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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:
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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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- Graduation Info
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- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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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 LadybugDonna on
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Yes, I did see the video...I actually ended up finding 4 of them on YouTube, downloaded them, and marked the times I saw him .... even for just a few seconds! When I was finally able to talk to him he was impressed that I found them before he even knew where they were! Sometimes it is fun to be a step ahead of him LOL!!
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Permalink Reply by Sheri on
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My son, Lucas, is an SK on the USS Montpelier in Norfolk, VA. They just left about a month ago for a 6 month underway to the Persian Gulf.
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please excuse me but I don't think the information you gave out is allowed... don't mean to be nosey... but you gave name of sub and destination and time frame...
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My son is just going to the Jackson, he has been in the Navy for 11 years , he is a Chief NAV/ET . He just came back form deployment and we got to send and receive emails from him, what a treat his first Submarine the Parche could not do this.Gaileann
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My son is now on the USS Chicago stationed in Pearl Harbor, previously on the USS Minneapolis St. Paul which was decommissioned.
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My son, Chris is on the USS Santa FE fast attack submarine stationed in Hawaii. He currently on deployment somewhere.
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Hey Lisa,
I can't remember if we spoke before. My son DJ is also on the Santa Fe.
I had a group of santa fe moms that we emailed back &forth but my computer crashed & I lost them.
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My son is also on the USS Santa FE . This is hard for me not able to talk to him. I miss him so much . This is his first deployment .
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Permalink Reply by Kaye S. on
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We have ALL been where you are now, Sheila. Many tears have been cried into many pillows while wishing we could talk to those Sailors of ours! Take some small comfort in knowing that your son is being kept so busy that he doesn't have time to be homesick... and he'll drop like a dead man into his bunk. I know that sounds strange, but it helped me through "first cruise." Just keep emailing him as much as you can, because your emails are probably the only bright spot in his day. Stay upbeat, positive, and encouraging... he's got a Chief and lots of mates who are telling him everything he's doing wrong right now! Shower him with strokes and love... that's what he needs most. Very soon, first cruise will be over and you'll be so proud of him! Hugs, k.
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