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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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**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.
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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Funny lines from our children's letters from boot camp.
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Permalink Reply by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on
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cute, Elizabeth.
I miss you ((hugs)) I check on you ladies too.
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Permalink Reply by CJ's Mom on
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Baking is one of my favorite things to do. I am looking forward to it just for him.
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Permalink Reply by myboywantstojointhenavy! on
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My son said boot camp is "a lot of grinning and bearing" without the grininng part ;-)
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Permalink Reply by Sharon on
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Latest letter -
"Anything that I should know about? I'm dying to figure out what's outside of this cage of military imprisonment. But it could be worse, I could be getting beat every day ... oh wait. Nevermind." -
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Permalink Reply by jewel on
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My daughter asked me who was governor? And we live in Texas, not California. All our governor wants to do is invade Mexico. LOL We did get a 20 sec call because she needed to know where her younger sister was born. She has developed an extreme dislike for geese.
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Geese? LOL
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I wonder if they think the entire world has changed drastically while they have been there. LOl
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Permalink Reply by Cindy in Snowy MN on
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"E" Wrote in last Mondays letter....One RDC said..."If the Navy wanted for you to have a wife and kids, they would have given them to you at first issue!" That made my son laugh!!!!
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It made me giggle too. lol
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Me too, to the point of tears! I wrote him back and said..."I could wait to be a Grandma" at least 5 years...don't be in a hurry!"
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