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Join groups! Browse for groups for your PIR date, your sailor's occupational specialty, "A" school, assigned ship, homeport city, your own city or state, and a myriad of other interests. Jump in and introduce yourself! Start making friends that can last a lifetime.
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:
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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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Proud Mom
So proud of my child, for choosing the NAVY. This will be a journey like no other. My child lives about 2 hours a way and we do not get much time together. So as boot camp is in a few months I am trying my best to cram in as much together time as I can get.
Why they live so far, was their chioce at age 13, sad time for me, yet I knew they needed dad time, too. Now that they are a teen, they want all the friend time they can get. Hard on me, I still see them as my 3 year old. Now all grown up and making life decisions.
I am new to blogging but I want to do this for me.
I know I will be learning as much in the next few months about Boot camp and things we are to do. I know my child is on same learning schedule.
When I found at they signed I was truly proud,as it sunk in, I cried, they will not be easily accessible. I will not be able to TM a quick I love you everyday and ask how their day is going.
My first question to recruiter was " Do you have enough bubble wrap to keep them safe?"
Looks like June is ship out....
Trying to get in as much mother/child togetherness as I can. We went to the Circus yesterday with our grandbaby and my childs best friend. I know they are almost 18, but we all had a blast. On way back from Circus listening to music Highway 20 Ride came on, could not stop flood of tears. Happened again today. I know NAVY is great choice, just wish I would still be able to talk, text, communicate with daily, while in Boot Camp. It will get better I know, just the not being able to hear from them has me all anxious.
My babys' birthday this upcoming weekend, where did the time go? Eighteen and making adult decisions :). Not a lot of tears at present, I know as ship out date gets closer they are going to flood.
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Comment by Coach Shelia on January 30, 2014 at 6:30am
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I took a week off work before my son left for bootcamp! We had a blast! We went to see The Lion King at our favorite movies. It was in 3D!
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Comment by dentalgurl on February 18, 2014 at 3:00pm
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Birthday dinner this past Sunday with my recruit and 3 of his friends O M Goodness it was so much fun. Planning so much to do together before June. Getting closer, whew, can not believe he is 18. Tears come so easily now, thinking how quickly 18 years fly by. So proud.
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Been awhile since I have posted. I know as time draws near I will be on more often. Went to my sons LAST high school indoor drum competition this past weekend, they ended on a great note 1st place. So awesome :). He has grown so much since he signed with the recruiter. Not a little boy anymore, he is acting like a responsible adult. (tears, sniff sniff ). My heart wells with so much I am truly blessed.
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Ok my sailor went with recruiter and was sworn in yesterday..... was to leave for GL today @5 .... bad weather in Chicago, he is not sitting in a hotel room with the same clothes on. Bless it. Will leave out tomorrow at 11:00 am. The tears keep coming, I am so proud of my sailor.
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Comment by lemonelephant on June 19, 2014 at 5:34pm
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There is good news with that bad news; his pay began from the time he was sworn in yesterday. Hang in there.
BTW, you now have a recruit or an SR. You won't have a Sailor until he completes Battle Stations-21 (BST) in the last week before PIR.
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Thank you lemonelephant :). Ok I have written 2 letters without an address to mail them to, lol. Can not wait to send them and recieve mail from him, so excited for him and his next chapter in life( proud mommy )
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Got their address for them today, they will get a lump of mail at once lol :)
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