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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.
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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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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HOLIDAY LEAVE AFTER PIR GRADUATION
I know we are all overjoyed about our sailors coming home after PIR so let's get all of our questions answered here.
Ma'am,
Recruits graduating Dec. 17 & 22 will be granted leave and will be able to travel home. Those graduating Dec. 17 will have their leave expire on Dec. 28. Recruits graduating Dec. 22 will be granted leave that will expire Jan. 2. Recruits are responsible for paying their own way from RTC to their home and then pay for their way from home to their next command for A School. Once they are at their next command, they may request to be reimbursed for part of the travel costs.
Respectfully,
Recruit Training command
Public Affairs Office
USS Yorktown (Bldg 7330)
Great Lakes, IL 60088
Office - (847)688-2405
Traveling home the Sailors will be required to wear their uniforms because they have not phased in at A School. A letter will be given letting them know what is allowed and not allowed while on Leave. They cannot drive a car or consume alcoholic beverages while on Leave.
Our Sailors will not be allowed to bring their cars to A School.
This is a work in progress and I will try to answer questions as they become available to me.
Have a good day. Kathy
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Permalink Reply by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on
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Just make sure they match!
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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Sailors earn their leave days at 2.5 each month. By the end of BC, they will have roughly five days on the books. Two weeks then puts them in the hole about nine or ten days, depending on when they check in or out. The length of their school will determine how much leave they will earn by the time they graduate. e aware almost every school has a week of indoc (introduction to the base and school policies), sometimes a technical pre-training for some rates, and holds awaiting a class. Whatever amount of time you think their school will be, it will be longer, I promise. Once they check into A school, you can estimate how much leave they will get before reporting to their first command. C school after A school is yet another factor for some rates.
Liberty is normal time off, such as evenings, weekends and holidays when they do not have duty. Leave and liberty cannot be combined, so yes, the holiday and weekend during leave counts as leave days, not liberty. Liberty can be taken away in A school, one reason for them to stay on good behavior!
Phase one is roughly two weeks, they have to test to phase up to two. They have to have liberty buddies, so some GFs may be disappointed in romantic weekend getaways. The duty rotation is usually four days, so don't plan on visits until your sailor knows his duty rotation after checking into A school. It sucks to make plans and have them not be able to leave base! -
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Thank you Anti M.
That information will come in handy. We appreciate your help.
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Permalink Reply by jfarm ship02div904 on
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Anti M,
I was hoping my son could come home w/ us after PIR, but after reading through all the discusion I'm getting the impression that may not be the best thing to do if he wants leave after A school. Would he just have to stay @ GL for Christmas then?
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jfarm,
Your son will probably tell you what he wants to do. I just got a phone call from my son and he does want to come home for Christmas. He said that he isn't worried about using the leave time and realizes that it will take awhile to accumulate again. I would just wait to see what your son decides.
((hugs))
Betsy -
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A lot depends on his rate and length of school, and where the school is. He'll be phase one, so if he chooses to stay at school, he won't even be able to leave base. On the plus side, the Christmas meal is pretty alright at most chow halls.
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Permalink Reply by Dot mom on
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thanks or the info, appreciated!!!!
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Permalink Reply by KLMkathy on
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Hi Dot mom, It will depend on what your recruits rating(job) is. What is his rating? By the way it is nice to meet you. K
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Yes, your child should have an idea of where they are going to A school.
Good to meet you on here.
Betsy -
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If my son (graduates 12/17) doesn't have to be at A school until the 28th, does that mean he can ride home w/ us following graduation? Then I have to see about getting him a flight to school. I think I sound dumb asking this, but I am confused by all the Navy lingo & all the things I'm trying to soak in & learn.
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Yes, we have been informed that they can come home after PIR. They will have to use their leave time to do that, though. You will have to get them to A school, but if you save your receipts, they can file a claim for reimbursement when they get to their A school.
Betsy -
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Thanks. I'm guessing they only have a certain amount of leave time, is this per year?
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