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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:
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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My son left for bootcamp on Wednesday and I've been crying off and on ever since. I feel so lost not beling able to call him, FB him or contact hm in any way. I never thought it would be this difficult. I'm really struggling. I'm not worried about his safety, just feel so disconnected, like he's gone forever. He is my firstborn too, maybe that's it? I don't know, but he reached this milestone that I feel like I wasn't prepared for. Anyone else feel like that?
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Permalink Reply by NavyDoodle on
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Maybe so?? The only address I have for my daughter (Kristina) so far is the one I got from her Recruiter, and it says she is in DIV. 096 and Ship 03???
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Let's keep in touch, and when we get letters from our girls we may know more?(0:
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Permalink Reply by Robin on
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There was no place to reply under your post NavyDoodle... but absolutely keep in touch!
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Permalink Reply by JessicaB-Sailor Mom on
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Robin here is the ship # for the USS Hopper Ship 03: USS Hopper
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Permalink Reply by mom-Inlaw2-JoyMP on
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MY DAUGHTER IN LAW IS WITH THE USS HOPPER SHIP #03,SHE GRADUATES FROM MICH ON MARCH 16TH
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Permalink Reply by BunkerQB on
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All the videos you are talking about and more are included in the Navy For Moms Survival Guide.This guide can always be found on this site's MAIN PAGE by clicking MAIN (on the menu bar), look under the middle column, then scrolling down a little and click on the title. When you first log on to N4M, you should be in the MAIN PAGE automatically.
What you can do is keep a MS WORD file with links that you find useful. Copy and paste the link below to your browser.
http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/survival-guide-for-navy-for...
BunkerQB,
I am the author of the Survival Guide with the help of many here on this site. Please help us get the word out and if you can think of any way of improving it, please feel free to let us know.
Good luck to you and your sailor recruit.
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Permalink Reply by Rendab on
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You describe exactly how I feel my son also left on Wednesday. I just want to hear his voice so bad and have him tell me everything's okay mom. His box arrived today with his clothes and cellphone that was really rough I felt like they were saying you don't have a son anymore.
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Permalink Reply by Jill on
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It's so hard to let go, isn't it? I tried to look at the box and make myself think, "Ok, you knew this was coming, this just means that everything is going as expected." That's all I want to hear too, just another 10 seconds to hear "I'm ok, Mom.",,,,,
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