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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:
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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Comment by Bandit1998 on July 26, 2014 at 9:24am
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Palacios, Texas here. My grandson was in ship 11 (USS Keersarge) in Div 204. He graduated BC on June 22, 2014 and is now in Sub school in Groton, CT. His Dad and I will be there to visit with him the week-end of Aug 22-24 when he graduates Sub school. He will then be in "A" school and after that, I guess "C" school. He is MMS. I have sent for and received a tourism booklet of all the sights to see and things to do around and in the Groton, CT area. It looks like a very pretty place. Can't wait!!!
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Comment by Dee on July 24, 2014 at 12:59pm
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The anticipation drives me crazy. This is the first time that my son is doing something on his own that I am not part of. Usually it was baseball, school, even doing the security packet for the Navy....I helped and was involved. I knew what needed to be done and what was going to happen next. I just miss him :(
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Comment by Tx Mom of Far Away Nuke on July 24, 2014 at 12:37pm
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The surprise calls are the best. Like when your kid has to visit the doctor for some reason, and they keep a phone there just for them to call home. The kindness of those people really helped me survive the uncertainty of BC.
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Comment by 1Bodyprof on July 23, 2014 at 6:20pm
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Just depends on their RDC
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Does anyone remember how often our sailors are allowed to call home during BC? My mother in law missed a call from a 331 area code...which is IL ...I am so sad!!! Will he get a chance to call again today? Or will he have to wait another week???
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@Elilam46: What a great attitude your SR has!
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Comment by corrie on July 19, 2014 at 7:48pm
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Elilam46 I am jus about 1 hour south east if yyou son left for BC on the 9th when he finishes BC he has to go to p'cola for A school it's hard I know as my son has never been away from home..I did get a call today for the first time and he said he is extremely home sick but other then that he is doing great he said he is going to make the best out of it it doesn't last for ever he said.
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I appreciate everyone !! Thank you :)
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When you get to see your Sailor after graduation, he should have the flight information by then and which terminal and flight he will be leaving from, probably at O'hare, or possibly Midway. Altho we were told one terminal (#3) at O'Hare and by the time we got into the airport, they had moved the whole group of Sailors over to terminal #2 so we just walked over to it and met him there. He called us on someone's cell phone. You will go to where the tickets are checked and the baggage is checked and loaded to find them.
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Dee: We rented a car and also stayed near O'Hare, but didn't have any trouble driving on the toll roads. Just be sure to take plenty of rolled quarters, dimes, and nickels - they don't accept 50 cent pieces. Guess they are too large to go thru the chute. It took us about 35 minutes to drive from near O'Hare to be at the RTC for graduation and our group had to be there at 7:15 AM as our Sailor was receiving an Award at graduation. We spent about $15 on the toll roads for the whole week-end, and we went to Gurnee Mills Mall and all around it. (We also passed by the amusement park that I am assuming was maybe Six Flags). When we went to downtown Chicago, we went to the Rosemont (?) train station (its the next to last station before "OHare and rode the "L" Blue line train into the downtown loop and got off near the Willis Tower (the old Sears Tower). It is also really close by Millenium Park, and then you can catch a Taxi to Navy Pier. We had to rent a Limo to bring us from Navy Pier back to the Train Station and he only charged the four of us $25 for all of us. What a bargain. Cheaper than a Taxi. What an experience to ride the "L". I always wanted to do that.
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