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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)
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Follow this link for 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).
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**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.
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Roll Call: Name your sailor's sub!
Submarine moms are special:
--- All of us have boys, "SAILORS!"
--- Who serve on "boats,"
--- With whereabouts unknown, and
--- We only get sporadic, short emails while they're out!
Tell us where your sailor serves...
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Permalink Reply by Rhonda8881 on
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Hi Marianne, my son may be joining your son's boat for part of their deployment. Won't know for sure for a few weeks. Is there a group for the boat?
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He is ETNav. He said he would be QuarterMaster. But he has not been told a definite date or if he will be going for sure. If he does go, he is looking forward to it.
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ETNAV is Electronics Tech Navigation Systems.
I made it through the first deployment without having a nervous breakdown so I am sure you will too. Sometimes we received an email every couple of weeks; sometimes it was almost 6 weeks....and it could have been longer. You just have to remember that they are working hard and sometimes having a lot of fun. My son loved being on deployment because he was actually doing the job he had trained for.
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Permalink Reply by Sue C. Davis on
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Grandson is an ET on USS North Carolina. Is there a group for that boat? Expecting his wife to join him Feb.1 in
Pearl Harbor. Lots of questions regarding housing....etc. Does anyone have advice on that. NavyGrandmom
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Join the group for Hawaii. There are parents, etc. for both Navy and Marines and from ships and subs with lots of advice for housing, etc. if you ask. I am a member of that group and the Pearl Harbor group. The Pearl Harbor group does not have as much activity as the Hawaii group. My sailor has been there for over 3 years now and is an ETNav.
I don't know if there is a group for the North Carolina. There is no group for my son's sub. I tried to start one but no one was interested.
Do a search for "North Carolina on the main groups page to see if there is one. You will see the North Carolina moms under that but if there is a sub group it would show up there.
Good Luck to you and your sailor.
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I'm on the sub group but haven't found anyone yet, I'll check the other two. Many thanks.
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My son, Aaron (ETSA/ET COMMS), is on the USS Miami, a fast attack sub. He just left on his first Underway. Anyone else have a sailor on the Miami?
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Permalink Reply by Margaret (Rhen's Mom) on
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My son is Rhen and he is stationed on the USS Pasadena at Pearl Harbor. He finished school in August and has been underway since December. Anyone else have family on the Pasadena?
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Permalink Reply by Pat L. in IL on
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Hi Margaret, My son is on the Pasadena, too! Is this your son's first deployment too? We received 2 calls at Christmas but haven't heard from him since. Hoping for an email soon.
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Permalink Reply by Yedi's proud sub mom on
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Hi all, my son is a machinist mate aux on the USS Newport News in Norfolk VA.
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Hi Yedi's proud mom! There is another mom whose son is on the Newport News. Her name is Marianne. If you read the previous posts you will see that she and I had a chat about that. My son has volunteered to help out on the Newport News for part of their deployment. There is no group for that sub yet, but you or Marianne could start one. Have you joined the Sub Moms group yet? That is a good group for us sub moms.
Welcome!
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