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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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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:
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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).
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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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 pianogal char on
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Lynnelle,
Please know that you and your family are in our prayers. So sorry for your loss.
Char
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My son is on the USS Maine Gold Team. Anyone else have a son on this team?
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Permalink Reply by BunkerQB on
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Ikyerrips,
I left you a message on your page. Click on MY PAGE on above menu bar, scroll down. You'll find a link to our wonderful San Fran Group. Here is it - just in case you can't find it.
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/sfbayareanavyfamilies
Just click on it and click +JOIN. We have a BBQ in Walnut Creek on July 30. Hope you can make it.
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Permalink Reply by sub mt mom on
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My son Devin is assigned to the maryland gold stationed at Kingsbay Ga. He is a Mt. He just returned home from his first patrol. Its great for him to b home. I missed him so much. The silence and the unkown aboard the subs is whats hardest for me. Not knowing wher my son is and how hes everyday doing kills me. I dont even wana think about him goin out to sea again.
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Permalink Reply by Yedi's proud sub mom on
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My son is a Machinist Mate on the USS Newport News
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My son's sub is the USS Rhode Island. He is on the blue crew. He is an ET Nuke.
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Permalink Reply by Ellen on
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Sam is an Electrician's Mate aboard the USS Alexandria 757 out of Groton CT. Just back in December from a 7 month deployment. He is reenlisting at Ellis Island on April 8th. Anyone else going to be there?
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Hi ladies,
My son is on the USS Charolette.....I heard from him three weeks ago, but since they are deployed no news.
Many of you seem so comfortable, any words of wisdom would be welcomed.
Kath
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My sailor on his first cruise sent a VERY short email today. VERY busy. Requesting mail from home.
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Hi, Sue, My son Matt is an MM1 on the New Hampshire. I try to send an e-mail every couple of days even when they are on a silent cruise. On a silent cruise, you can still send e-mail to them, it's just that they can't get it until they get to port, which could be quite a while. I go ahead and send them so that he knows I've not forgotten him in the midst of my regular day to day activities. That I still have time just for him. He also asks for news, not just of family and friends, but national and world news. He said that they don't get any while they're underway. Maybe, they feel like the world has passed them by. Or kind of like they've been in a time warp? Anyway, I also learned to number them, because they can often get them out of order. Which could be very confusing or upsetting and we don't want that. If I don't have much time, he seems to be happy with just a note. And e-mail doesn't have to be just important stuff, he likes to hear about the normal day to day drudgery. but I don't complain, I try to keep it light and positive. He rarely sends any back, because he's very busy. (Especially while he was working on his quals.) But he sure appreciated getting a moment to relax and read a word or two from home!
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