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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.
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:
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
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- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
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Permalink Reply by chery santa on
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Judy: THANKS SO MUCH for your quick response!!! This information really helps me! It has been almost 3 weeks; so MAYBE I will hear from him soon. I'm so thankful I found this site so I can communicate with other Navy moms. Most of my local military mom support group have sons in other branches and seem to think we don't need to stress as much. I understand that in one way but still.................!! Again thanks so much for the information. Hope we can talk again some time. Cheryl
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Permalink Reply by Gulf Coast Mom on
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Chery - It looks like you are new on N4M. Welcome!! There are two groups - USS Truman and Truman wives. You may want to join them, or at least look at the sites. You may be able to see what is going on. Also, the ship should have an ombudsman. Hope this helps a little.
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Thanks so much for your response. I will join at least one. Cheryl
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Knowing Austin, he probably didn't put names on the list. He's not very proactive concerning things like that. Excellent on his job; but not good at communicating with family. :) Thanks, Cheryl
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Hi, Cheryl. Welcome to N4M! Yes, I agree with Gulf Coast that you should definitely check into the USS Truman group as they are posting pix and giving pretty good updates. Right now, they are in France for a joint air show to celebrate France's (100th?) air force anniversary. Some are getting liberty, so I hope you get to hear from him.
By the way, what does your son do? HST is like a floating city, so I don't know if our sons' paths have crossed. My son is with CVW 3.
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Hi! Thanks for your input! Austin is a parachute rigger. What is CVW 3? Since I'm so new to this (with Austin being on ship) I know nothing. Austin has been in the Navy 4 years; but has always had shore duty. All of you can really educate me!! Do you mean to get on the USS Truman group at this site or otherwise? I need specific guidance. I'm not too swift on the internet anyway. I did look at the USS Truman site itself; but if that was where I was supposed to go I didn't see a whole lot (this has been about 5 days ago). Thanks again and have a blessed day!
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