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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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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:
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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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Mother joining the navy
Well I'm 22 years old with 2 kids. I plan on marrying their father early January. For the past few months I have been thinking about joining the army. Not just for the benefits but to be a hero to my kids. I've been researching about this all day now and finally came to the decision i want to join. Can anyone give me anymore information about the
bah housing: how long does it take, after you graduate training will housing be avaible to move my family where im stationed
If your stationed overseas can you move your family with you as well or can they not come.
How intense is basic training?
I'm not to worried about the pay right now, I just really am at a point in my life where I don't know what I want with myself. If would be much appreciated if anyone had any advice for me!!!
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First, you will need to be married to go active duty Navy. Because you will have a spouse and two kids, that will require a waiver (normally you may only begin with two dependents).
BAH kicks in from the day you go to boot camp, however it can take a couple pay cycles to kick in. Still, you get it during basic training. It would be wise to have some money set aside for your first month away until every pay and allowance catches up.
Base housing is not always on base, and BAH is usually enough to cover a fairly nice rental if you choose that route. If you rent privately, if it is less than the BAH, you can keep the extra.
You must be an E-4 to take dependents overseas. Normally, the Navy avoids sending new sailors overseas if they have dependents, unless they are really in need of someone in a particular rate. Not a huge consideration, possible, but not probable.
Navy boot camp is not that difficult physically. It can be mentally tough in the beginning, then everyone starts to work together and things improve.
You should talk to a recruiter, take the ASVAB, see what you qualify for. LOL, and never call us the army again! Sailors hate that!
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