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Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!
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
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.
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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Discussion Forum
OS "C" school???
Started by Chels's mom. Last reply by Colleen SHIP-13 DIV -309 Jul 8, 2012. 6 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by diane on September 26, 2014 at 8:26pm
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Hi ladies, my daughter just got her verbal orders yesterday. I know they can change between now and when she gets her hard copy orders. She is assigned to TACRON 21, does anybody have info on this unit. My husband and I are trying to find out as much as we can about this. I know she will be working with the marines. Thank you for any help you can provide me with.
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Comment by joseyg on September 5, 2014 at 12:45am
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amingitup, my son just went aug 28, wonder if their in the same division and he is going to OS too. if you get any infor please share with me thank you I can't wait to speak to him or write. I just got his box today, was never so excited to see his dirty laundry. lol
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My daughter had PIR on 8/22, last week was indoc for the base. Yesterday was indoc for her OS class and today is her first day of class. We thought it was 12 weeks, but she said that the last day of class is October 28.
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Seems to me it was around 8 weeks. Others can confirm. Mine graduated in June a year ago from bootcamp and finished school in August.
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Hi, my son just went through PIR on 8/29. We had a great weekend with him. He said his OS schooling is on hold. Does anyone know how long the schooling is? I have read different things.
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My daughter told me she had bad news for me, I thought she broke her arm or something like that. She might not be able to come home on Sundays, she thinks it is one of her duty days. I told her that it was ok and that it is not bad news. If she does not have duty on Monday we might go visit her for a few hours, or if she can we will bring her home for the day. I couldn't ask her tonight. I got a short text from her telling me we can't chat because she has duty today. I guess I can't say good night to her. Her big brother called on Saturday and they had so much fun talking to each other. She told him that the race has now started to see who makes officer first.
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Comment by nancyf on August 27, 2014 at 8:25pm
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I also have another question my daughter was asked to be in the leadership program. Does anyone know what this may consist of?
All this is new to me so I am trying to learn as I go
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Diane my daughter graduated PIR on the 15th of this month. I guess it might not happen hopefully. It can be for thanksgiving
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They can get passes to go off base later on, but it will probably have restrictions as to how far they can go. But they will not be coming home more than likely. They will still have watches and jobs to do. They may get to come home after school - especially if they are going overseas for their assignment. Mine went to Japan and was home for 5 weeks before he went. But I'm having trouble remembering if those who did not go overseas got to come home for a bit. I think so. But not 5 weeks. More like 2 if they do. My suggestion is that if you live close enough, that you go there and visit and stay at Navy Lodge over the holiday.
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nancyf, when did your daughter get there? My daughter just got there Friday. I'm hoping for a couple weeks hold, just enough so that her class ends and she can be home for Christmas.
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