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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.
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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Thank you for the info. No she has been told which way she will go yet. It seem that the recruit gave some conflicting info. But as my husband told her, her best bet was to do her best in her classes and score as high in the class as she can. That when he was in , the highest score gets first choice. I guess thats the best advice she could have got. Because when she left, she was brushing up on her old math class text books. Funny I never seen it when she was actually in High School. She wants to be as close to haome as possibly, but in sure the lure to some places will be hard to pass up.
Thanks so much! I will check that out! I am not holding my breath for HI... it would be nice though :) I be hes loving it! I really hope we dont go to VA that is WAAAAAY too close to my family...... lol
Thank you so much!!! we are 3 weeks down 6 more to go... I have fallen into a routine but still have my moments. I have been doing alot of reading on his Rate and I am so glad I will get to move! That is a HUGE relief! I know he will have alot of work to do and need to studdy alot but it makes me feel better I will be closer to him.... and that he might get to live off base with me.
Hawaii??? I'd die if we got sent there...lol That would be pretty cool!
No letter yet! Im praying it comes soon. My husband pre wrote 8 letters for my mother to give to me while he is gone but it just is not the same! I want to know how he is doing now!
Thank you very much for filling me in on that information. Right now, my SR and I have been in a relationship for 5yrs, our anniversary passed a few weeks ago, and we're hoping to make this work. I'm still in NJ working towards an Associates. I should be done within two years.
I'm hoping we can make it through all this and become even closer. Times will be tough, but I'm very proud for what he decided to do with his life. His family and I are really supporting him to the fullest.
I'll be sure to look to you and the other ladies in the group to help answer any questions that I might have. Again, thank you! :)
thank you so much i will be looking in the mail, tomorrow i have to have surgery i have to get my gallbladder removed, so my daughter s gonna check the mail for me. thank you so much for the info and your time take care and god bless you
hi yea im having a hard time i know once i hear from him i will feel better my son david is in submarine electronics computer feild i am confused which groups to join im new at this. he will be going to A school in conn, he has been there 3 weeks tomorrow do you know how soon they get to write or get a phone call? thanks so much
Thank you for giving me some answers. The way we have heard it that Rus will be training other reservest that come for the weekend. I don"t know how true that is. Is this what your friends sailor does? Is your friends son older-my son is 26 and I have noticed that the other 3 moms I have met, their sons are all 25. did he get to have a pick for his duty station? my sailor says he doesn't. alot of reserves go to their home state or close to it-I don't think this is the case for my son..He is AE and will be working on the F-18 so he will probably go to a coast.
I'm sorry for asking so much...I just want to learn all I can.
Thank you for the welcome, Mary. I'll take advice and support over a fabulous prize. My daughter is just starting her A School in GL on 12/10. She will be an ET. This is all new to me so I'm sure I'll have a lot of questions. Sounds like a long, but exciting, journey ahead for her.
Hi Mary, thank you for your reply, yes I noticed that later, SECF is what I would want to join, My son Steven leaves, Dec 6th, he is planning on subs. I am slowly learning the lingo, slow but steady.
Thank you so much for the note, I dont get much time to comment or respond. My phone will let me read post but not reply, (go figure) I was a Navy wife that did BC with my husband a long time ago. I thought having been there done that I would be prepared but for some reason being a mom of a recruit is proving to be much more difficult for me than a wife, but of course back then I thought that was just terrible. But this site and all the wonderful people associated with it does help ALOT. Thanks so much. = )
At 1:29pm on November 19, 2010, l3uttel2flie said…
Thank you! We moved here 10/18 and are finally all settled in. My husband just got his live ashore approved and should be comping ATT this week. Hopefully he is not on hold until after Christmas standown... there have been rumors of that happening.... at least we are here and together now :)
Thank you for your note. I can't wait for his PIR not much longer now :) We getting married soon and then its the schooling. I just can't wait for him to see his son again I know he misses him so.
Thank you for the note, I was looking at your pic to see if you were the family we met this weekend at PIR, which that family had spent some time in Hawaii also. I told my son to put that on his wish list so I can come and visit. LOL!!! But that family had 3 gen's at the PIR and a Master Chief, which was very nice for my son to meet. Great weekend and my son will be at school for I guess 18 mths or so. Gotta to get back to work, thanks again
Ya, yesterday was hard she called and I was working and missed her call. She was able to talk to my husband (step dad) and her brother. They said she seemed upbeat. I was impressed with the form letter that I received how good her printing is. I lost it last night. I was holding up pretty good until then. Can they get a tape of the graduation? She wants me to stay home and get a flight for her to come home for leave and not go to graduation. It really killed me. I know she wants to come home for the holidays to see everyone but I want to see her grad too. I was surprised. How often do they get to call? What does a performance division mean. From what I am hearing div 905 is a performance division. What does the AE CF do?
Hi Mary! My hubby is in school right now at Correy Station in FL. He is really liking it. Coming from the Nuke rate, he is very much used to the fast paced teaching they do. And yes, the nukes are a hard thing to get out of. lol. we have been trying for quite some time. After our 2nd daughter was born , he really wanted to get off the submarine. So after 2 years of trying, we finally cross rated. And the hubby is an E-6, so it was even harder. What is your son doing now? The CTN community seems to be very much like the Nukes. Just not as small. Any questions feel free to ask!!
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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.
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:
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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Thank you so much!!! we are 3 weeks down 6 more to go... I have fallen into a routine but still have my moments. I have been doing alot of reading on his Rate and I am so glad I will get to move! That is a HUGE relief! I know he will have alot of work to do and need to studdy alot but it makes me feel better I will be closer to him.... and that he might get to live off base with me.
Hawaii??? I'd die if we got sent there...lol That would be pretty cool!
Thank you very much for filling me in on that information. Right now, my SR and I have been in a relationship for 5yrs, our anniversary passed a few weeks ago, and we're hoping to make this work. I'm still in NJ working towards an Associates. I should be done within two years.
I'm hoping we can make it through all this and become even closer. Times will be tough, but I'm very proud for what he decided to do with his life. His family and I are really supporting him to the fullest.
I'll be sure to look to you and the other ladies in the group to help answer any questions that I might have. Again, thank you! :)
Thank you for giving me some answers. The way we have heard it that Rus will be training other reservest that come for the weekend. I don"t know how true that is. Is this what your friends sailor does? Is your friends son older-my son is 26 and I have noticed that the other 3 moms I have met, their sons are all 25. did he get to have a pick for his duty station? my sailor says he doesn't. alot of reserves go to their home state or close to it-I don't think this is the case for my son..He is AE and will be working on the F-18 so he will probably go to a coast.
I'm sorry for asking so much...I just want to learn all I can.
Thank You