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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.
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."
**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).
**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 isno 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.
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
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Thanks so much for offering that! I will tell him. So far, he likes it. He is working in the EXO for his ship (I don't say ON it because it is dry docked so he is in the FAF).
Thanks again!
Yes, in GL first week in Feb....brrrrr...but you know what? It was COLDER the weekend before and COLDER the weekend after. AND, my son had been asmoed a week...or we would have been there the weekend before....so I thank God for those small miracles! :-) We had a wonderful time up there...I love to VISIT snow...just don't want to live in it!
Awwwww.....your story was so so sweet! Wet kisses from 99 yr old men...yep, I agree with you...they can have whatever they want! So sad when those who have our "history" die though....I would have loved to have heard his firsthand account of Pearl Harbor...although it makes me so so sad. When that movie comes on tv, I have to step away during the actual attack scenes (even though Hollywood-ized, knowing that so many died....heartbreaking). Thanks so much for sharing this and I too hope he is by his little blonde CHICK!
Also, LOVE the pictures on here of you all. Seems like you all really have an exciting life with lots of love! Is that a picture of you with your dad? So sweet. That is my dad and mom (and nephew) in my piks. He has dementia pretty badly now...and it breaks my heart. He was always so protective of our family...I have a sister and brother. My sister is "rock"....and now....well, just so hard. I have a special place in my heart for our sweet elderly parents!
Hey! Thanks for the compliment! The picture of my sailor walking onto the plane always gets to me...he had just been home for leave after A School and was heading to his station. I was alone there with him (other son working) and was holding back the tears...as I turned around after snapping that picture, a man was staring at me with a slight smile....I knew I was about to lose it, so quickly turned and went to a corner by the window to watch his plane leave. Now...tell me...just how many piks do you thinK I really needed of his plane leaving the gate? I'm ashamed to say how many I took! Don't know when he will be home again (he's in VA), but I am going up there in Oct to visit. So excited because 2 N4M Moms I have met on here are coming down to meet me! YAH! One is traveling about 4-5 hours...so sweet of her!
Ok, I'm wordy this morning....sorry! Have a great day! -Dianne
I so look up to people like you who have been in the fleet...for wisdom! You are not too blunt....now, Angie on the other hand.....well, your posts aren't like hers! But sometimes she NEEDS to be blunt and to the point. I have very much enjoyed reading your posts. I think you do very well with them! Please correct me when I'm off base, ok? I try to be accurate with my info from what I know, but certainly welcome correction!-Dianne
Great post on the 8/27 site today about the RDC's. I don't like it when anyone talks negative about them...and try to intercept talk like that too. Even if posted in jest. You posted a great one to remind everyone about the jobs they have to do!
my daughter is ship 7 division 287 are you going to the graduation is so please contact me i can not make it and i would like to know if you can get some pics of my daughter for me
Thank you for your comment. I did recieve a letter from daughter on the 12th and her PIR date is August 27th. I'm so excited to see her. Ship 7 Div 287
Thank you. Being new to this, and having some doubts about him joining, dont get me wrong I am very proud, just worried if this is for him, this helps alot. I heard through this group that his division has already had to do IT, and I just hope, it wasnt' him that caused. He's a good kid, but can be headstrong at times.
I did hear from Casey, he sounded down. Guess that is to be expected in the first few weeks, just hard to hear as a mom. This is all new to me and not being able to just talk to him whenever is hard. I am hoping the next letter is more positive, this is something he has said that he had wanted for many years.
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This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.
FIRST TIME HERE?
FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:
Choose your Username. For the privacy and safety of you and/or your sailor, NO LAST NAMES ARE ALLOWED, even if your last name differs from that of your sailor (please make sure your URL address does not include your last name either). Also, please do not include your email address in your user name. Go to "Settings" above to set your Username. While there, complete your Profile so you can post and share photos and videos of your Sailor and share stories with other moms!
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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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:
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**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:
RTC Graduation
**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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Thanks again!
Awwwww.....your story was so so sweet! Wet kisses from 99 yr old men...yep, I agree with you...they can have whatever they want! So sad when those who have our "history" die though....I would have loved to have heard his firsthand account of Pearl Harbor...although it makes me so so sad. When that movie comes on tv, I have to step away during the actual attack scenes (even though Hollywood-ized, knowing that so many died....heartbreaking). Thanks so much for sharing this and I too hope he is by his little blonde CHICK!
Ok, I'm wordy this morning....sorry! Have a great day! -Dianne
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