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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).
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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wow lots of comments today im glad to see people whohoo my sailor just graduated Aschool today Cschool also there they get out when they have time bus or shuttles I believe and some have vehicles if family is close enuf
but usually not a lot of time . . my sailor has been stressed since he arrived but he got his orders which he is pleased with and is doing much better with school
kc74 thanks for the info.
My son has about 3 weeks of A School left at Dam Neck. I believe they have to earn the privilege of wearing civilian clothes, to have a car, to have liberty/leave. One of my son's friends was able to go home on a weekend and get his car but his parents did live fairly close by. I believe C School is also at Dam Neck.
My son is also stationed in Norfolk, but is currently on deployment onboard a ship. He had a deployment last year in Afghanistan teaching the Afghan Air Force. He was prior AO, switched to IS in 2008.
My son also did back-to-back deployments. Meaning no shore duty in between. Both assignments on aircraft carriers. Even though he was on different carriers both of them headed out to the sunny, sandy area.
His current duty station is in Norfolk. The East coast carriers head out to the Mediterranean Sea/Arabian Sea/Persian Gulf areas. The West coast carriers head out to Japan/Korea areas.
His orders haven't been officially cut but his new assignment looks like Italy. He's very excited! It will be a three year assignment.
Promotions on a ship can be strange. Even though a sailor has enough time in grade to be promoted, some commands say that the time wasn't served on their ship so the waiting period gets extended. The ship's command wants the sailor to prove himself/herself aboard ship before they recommend promotion.
All in all, my sailor loves what he does and is extremely happy that he chose IS. It is a small community and it is easier for sailors to get recognized and make a name for themselves. Plus the IS rates really push the sailors towards education and advancement.
A few sailors have done other IS C schools while waiting for their C school to class up. I've never heard of one staying at GL to train in another rate. Totally uncommon since boatswains mate is ship's company while ISes are generally "attached" to a squadron, ship, base, etc. Always good to know more (believe me it helps them when it comes time for advancement testing).
All IS contracts are 8 years (6 active, two inactive reserves).
The sailors cannot be advanced to E4 until after their C school when they pass their national board exam or whatever it is at the end of C school. Anna's son was the same way. They get their crow once they are at their first station. Each command is a little different in how long the sailor is there before they are "frocked".
My son is stationed with the Pacific Fleet. He has been in back-to-back assignments overseas. I'd rather he be Atlantic/South American Fleet so he could be stationed much closer to home but....He has his family with him so he is happy and he LOVED his first station. Seoul, S Korea.
Good luck to all!
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