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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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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
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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First Week
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Permalink Reply by ProudRN on
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I'm right there with you Motherof3. My son left 3/28 at 8pm. Did you get the box already?
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Permalink Reply by Mother-of-3 on
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I have not! Have you?
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Yes on Friday morning it was delivered. We're in Ohio so maI be closer than where you are. You should get it soon.
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Ohhh I can't wait.. I will probably cry again but still can't wait.
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You probably will. I balled like a baby and held his dirty sweatpants for a while. It gave me a feeling of him being isolated and alone. His cell phone did come back home but they allowed him to keep the small engraved Bible, inspirational quote book and spiritual coin i sent. Oh and i put wallet sized pics of the family and friends, which everyone wrote messages on the back of, inside the Bible pages and those didn't come back home either. It's so hard, much harder than i expected so I'l so glad to have the support of other like you. Lets stay in touch since our kids are so close in start dates, maybe they will graduate together.
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I so agree we need to keep in contact.
I will talk to you sooner than later. Feel free to reach out to me as well.
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Permalink Reply by Angela on
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I'm also right there with you also. I just got the box yesterday. Yours will probably come today or tomorrow. We can look forward to the form letter now. Xoxo take care. All we can do is hope and pray our babies will be alright.
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You are absolutely correct. Today has been a little hard for me. It's his birthday week. I will keep you posted. Thanks
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Permalink Reply by MommaD on
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My son left for Great Lakes April 4th, I'm a mess and my husband is worse, how long before we get his address so we can start writing?
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Susan, know that you're not alone, it is really tough. My son left on 28 March and out of the eight days he's been gone there's only been one where I haven't broke down and cried. And when I say cry I mean bawl like a baby. Each day does seem to get just a little bit easier but I think the biggest relief will come when we get there address. It's been a week for my son and I'm sorry to say I still don't have his address. I write him every morning and stick them in envelopes and stamp I'm ready to go so when I get his address I can send them all at once. It helps me get my thoughts and feelings out when I write him.
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