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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
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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:
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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Great Lakes A School Q&A
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The purpose of this group is to allow family of new sailors assigned to school at Training Support Center Great Lakes a chance to voice questions to a Student Division Commander
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 2332
Latest Activity: Mar 12
Discussion Forum
leave after A/C school-- orders are confusing
Started by MANDY. Last reply by Anti M Aug 16, 2019. 2 Replies 0 Likes
What happens after ASchool?
Started by SailorMom18. Last reply by Phoenixmom Feb 13, 2019. 1 Reply 0 Likes
BECC Info?
Started by adubz33. Last reply by SuBHuni34 Nov 29, 2018. 9 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by Anti M on January 25, 2018 at 11:32am
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San Diego will seem like paradise after a taste of winter in Great Lakes!
Here is the information for the USO at the airport in SD, they can head there to gather their thoughts and take a breath before heading to base.
https://www.usosandiego.org/neil-ash-airport-center
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Comment by Phoenixmom on January 25, 2018 at 10:34am
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Good Morning Ladies, hope all is fine. Welcome Ladies to the group, yes patience is a virtue, until a class fills up hey will wait, but believe me they are busy, no time to sit around. Hi Butterball hope all is good with you, Well my son is almost done with A school and is going to SD also, I believe Feb. 7th is the day, so I too will be on another Journey. Have a Great Day Ladies.
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Comment by runnermom on January 25, 2018 at 9:45am
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Good Morning. My son had PIR January 12. He was to leave for San Diego the next morning. At PIR he tells us he is staying in GL for intro class then leaving for SD. Well now he is waiting for his class to fill at GL. Could be several more weeks. So Carey I totally am learning to go with the flow.
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Comment by Butterball on January 24, 2018 at 10:02pm
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Hello summer_girl, welcome aboard. Congratulations on your son's graduation.
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Comment by summer_girl on January 24, 2018 at 8:38pm
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Hi - new to the group; my son just had PIR on 1/19 and is now in A school for rank of Quartermaster. It was so wonderful to be able to spend the weekend with him! He seemed so much more grown-up. Looking forward to this new chapter in his new Navy life...
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Comment by Bandmom on January 24, 2018 at 2:12pm
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Ocean Blue, my son was lucky and started A School the next week. But now he is about to graduate, and he is on of the last ones to have his orders, so the waiting will begin.
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Ocean Blue my son was one of the last from his class, so this does happen. and he is just going with the flow, but it's coming soon.
Carey how exciting, My son was also moved from barracks to a small apartment looking room and shares with one other Fellow, they have a small kitchen sink and microwave only. He also will be shipping out in about 2 weeks.
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I'm so excited for my sailor! He spent the past six weeks (before and after the stand down) in an older barracks with some inconsiderate roomies, and today he was moved into the staff barracks for his last two+ weeks before shipping out! It's supposed to be one of the nicest barracks. What a neat stroke of luck!
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The most helpful thing we've picked up in the last year since my son joined is that there is no guessing what will happen when. Sometimes they'll even be told something's planned, and the plans will suddenly change. I think it's best to try to let go of expectations and go with the flow. For us, it took a period of deliberately choosing to not worry about it. Just tell him to always be ready for change and/or waiting to pop up out of nowhere and to try to make the best of it!
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No telling, it can take weeks or months. Three weeks is not long. He's being paid, housed, and fed, and he doesn't have to go to sea, so he should enjoy the downtime.
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