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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.
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:
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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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Hi Rosemary,
Sorry been crazy around here, yes i finally got the letter yesterday...man it made me cry when i saw her handwriting... Its amazing about this 900 divisions huh? Our girls are AWESOME...
I am about to buy my plane tickets, and i made reservation for hotel the other day cause i figured that could have been changed..:)
Man i cannot wait...
It will be nice to meet all you guys...
Thanks for all the positive words...
Lisa
Good Morning Ladies, I am praying that today I receive that long awaited letter..and for you too Lisa! I hear ya Rosemary, seems to me like we are going thru BC also. lol ... I am starting to get real excited for PIR and to meet you ladies. let me know where you guys are planning on staying..would be nice to get all the div 922 in one hotel lol wishful thinking...but it would be nice. I will be around in here lurking around for the most part of the morning..it sure helps talking to you guys and thank you!
Jaime
hi i got the letter today! made my day! did anyone else get ? she says she will be graduating on
april 15th! it was so NICE to see her writing ..esp.. Dear Mom!!
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir4152011
BTW : above is our PIR group with all the Div that will grad on 4/15. You willl want to be a part of that. then at the top part is the breakdown of the different div. within that PIR group. if you already know about it great... if not check it out.
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