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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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Oh I hope you get a letter this week too!! I bet you will get one on Thursday...that's the day you usually get letters, right? My husband said that as of Tuesday, their division is FIRST ON SHIP 09!! WOW!! I'm so proud of them!! They are doing AMAZING!!! He said they have been doing marlinespike (knots and seamanship stuff), and that they had to tie and untie a ship from the pier and had 25 mins to do it....and their division did it in 15 mins!!! And they were way faster than another division they were doing it with!!! AWESOME!!! WOW I AM SO PROUD! I am doing better and better now, have more good days than bad, and it seems time is going by way faster, I can't wait till we can see our men!!
Oh I can't wait till these days are over, either!! That's awesome you are staying with his parents, that makes it really nice to have them there, I bet. I have heard the Residence Inn is really nice! Oh gosh, I have no idea what the weather will be like either! Or what to wear! I have a really cute tube dress that is fairly long, but is strapless and I don't want it to be too reveling...so I was thinking maybe like an a-line skirt with a nice going-out top...or maybe yah like what you were saying, skinnys with boots and then a nice like nite-out top....and I have a black peacoat I will probably wear...but don't know what the weather will be like! So i will probably end up bringing a lot of clothes! Haha How have things been lately for you? It seems like time is going by faster now for me, thank God! Less than a month now!!
Hey girl, everything is good here, but you took the words right out of my mouth when you said you still have hard days and good days...I also thought I would have grown out of that now that we are more than halfway done, but I still have days where I am depressed and can't stop crying...can't wait till this is over!! I hope you get a letter today, and I hope I get one too!! Its so much better now that we have some contact with them. I was wondering, have you made reservations for PIR stuff yet? I just made hotel reservations at the Ramada, and am flying with Southwest into the Midway airport. I am also getting a rental...what about you? Also, what are you wearing to PIR? I want to wear a dress but then I think maybe just a nice top with skinny jeans, or maybe a skirt? I dont know...let me know what you are thinking about this!!
Yah things are getting better and better as the time goes on....thank God!! I can't wait until we get to go for graduation!! I'm pretty sure their whole division leaves on Saturday, but it probably depends what A-school they are headed to as to what time they will leave. But if your guy isn't staying in GL, I think you can wait with him at the airport until his flight leaves...so that's nice!! Mine is staying at GL, so I'm really thankful. How have you been lately? I hope well!! I got letters again today, its so nice to be hearing from them more often...oh yah and Max said their div got a flag for such good scores on their last academic test! GO 132!!!
Aw that is awesome! My boyfriend left on March 1st.... I'm patiently waiting for letters but I'm getting a little impatient and just wanting him to start sending them now!! haha
Oh sorry, I completely forgot to answer that! Yea, after each school they have the option to take 10 days leave. As long as they have enough leave days saved up, I think they earn like 2 1/2 days each month or something like that. For example, my husband and I went home over Christmas stand down and he used all his leave days. And then he graduated A-School Feb 4th, so he didn't take any leave.
It'll be something to get used to at first, especially with the time difference and figuring out kind of a schedule of when you'll be able to talk. We weren't married when he first went there, so we had to do the long distance thing for a few months. But once you get used to it it's not all that bad :)
Hi! Yea, I'm a Nuke wife :) My husband is on t-track right now and he'll start Power School at the end of April. So far, the program hasn't been too bad. My husband is really interested in what he's learning, so he really enjoys it. Some of his friends have a lot of mandatory study hours, and they don't like it as much. For almost all of A-School my husband was on voluntary study hours, so he was actually home quite a bit. Some guys are away from home more, it pretty much just depends on his study hours. Let me know if you have any other questions! :)
Yes it will be the best day ever!! 35 days till graduation now!! I got Max's call yesterday, and he sounds really good, and sounds like things are routine and going very well there, and it sounds like their division is doing AWESOME!!! He said that 2 of their RDC's are really cool, so that's really good, and it sounds like their whole division are Sat departures for A-school. I hope you got a call from your man yesterday, and hope things are going just as good for him!! Sounds like they are since their division is doing so good!!
Yeah i hope so too! Thats so exciting about your first phone call!! Did he sound like he was doing well?! I bet today has been one of the best ones so far! Okay I dk why I thought that was supposed to come in the box but I hope we get it soon so i know the PIR date!
btw in your boyfriends box did they have his PIR date and address and things in there? I dk for some reason i thought thats what they did, even though we already have his address were still not sure of the PIR date. when did you guys find out your bf's?
yeah i def know what you mean. Some days are better than others but not much we can do about it other than hang in there! I got my first letter.. well it wasnt actually a letter he wrote at boot camp but he wrote it while he was in meps and sent it home in his box of clothes and other things he brought with him! So i was pretty excited about that other than that i just pretty much write him letters like a crazy person does. everytime i feel lonely or like i wanna talk to him i just sit down and write and write.
I would love to meet up at PIR!! That would be awesome to connect with you, because we have both been going through the same ups and downs of bootcamp at home!! Haha I just got another letter from Max today! 6 pages, and it sounds like things are going really good for them. They are in an all-guys div, and he said there are some cool guys that he gets along with well there, and from time to time its even fun!! Oh he also says he got my letters!!! And loves getting them!! So I bet everybody in the div is getting them too!! And he says they have settled into a routine, so things are a lot better now. He also says the weather has been nice, not cold at all, which is great! Sounds like more letters are coming soon!!
Thanks!! I cant wait for my letters from him! :) That is exactly how I am going to be! I'll go to the post office everyday! It was funny because today I had all the letters I had wrote and didnt get to send because I didnt know his address and I had on a Navy t-shirt. The guy at the post office looked at the mailing address and my shirt and said "well looks like i'll be seeing you tomorrow!" I said "you sure will!" haha I thought that was pretty funny. About how many letters a week do you get or does it just depend? Thats awesome you're close with his family I think thats really important in making a relationship strong! His family is really important to me as well!
well that would be awesome if they could earn phone calls!! I GOT HIS ADDRESS TODAY!! :) may sound stupid but it was just SO exciting to get it. I went straight to the post office and addressed the letters i've wrote him and sent them today! :) His mom and I made plans to go out to dinner tomorrow night which will be good! My week was for sure made today though i've been nothing but smiles! :)
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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:
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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Yeah i hope so too! Thats so exciting about your first phone call!! Did he sound like he was doing well?! I bet today has been one of the best ones so far! Okay I dk why I thought that was supposed to come in the box but I hope we get it soon so i know the PIR date!