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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
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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."
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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- Graduation Info
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- PNG – 2.3 MB
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My son is taking the test today (instead of last week)
I am not sure what to expect next..............I think this will be a great career move for him, he is currently in college for law enforcement (1st year), and he just wants to do more.
He is my only child, and I will definately have that empty nest thing going on, and am worried about how they get up their face and scream at them, I just think that is health discipline, but I know that will happen.
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Comment by ebigirl on January 4, 2011 at 2:20pm
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Hi Lorimn,
My son is also my only child and enlisted in November 2010. He is scheduled to ship out in March of 2011. He's 19 and kind of "floating" through life right now, so I also think this will be the best thing for him career wise. He enlisted without either of us (his dad and me) knowing, which isn't a bad thing in my mind. For my son, he NEEDS the structure and discipline that he WILL receive at boot camp. I'm not that concerned about the empty nest part of things as he's not living at home now. I just want him to make a career choice that HE is passionate about and that will fillfull HIS dreams. I see a light in his eyes when he talks about the Navy and he is very excited about his future.
My husband was in law enforcement for 16 years, and that's what caught my eye in your post. I obviously don't know where you live, but here in Washington State the only agency that's hiring right now is The State Patrol. Budget cuts across the board have forced agencies to lay officers off and/or put a hiring freeze on. I encourage your son to stay in college and continue to study what he is passionate about. This will keep him busy until he ships out and be a bonus to his military career.
As far as the test, my understanding is the higher the score the more choices he has as far a jobs in the Navy once boot camp is over. Did he enlist as delayed entry, meaning he intends on getting his AA prior to going to bootcamp? I think, but am not sure that if he did he can enter at a higher rate and pay scale than he would without his AA.
I hope this answered some of your questions. If he's passionate about law enforcement, he will do very well in this line of work. My husband has always said he never thought of his career in law enforcement as a "job", but a "calling". Good luck to your son and your family.
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