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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
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OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
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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:
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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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Comment by TxNavyWife on August 3, 2015 at 6:50pm
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Thanks! I wrote that post and deleted after I checked the mail and found his letter. He's got the OC and his name written like normal people, so I'll start doing that.....His second set of zip he sent is -1644 though, and everything else I've seen says -1641. Being it's the last of the second set of numbers I'm hoping it doesn't matter. I'm assuming I should keep using the 1641?
And I can't thank you ladies enough for answering all these things for me! You have been SO wonderful and patient with all my questions!
Just knowing that he'll get my mail, and he can write now (in the first week?! wow!) just takes a huge weight off. It should be a breeze from now :)
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Comment by CindyN on August 3, 2015 at 6:34pm
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TxNavyWife: I can address this one, at least one of your two questions because I did the same thing and I was really worried. Turns out I didn't need to worry. I knew I was suppose to use OC and thought I was. I was using an online service (where you can just send an email, they print it out and put it in the mail near their base so it took a couple of days off of the delivery time) and I didn't realize that I didn't pick the correct "name format" in the tool so it wasn't adding the OC title I had included. I think I noticed it sometime at the end of week two. It turns out it was just fine and it didn't cause my son to get any extra attention and he got all the letters.
Using that experience, I can't imagine it would be a problem to have last name first. I did use first name first and last name second. If that was incorrect, it didn't cause any problems.I am glad you got all your jitters out of the way this first week so you can relax for the next 11 weeks! :-) Ok, you won't...but wouldn't it be nice if you could!
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Well hell must have frozen over! Not only did I get facebook pictures, but I got a LETTER! I didn't think I'd receive anything for at least 3 weeks. What a special day!
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Awesome, I didn't see that! Maybe I looked through before the comment was there. Thanks!
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TxNavyWife: Just noticed that someone posted the group name in the comment of that album: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ocsclass0116/?hc_location=ufi
bkell32: When I first started looking at pictures of my son's class, I was wishing I had taken a picture of his sneakers before he left. He has gotten some that wouldn't stand out and I was really regretting that! Bright pink would have been my choice in hindsight.
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I have not seen a FB group for them yet. I'm not sure whether I want to take liberty and do it myself or not.
Thank you for the birthday wishes!
bkell32, I'll admit that I Identified one of his by his butt up in the air in a push up! lol (and also his sneakers)
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TxNavyWife: Happy Birthday! That is a nice birthday present! Pictures and (even better) pictures that he is in. Did you find a Facebook group for the class? That could be the frosting on your birthday cake!
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Happy Birthday to me! The OCS fb page just posted photos of my husband's class, and he's in a couple! Knowing I wouldn't be getting a letter or phone call today, it was hard not feeling just a little bit bummed out, but having the pictures posted has brightened my day a bit! One week down!
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TXNavyWife: They are allowed to run a "tab" at OCS, but it must be paid before they leave. I'm not sure if this is still done or not, but my son's classmates 3 yrs ago were offered NEX credit cards a week or two before graduation with a "20% off your first purchase" deal. My son and most of them took the card, then made their "first purchase" by paying their uniform bill with the card, which my son said saved him about $700. Then he had 30 days to pay off the card balance without incurring interest, which he had enough saved to do. I think he said he was paid about enough while at OCS to buy his uniforms. So tell your husband to take the credit card deal if it's still offered. He can then use the NEX credit card at any NEX in the world.
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TxNavyWife - I know they got a 10% discount if they applied for and used their Star Card to buy their uniforms. The uniform allowance covered about 2/3 and my son got his in his pay shortly before graduation. I don't know if the discount applied if they used an existing Star Card and don't know how/if being prior enlisted affects the uniform allowance.
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