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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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**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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Letter
So excited to say I received a letter today! He wrote it on June 17th and it was in my mailbox today! He sounded so excited and happy. He said he likes his bunk mate and the food is good! Thank goodness for that!:)
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Comment by Kerri on June 21, 2018 at 9:04pm
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Yay!! When did he ship & what’s his PIR date
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Comment by Michele on June 21, 2018 at 9:31pm
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PIR date is 7/27 Ship 12 Div 296.
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Comment by Phoenixmom on June 21, 2018 at 10:03pm
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Very Great News! YAY!
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That is so EXCITING! I can't wait to get my first letter!
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Comment by pokey1042 on June 22, 2018 at 10:46am
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Its such a relief when you hear that things are going well for them. Good for him!
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My son shipped out June 1st with a PIR date of July 27th, Ship 12 Div 296, sonar technician. I'm smiling as I just used all that Navy lingo in one sentence! We are all learning. I hope you heard from your recruit.
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Michele that is awesome! To keep busy when my Son left to BC I began learning the Lingo. And when I received my first call I was able to ask him questions in the lingo. Boy did he get a kick out of it. Keep up the good job.
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I no they say to ask your son when BST 21 is. What are some other key questions I could ask him? I really appreciate your input. When I talked to him on the phone he sounded so good, I mean really good. I truly got the sense that he's exactly where he's supposed to be.... I know you'd agree, that's a great feeling for any mom!
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believe me I totally understand how you all are feeling. It felt like forever when I got my form letter and I was a total mess for a few weeks. I'm from AZ and Chicago seemed really far away and my Son was there. My Son has been in for almost a year come July 5th, Finished A school Jan. 31st 2018 was sent to SD, Coronado Island where now he is only 6 hrs away if you drive and maybe an hour and half if you got. He has already gone on his first deployment which another totally different Journey on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. So as you come to an aN END With one Journey you will begin another. My Son is a EM3 Petty Officer also know as a Fireman .Also known as a Snipe. Electricians Mate.
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I always asked what his days were like, alir if the times believe it or not they actually didn't know much, like BSt21 he had no clue what that was, so I used to explain alot of the things that they were going to be doing . if you would like to see a video of BST21 go on to you tube and type in BST21 and it will take you thru what exactly they will be going thru. It a test of teamwork and really intense.
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