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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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**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).
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**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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Started this discussion. Last reply by Kelli(Ship11Div370PIR11/12) Oct 6, 2010. 9 Replies 0 Likes
Looking for other moms w/recruits in same division! My son left for RTC on 9/21 and others have posted their PIR would be 11/19, but just got form letter today (hallelujah!) which gives his as…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by MiMom (Heather's Mom) Nov 22, 2010. 182 Replies 0 Likes
Hi, y'all! I'm new here, up early to get ready to take our son back to his college town where he signed up for Navy. He's got three years of college under his belt, but decided he wants to get out…Continue
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Sent you a request on Facebook. When you get it, please accept and then let me know and I'll invite you to the private Nuke Moms group.
I know you must be anxious to get that first letter from him - it generally comes between the 2nd and 3rd week as they are only allowed to write on Sunday ams. Mail from GL usually reaches GA on Thursdays ---- it soon will be your favorite day of the week!!!
He's going into a great field, our son tested for it but at the end decided he wanted to go into the same rate that his dad was - which is FC and part of the Advanced Electronics Computer Field program. They also go to school for almost two years; first one at GL and the 2nd one was in N. VA for him. Now he is out on his first deployment and will be returning soon. We have not gone yet -- he's been with the ship for one year and the ship has been deployed for half of that year. We maybe going for the holidays pending his schedule.
You may have heard this from others but...boot camp typically is harder on the families than the recruits as we are sitting here wondering - are they okay? are they sorry they joined? is the food okay? are they sleeping? First letter will help alot and before you ----- it will be graduation time!
If you have any questions - let me know.