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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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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."
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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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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Life goes on....
I still miss my SR terribly, but life goes on in our household! It's getting easier for my 10 yr old, knowing that he will see his big brother in March, AND he is now a big brother himself, so that helps as well. I worry that it will be difficult all over again when we have to leave our son back in Illinois to go home! My husband has been a big help, but I know deep down he still misses him just as much! I miss his laugh, it was so contagious! His smile lit up the room! He is such a wonderful person! I am in awe at the man he has become! I am proud to be a Navy mom!
My SR had asked me to post this on FB a while ago, and I did, but I thought I would share it on N4M as well. It reminds me that my son is now a man....I am so very proud of him!
"Sometimes I think I made the wrong choice, but when I look at the doors that has opened up for me it makes it all worth it. I just hope the doors that were opened for me don't shut in my face."
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Comment by AJVNavyMom on February 20, 2011 at 8:53pm
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I have that same worry of having to say goodbye........again! I cannot wait to see my son at PIR, and got news that he's a Grad-N-Go, so now its for hours rather than days, but I will take any time with him. The goodbye will again break my heart, but nothing will get in my way of seeing him on the 4th! Counting down the days!
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