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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.
OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
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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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Just got to talk with my son and G6PD deficiency
I was just surprised with a phone call from my son. I saw the the North Chicago caller ID and my heart nearly leaped out of my chest. Thankfully all he was calling for was to get info for his security clearance but I was able to talk to him for a good 20 minutes! The only concerning part of our conversation was he told me he tested positive for G6PD which according to doctor google is a deficiency that occurs when a person is missing or doesn't have enough of an enzyme called glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, which helps red blood cells work properly. Because of this I guess he could get winded and short of breath easier so he has to wear a red belt during PT. But overall he sounded good and said everyone including him were getting homesick. He told me he is on the USS Arizona in division 206 and will be graduating on June 3rd and that I should be receiving his form letter soon. Its funny that he's only been gone a little over a week but I can already hear the maturity in his voice when he was talking to me... hurry up June 3rd!
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Permalink Reply by Edwards19 ( Tricia ) on
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sounds great..
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Permalink Reply by Pesty123 on
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Those phone calls are exciting!!! Just to hear my son's voice makes my day!!! I want to talk to him for a long while when I suddenly see my husband also eagerly awaiting his turn! Part of me wants to ignore him and keep my son to myself but I'm sure he also wants to talk to dad so I share!! I do hear a difference in his voice, my jokester, smartalecky young man is growing up and I can't wait to see him at PIR which cannot get here soon enough! He tells me he's earned many new brothers and that makes me happy knowing they've actually made a family away from home! To all the other Navy Moms, thank you for bringing up such amazing young men and women who have become my son's family away from home!!!
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