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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)

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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).  

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**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED.  Vaccinations still required.

**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

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New Sailor won't deploy for years as ship is being renovated

My son is a new sailor.  He was so excited to join the Navy and "see the world".  Unfortunately his ship is not going anywhere for several years as it's being renovated.  I feel so bad for him.  He is very frustrated and feels like there's nothing he can do.  He was also undesignated airman - (all that was available at the time he signed up).  He really wants to be a corpman but can't change for some reason.  I feel like he has lost his excitement.  I wish there was something he could do.

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Comment by lemonelephant on December 29, 2012 at 11:30pm

Being assigned to a ship in drydock is still a chance for him to learn a lot and there will be plenty to do. He also will be able to contact family and friends more frequently than if his ship were to be deployed soon. What ship is he assigned to? There may be a group for it on here.

Since he is in the A-PACT (Aviation Professional Apprenticeship Career Tracks) program, you may wish to join the groups, Undesignated...What's Up With That? and Airman Family and Friends. He must wait to try to get a rating and that should have been explained to him before signing, but may not have been. He will be assigned whatever job is needed within the aviation field and receive on-the-job-training at his duty station/ship for the next 2 years on several jobs before he can "strike" for a rating and head off to "A" School.

(Group names within this comment are clickable links. )

Comment by BunkerQB on December 30, 2012 at 12:16am

The keywords are "all that was available at the time he signed up" - it's unfortunate that it was not explained to him when it means to go undesignated. However, I know people who are nukes and were assigned to a sub that was dry docked. It happens. Did he score high enough for a corpsman rating? If he did, then it's really too bad that he didn't wait for something more along the line of what he wants to do.

But he should do the very best job that he can. Many have gone in as undesignated and have been able to switch over to something else. I know one young man who went in two weeks ago graduating from high school. He was undesignated for one year. They asked him to become a linguist (he spoke a second language) and that is what he is doing today. So tell him not give up. HIs attitude will be noted by his superiors and that often plays a part on how fast he gets moved to a rating.

Comment by abbyblue on December 30, 2012 at 10:32am

he can get signed to ship that is going out my son did but only because he was needed and had been in the navy for awhile.

Comment by sailorwifenmom on December 30, 2012 at 4:13pm

Dry dock is a great opportunity for an undesignated airman to learn about all sorts of different rates (jobs) in the Navy. After so long, he can "strike" for something he likes, and it's also a great time for Sailors to get extra training, which is always great for career development. I know it's frustrating now, but this really can be a great chance for him, and before he knows it, he''ll be sewing a Corpsman rating badge on his uniform, and will get a chance to travel :-)

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