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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

Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind.  In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships."  OPSEC is everyone's responsibility. 

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:

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:

RTC Graduation

**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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IC Sailors

This is a group for the family and friends of IC Sailors

Members: 94
Latest Activity: Mar 6, 2020

Interior Communications Electrician

Interior Communications Electricians (ICs) install, maintain and repair the equipment needed for interior communications within ships and shore facilities. These communication systems include public address systems, interior telephone systems, alarm systems, engine telegraphs to communicate orders for changes in engine speed from the bridge (ship's command station) to the engine room, certain kinds of ship control and equipment monitoring devices, the ship's gyrocompass, the rudder position indicator, audio-visual equipment for the ship's TV entertainment systems, advanced navigation and various other equipment.

The duties performed by IC's include:

Maintaining and repairing interior communications systems;
Preparing and interpreting blueprints, wiring diagrams and sketches;
Installing and inspecting dry cell and storage batteries;
Recharging wet cell batteries;
Testing interior communications and gyrocompass equipment;
Installing telephone and other communications circuits, boxes, switchboards and bell buzzer systems;
Maintaining plotters and dead reckoning equipment;
Maintaining and operating TV systems;

Working Environment :

People in the IC rating work in many different situations, at sea and ashore. While most of their work is performed indoors, it may be in a clean or dirty environment of a shop-like nature, and it may be in any kind of climate or temperature. IC's usually work closely with others. Most systems IC's work on is of the modern solid state electronic type, making the rating a very technical profession.

A-School Information:

Great Lakes, IL -- 10 weeks

Some Interior Communications Electricians who graduate from "A" school go on to advanced training courses such as gyrocompass and advanced TV maintenance. Others are assigned to duty stations where they can continue learning their rating through on-the-job training.

C-Schools (Advanced Specialized Training):

Shipboard Information, Training, and Entertainment (SITE)

Integrated Launch And Recovery Television Surveillance (ILARTS)

Class Ship Interior Communications Subsystems Technician (FFG-7SS)

Fiber Optic Data Multiplex System Operation and Maintenance (FODMS)

Data Multiplex System (DMS)

Vertical and Short Take-Off and Landing Optical Landing System (VSTOL)

Stabilized Gyrocompass Maintenance (WSN)

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Comment by Jana on April 23, 2014 at 1:55pm

Padkage up date my son got his package on Monday so that was 2 week record time!!

Comment by Jana on April 17, 2014 at 6:25am

My son is on the Carl Vinson. Oh yes my son is coming around to the fact  i try to find out info where i can. 

I sent an Easter  package about 11 days ago still not there. it went to his ships address.

Wishing everyone a Very Blessed Easter

Comment by Luvsbichons Frank's mom on April 16, 2014 at 12:28am
Thanks Paige..I've been watching YouTube videos on the Nimitz she is amazingly huge!

Jana thanks for the tip I found the pics of my son on the FB page. Copied my sons pic and sent it to him. He laugh and said "Navymoms" I said yes we a resourceful!

Cys730... Congratulations to your daughter! That is great that she is going to Japan what an experience she will have.
Comment by cys730 on April 13, 2014 at 11:05pm

Jana-we on the coast here heard the flight quals! We all thought it was another earthquake-windows rattling and a BOOM! The Reagan, right? My daughter got there today!

Comment by Jana on April 13, 2014 at 1:05pm

Hello to all WOW so much going on Graduationa from A school the FB page for the Training Support Center usually post PICs of  graduation. It is usally short and sweet.

My son just returned from an underway he is at Coronado and they where out in the Pacific Southern Cali. they perform qualifications for deployment. I read an article on flight qual. That would be quite noisy!! He has been busy having 12 to 14 hr DAYS . We did get to chat via FB message.(while out to sea) But you have to keep looking for that GREEN dot. LOL Its so nice and warm in San Diego. Well the weather her in PA is nice this weekend.

TAKE CARE IC FAMILY

Comment by cys730 on April 12, 2014 at 1:13am

hi Luvsbichons Frank's mom--my daughter graduated last week or so. She's going to Coronado then will be stationed in Japan on the USS Reagan. She is on leave for a week but with her husband. Glad for that. So far the Navy has been so good for her. Her dad was telling her about a problem with the garage door opener, and she said it sounds like a short, She never would have known to say that before! lol

Comment by Luvsbichons Frank's mom on April 11, 2014 at 12:38am
My son Frankie graduates A school tomorrow so proud of him, wish I could be there with him. He called me today just to talk and fill me in on what's been going on. He has verbal orders to CVN 68 Nimitz WA. Hopefully we wil be able to see him before he has to report to the fleet.

Thank you all so much for all your support. I can't tell you how many times I have read your past postings and found the answers to my questions and encouragement my heart needed.
Comment by Jana on March 31, 2014 at 6:10pm

Hello t all its been awhile. Any sailors going to San Diego? steven loves the warm weather. Heads up on sending mail to a ship address. Paige will back me on this one. It can take a long long time. A letter sent priority took about 10 days. A package all most a month. Thats when the ship was at shore. Maybe when deployed they get it quicker  Needless to say im sending a package to my son soon for Easter. it will be One year this week since going to bootcamp wow has time flown. and so such has happened.

He is a busy man on the ship long days.says the food is better when they are out to sea.

Take Care IC Family

Comment by Louisville Mom on March 24, 2014 at 3:28am

Hello everybody! Hope all is going well with you & yours.    irene (9/174)  Aaron hasn't said if and when they will be headed to the east coast. I guess I will hear when they get there.By now I guess Jen and Justin are home. Enjoy your visit. Aaron hopes to come home to visit sometime in August. Here's hoping because his plans to come home this month didn't work out.

Comment by cys730 on March 10, 2014 at 8:10pm

thanks, Jana-glad you are with Steven! I think IC's aren't going to be firemen with the red stripes anymore? What category will they be? Will it have any real bearing on their career or options? does anyone know, please?  hope you all have a good week! thanks, Claudia

 

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