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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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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 Ocean Blue on January 23, 2018 at 5:30pm
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Anyone have an estimate on how long it takes for sailors to "Class up" after PIR. My son has been on hold now for approx. 3 weeks. Seems like a long time to me but maybe not in Navy time :\ He is waiting to start BECC....
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Comment by ellen0502 on January 22, 2018 at 10:23pm
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Here are the links to the current PIR groups. Please click on the link for your recruits graduation date and join the group with those who have recruits in the same division and TG as your own.
PIR: January 26, 2018 TG 12 - 12 Divisions (071-080, 806 and 912) 4 guests
PIR: February 02, 2018 TG 13 - 15 Divisions (081-094 and 913) 4 guests
PIR: February 09, 2018 TG 14 - 16 Divisions (094-106, 807 & 808, 914 & 915) 3 guests
No PIR on February 16th and February 23rd
PIR: March 02, 2018 TG 17 - 10 Divisions (107-114, 916, and 917) 4 Guests
PIR: March 09, 2018 TG 18 - 9 Divisions (115-122 and 918) 4 Guests
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The boot camp weeks are tough because there's so little we can do from home and we don't get a lot of info until one of those rare calls comes through. Don't be surprised if you don't get many letters back. They keep them really busy. The phone calls always surprised me, and I was lucky that my son saw it for the temporary thing that it is. Be ready for the call to end very suddenly! My kiddo would be talking away, then out of nowhere, "Gotta go, bye!" LOL
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Comment by Tina on January 22, 2018 at 7:42pm
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I am super excited! I have read so much but dIdnt know how much was true so I had decided just to roll with it. It’s 3 weeks since he left and I am hopeful for a phone call this week. I have already sent letters galore!
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That is, the sailors staying in the Great Lakes base for A school often get the extra days.
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Comment by Phoenixmom on January 22, 2018 at 7:25pm
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Tina, another thing that I didn't know about until just a couple of days before my son's PIR: they often get liberty again on Saturday and even Sunday! They still have to go back each evening, but we were able to take our son into the city and saw the Field Museum with him. (Also, after the ceremony and busing to the other base - the wait from the time when they call to say they're on the way until they get to the gate is very, very long for some of them. Or it could just be that our sense of time gets really distorted by all the expectation!)
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Tina left you a message on your page.
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Thank you Phoenixmom. I have read some information about pick up and drop off and frankly the base is intimidating to me. I figure after the first time it won’t be so bad. I can not wait to get to PIR just to see him!
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Tina if your Son/Sailor stays in Great Lakes you will have time with him after PIR, but they have to go pack then get bussed to the school across the street, they will be available at or around 2:30/3:00. he will call you when he is heading down to Visitors Center and then you will pick him up and may have to drive him on base to be checked out. Don't know if they are still doing that but we had to sign our Son out/in same person who signed him out will sign him in. he will get briefed at the time he needs to be back, just make sure it's a little earlier to be on the safe side.
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