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Join groups! Browse for groups for your PIR date, your sailor's occupational specialty, "A" school, assigned ship, homeport city, your own city or state, and a myriad of other interests. Jump in and introduce yourself! Start making friends that can last a lifetime.
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
...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.
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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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- Graduation Info
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Hi everyone. I am new here. My son just left for Naval boot camp on July 14th. I am SO SAD. I tried my best to hold back the tears during his swearing in and his departure for boot camp. But it didn't work. I have been crying for 2 weeks now. I am waiting for him to come through the front door and say hey Mom. His bedroom door has been closed since July 13th after I dropped him off at the recruiters. He was able to text me when his plane landed and he was able to make a quick call when he got to camp. It's only been two days since I spoke to him and it feels like weeks. We are very close. He is my one and only. His father was in the Navy and was gone a lot. So most of the time it was just me and my son until he was 14. When will I talk to him again? Will I ever stop worrying if he is ok? Will I ever sleep again? Will there come a time I don't cry when he calls home to check in?
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Sassy7444,
Everyone of us here on this site understand what you're going through, we've either been there or are currently there. You should hear his voice in a couple of weeks, it just depends on the division/progress. You will get his "box" in a few days and then a couple of days later (mine came the next day) the letter with his PIR date on it! These items will help you get through the next few weeks. You should write him often, they all want to hear about home and say it really helps them through as well. No, you will never stop worrying - that 's what moms (well parents) do!! I hope you sleep, sleep is important! Rest assured knowing that "they" are taking care of him. And, throughout this part of the process - NO NEWS IS TRULY GOOD NEWS! I think you will stop crying when you hear from him and your sadness will turn into such PRIDE, well you will cry for that too!! So, crying is very normal!!! Mine is out of BC and I still cry, not as much and for different reasons but it does happen! You will make it!! Be strong for your recruit - he needs that!
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cjbmom
Everyone keeps telling me to cut the apron strings and I have one week to get myself together. Thank you so much. I needed to hear that. Like you said, once I hear from him I think it would help me move along. From the day he told me that he wanted to join all I could do was tell him how proud I was of him and that I loved him.
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Permalink Reply by Brandi on
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Sassy, I dropped my baby boy off Tuesday night. Got my call late Wednesday. Don't let anyone tell you how to feel or when to feel it! I'm so tired of people (who haven't experienced this) telling me he's ok, I have to stop crying. Cry all you want, I'm crying with you!
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