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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.
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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
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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Comment by hotrod (ship 09 div 323) on August 19, 2011 at 7:45pm
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dont u need to be acttive or retired nilitary to stay at the navy lodge
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ok great thats really helpful thanks
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Comment by Nautical Mom on August 20, 2011 at 12:02am
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We drove all the way from Dallas and got into Illinois and he called and said he was a Sailor - we set up our reservations at the Ramada on GreenBay Ave. 847-244-2400 $79.00 - ask for military discount. It was only 3 miles to the right and one turn left onto Buckley to gate 8 to enter the base. we left our hotel around 6:20 and got into our seats on the first level at about 8:15...We went on a WING and a PRAYER...<3 i heard from other navy moms that it was better to fly into milwaukee because of traffic and chicago BIG size airports. hope this helps...
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Comment by BunkerQB on August 20, 2011 at 3:43am
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Hey parents, don't sweat it if your recruit is held back. It's really no big deal. Being held back is no indication whether he/she will be a good sailor or not. My son, currently a lieutenant - a nuke officer on a sub has stellar evaluations was held back because he got dinged a bunch of points for the quality of his underwear folding and shoe shining. He had never ironed or shined a pair shoes before. On top of that he really hated memorization. With the subsequent class, he tutored prior enlisted candidates who were having a hard time with math - in exchange, they did his laundry and shoe shining. It all worked out just fine. We didn't make plan or buy tickets until he give us the go ahead - but it was probably simpler 5 years ago. To be safe, just pay the extra to get refundable tickets. Sometimes things change the last minute - it's good to be able to just roll with it. I have been using Cheaptickets.com lately - fairly good prices - had to change the dates on a ticket recently (from ND to CA w stop in CO) - cost was $106 on top of the regular fair of 550 for one person. I like to buy tickets late at night on a Wed or Thur but I start checking nightly now and keep a log of the prices. You have to read the fine print and check various sources including: Cheaptickets, Expedia, Kayak, Priceline plus directly through the airlines.
Good luck all.
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MORE TIPS:
1. Link to airports by state
http://airportcodes.me/us-airport-codes/us-airport-codes-by-state/2. Chicago O'Hare ORD
Chicago Midway MDW
Milwaukee MKE
3. You should check flights from a number of airports (or check multiple airports option if the site provides one).
4. My understanding is that ground travel is much easier from MDW or MKE than ORD but depends on where you are staying.
5. Be sure to join the PIR Reference Information group - the are lots of discussions with suggestions.
6. Be sure to look at the cost for hotel and ground transportation in addition to the cost of the airline tickets. $50 to $100 is insignificant if it means you'll be able to spend more time with your sailor - or go where he wants and do what he wants.
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thanks for all the help as per your coment lady Hamilton I am not having neg. thought aor assuming my son will have issues I think he will continue to do just great, but not all of us have tons of money at our disposal so it is an issue to think about.because any of them could have it happen for the silliest of reasons, but thanks for saying Im just being negative that was just really helpful
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hotrod,
Lady Hamilton and I have been here for awhile. We have observed quite a bit. We have seen new moms display over the top, drama queen histrionics to moms who get paralyzed with fear about the whole experience to moms who soak up all the information and just run with it.
I believe in the power of positive thinking. It's important that your recruit feels the positive vibes from you. It will be evident in your voice and the words you choose. My sailor tells to make sure the moms know that it's the sailors who are living it - not the moms. The visions are not always the same.
Good luck to you and your sailor.
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Comment by Jolene2Sailors on September 27, 2012 at 10:32pm
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No negative thoughts. :) We bought our tickets on Southwest when we found out our son's graduation date. He was taken out of his division with stress fractures his fourth week. Southwest immediately credited our account with the ticket prices...we just have to use the credits in the next year. We were grateful for this, as we don't have a lot of extra money to throw around either. While we were disappointed at first, we all (including our son) realize that things happen for a reason, this is not the end of the world, he will graduate, and we will get to see him. A year from now, this little bump in the road will be only a memory.
So...my suggestion is to go with Southwest if you're flying. (There was, of course, no problem canceling our hotel reservations...or our rental car.)
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