he wants me to write him everyday so i will try and do that...i know he will do fine but its just the separation that is what is eating at me...as we speak i am planning his going away party and i am trying to keep busy...i am entertaining him and taking him to some of his favorite places so he will have some good memories to hold on to till we see him again...cant wait to see him at graduation...excited about that.

Comment by Bird MomShip13Div363 on July 27, 2013 at 9:40pm: yes, that will b a hard day and happy day. My son left on July 24th. Very proud of him, but lots of crying ever since, Everyone on this site is a great help and support for each other. I received a very short call when he arrived at BC saying he was there safe and ok. I didn't get a chance to say anything really, just happy to hear he was ok. I look forward to getting his form letter so that I can write to him and prepare for his PIR,,,

Comment by T-Brax Mom-n-Dad on July 28, 2013 at 8:24pm: Our son left on July 8, he is in DIV. 332. He was so excited to join the Navy. We got a call & I had to give him a quick pep talk , he felt as though he had been misled . He signed up for Pac-Seaman & was told by someone there that he would be stationed on a ship the entire time,even if his request is honored to be in Norfolk Va. I told him they are there to make men & women of recruits . I got first letter on Thur. he is now doing ok , and has made some friends . He says the recruits in his group are now getting along better than @ first & he s gonna give it his best. He is now Guard of Arms & something else. It's What he said he would try for when he left home. I think he was homesick at first & now its smoothing out.

Comment by T-Brax Mom-n-Dad on July 28, 2013 at 8:31pm: He is our youngest of 4 & the last to leave the nest. Since we've been down this road a few times It wasn't as sad as when one of my other sons left for college .I do miss him , but I'm so excited for his future all my tears are happy ones. I just hope the airfare gets affordable by Sept.

Comment by NAVYmommadukes on July 30, 2013 at 1:01pm: thank u all for the advice..it is now 6 days till he leaves for Boot Camp and i am starting to feel emotional...especially when i was making a dvd with all his pictures of him growing up...he's going away party is this Sunday Aug 4...a surprise for him...i will miss him so much even though i do have 3 other sons at home with me to give me support..i am already planning to go to his PIR sometime in Oct.