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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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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.
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My daughter left 2 days ago to the boot camp...
rom her last call, she told me she will write me in three weeks, now my question is in what other way I can find out that she is doing okay and when exact day she will graduates in January? Should I expect that answer when she writes me in her first letter??
Anyone can tell me, please...
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Comment by lemonelephant on November 9, 2012 at 8:55pm
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The first letter will be the form letter and will tell you her PIR date and the address to write her as well as the names of the 4 people she plans to put on the Access List to see her PIR.
You might want to join DEP-Leavin for bootcamp in November to connect with others with loved ones who let this week.
You may want to check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvKAhmgkoj4 and http://www.navydep.com/forums/showthread.php?t=433. They will give you an idea of what is happening.
You may want to join, or at least check out, Boot Camp Moms, PIR Reference Information, and New Members Stop Here. Once you know your SR’s PIR date and/or division number, watch in Boot Camp Moms and/or at http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/groups-listed-by-pir-date and join the group for that once it has been created.
You may also want to check out Women in the Navy, Mom’s of Navy Daughters, and Mom's of Daughters 2.
(Group names within this comment are clickable links. To join a group, click on the group name and after the group page opens, click on "+ Join..." in the upper right.)
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Comment by NavyMom71(SHIP 02 DIV 909) on November 9, 2012 at 9:09pm
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Once again, thank you for the comment. It's a little hard for be having my daughter so far away.
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You are so welcome. (((((NavyMom71))))) That's a cyber hug from one Navy Mom to another. You will do just fine. Things do get better.
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Remember, "No news is good news!" Here are some things that you do know: she is safe; she is physically fit or getting there; she is learning new things that will help her throughout her life; she is being fed well; she has any medical and dental needs taken care of; she is making friends, and you know where she is since she is at the RTC. If there was a problem, you would be called and that is not a call you want to receive. You have placed her in the best hands of all--those of God and the US Navy.
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Comment by BunkerQB on November 10, 2012 at 4:04am
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P.S. Left you a message on your page. Click MY PAGE. :) (this is a cyber smile).
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Sorry for my delay to answer you back, lemonelephant, I was tired and went to sleep. But Thank you for your words that gives me a lots of strenght. You are right "No news is good news" good wise words. I will keep it on my mind all the time to feel secure that she is fine
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:o)
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Comment by Mom2Shae on November 11, 2012 at 10:39am
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My son is currently in boot camp and his PIR is 11-30-12. It is tough at first and I wish I could tell you it gets easier. Some days are easier than others. Yesterday I got a 1 hr phone call from him. He's in Week 5 now and some recruits in his division won a special phone call for high test scores. It was great to hear his voice....but hard to say goodbye again. Just write write write.
Once you know the PIR date, search Facebook (if you're a member) and join any groups for that PIR date. You'll find LOTS of parents and loved ones who are going through the same things you are and you'll get information (and be able to give information) from and to others with SRs in your daughter's division. It has helped me A LOT.
The most I hear from my son is he's tired a lot due to "watch" and basic boredom as he puts it. He said that about 80% of his division have had their wisdom teeth removed, many have the sniffles/sinus problems, but that's to be expected in small confined spaces. He says to not worry though, they take excellent care of them. He says the food is great. LOL! He says (and I hear this from a lot of other families) that the other boys in his division are like his brothers now, which comforted me because he has 3 older brothers and I know he was missing them the first couple weeks.
Feel free to add me if you'd like. I know having a daughter in the Navy isn't the same as having a son, but there are a lot of similarities. :)
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Thank you, Mom2shae ;))
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