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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
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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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- Graduation Info
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Moving Questions
I am moving to Great Lakes. I am in my husbands orders to move there with him. I don't know what the next step is. Who do i contact about getting my move started? I would like to do a DITY move. I just read that i have to follow standard procedure in order to be reimbursed. Does anyone have an help.advice for me at all? I feel so confused and i don't know where to look for answers..
thank you so much!
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Permalink Reply by Ash on
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It's so super confusing...I moved out here back in December and our stuff is still back home. We keep talking about moving it but we're not even sure if they'd still pay for it or if it's even worth it at this point as Hubbs is almost done with A-school. If there is a Navy base near you, you could go to Fleet and Family and talk to them and they should be able to give you some helpful info. If not, your hubbs can make an appointment to go talk to the transportation office here in GL. Also, you can start by setting up an account (or your husband anyways) at www.move.mil, and there's a link on the right side of the page that says "Root Certificate Problem Solution", follow that to download the certificate so the government web pages will load properly on your computer - took us a bit to figure out why stuff wasn't loading right, such a pain!
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Permalink Reply by timmyswife (09/248) on
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I was told the Navy wouldn't pay to move the family for A school unless the program is longer than 9 months. I am planning on staying here in Indiana with our 2 year old until my hubby finally gets stationed somewhere :( Good luck!
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Permalink Reply by meagan5220 on
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If you are near a base you can also talk to the Personal Property Office they can help you set up a move. He should be able to at his school wherever that is. My husband was actually told he had to do it before he checked out for his first move (it later got cancelled but thats a whole other story!!) but they should be able to help you, you can also email fleet and family at the Great Lakes they should be able to send you information on housing, moving and much more. My husband also went into Fleet and Family on his base and they put together a whole packet for him on the base we were moving to and moving info. Also make sure he asks about the Dislocation Allowance, no one told my husband about it except another kid who had found out about it. Hope that helps!
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Permalink Reply by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on
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Another good place for your questions is in the N4M group PCSing/Moving - link: PCSing/Moving
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