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Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!
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
Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind. In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships." OPSEC is everyone's responsibility.
DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.
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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Navy Speak
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Navy.com Para Familias
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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Several Questions I Need to Know
My goddaughter is reporting to boot on August 14, 2013. I know that she can't where any jewelry in boot, but after boot in A school can she wear birthstone stud earrings while in Navy A school? Do the rules on dress relax at all from A school on? I should add that she tested very well and is going to Nuke A school in South Carolina (I believe) after boot. Lastly what be helpful for her to learn entering into boot so as to make her boot experience less traumatic? TY in advance for the info. Mark.
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Comment by Anti M on March 19, 2013 at 11:32am
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No, she cannot wear such earrings while in uniform. The only ones allowed are brushed silver spheres, of a certain size. A watch, one ring per hand, and a bracelet. Barrettes must match her hair color (gold for blondes and so on). She may wear a religious medal under her uniform shirt (even in boot camp). Her school or command can impose additional rules about jewelry for safety or while training for safety.
She can wear the earrings when she can wear her civilian clothes, never in uniform.
To get through boot camp: listen, then listen some more. Don't question how things are done, just do them. Ears open, mouth shut, and keep her sense of humor handy because things are going to get strange.
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Here is an example of what she can wear in uniform. I'd say buy them at the Navy exchange if possible.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://img0.etsystatic.com/000/...
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Comment by Steph Proud AG Mom on March 19, 2013 at 1:00pm
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hi- have her join Navydep.com- it'll help her and learn all about Boot Camp- Craig runs this group and is awesome..as well as meeting other deppers..
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Comment by lemonelephant on March 19, 2013 at 5:53pm
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She should learn the info in DEP START Guide and work on the PFA requirements. http://www.navy-prt.com/femalestandard/ gives the PFA standards for females. If she is in shape before leaving it will lessen the chances of injury, which could cause a set back. If she knows the info in the DEP Guide and passes the PQS test with at least an 80% and passes her first PFA, then she will be advanced one rate and will be paid for that while in BC, so that is a good thing to work on because it can help her financially as well as with BC.
Your future Sailor may want to join http://www.navydep.com to learn the ins and outs from the DEP point of view. Craig runs that and will steer her to some good links on there, such as http://www.navydep.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2205 to help with the 11 General Orders.
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