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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

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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).  

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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.

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I am new to the Navy adventure. I'm sure all of you can understand how so very hard it is being without your girl. I don't cry all the time, but I'm having a moment! And if I don't hear from her I think the worst, sometimes.  Like maybe she fell overboard! But she said that internet was not available all the time where they are right now. It's just a big change for me. I have been a stay at home mom with my three, Jack is the middle. She is an amazing kid at 19. I'm separated x a year.  I work in a kindergarten class and go to school at night. So I am busy. But such a big life change! 

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It's very hard!  Our daughter finished bootcamp last fall and was quickly sent out on deployment.  She got back this spring.  Communication was spotty.  I learned to carry my cell phone with me at all times!  And your daughter is right, they don't get good internet connections regularly.  I had to just rest in the knowledge that she was just as anxious to contact us when time allowed as we were to hear from her!

I know how you feel.  My daughter left last night to BC and I feel like I cant breath.  This is a huge change for me, as she has always been there.  And now she is gone.

 

I understand how you feel!  The lack of communication during the bootcamp process is the worst!  I found that it helped me to write to her every day.  Even though I knew I wouldn't get a response from her for awhile, it helped me to feel in contact with her while she was at bootcamp.  She told me later the letters were a lifeline to her and that she was so glad that I had written to her each day.  She always knew she would have a big pack of mail waiting for her during mail call.  Gave her something to look forward to!

Ughh this is going to be so hard .. She leaves in 5 days and I won't be able to text her or know what's going on :(.

I am also new to the Navy, my daughter graduated bootcamp 10/15 it was fine while she was in A school we could talk almost daily and she seemed happy. She was able to come home for 10 days at Christmas but is now stationed in San Diego. and we are in New Hampshire. She just left to go underway last friday and is not expected back until hopefully May 31st. she is the youngest of 5 and we were vey close. I did not want her to join the Navy but never said that to her just supported her decsion. At this point she doesn't seem happy and has been considering leaving the Navy for failure to adapt but she isn't sure yet is hoping this underway will help her to decided. Selfishly I would love for her to come home, but want her to make the best decision for herself. I am not sure why but I feel the same way now that I did when she was in bootcamp, very sad and prone to crying.... I wish I didn't just don't know how to handle missing her so much!

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