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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
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Hi Dawn, most likely yes - graduations are every Friday, so while recruits tend to leave in "clumps" - those leaving within one week, will all graduate on the same Friday. Also - the date they "report to MEPS" is the day they officialy start, and some are whisked away immediately to Chicago, and some have a day or two delay depending on travel issues and other things that are only known to the military =) So for all the recruits leaving sometime in October, they will likely graduate in 4 groups, some time in December. (one more exception - because of the holiday shut down, sometimes the last to leave in October end up graduating the first Friday in January)
Congratulations to your son, and I'm glad you found N4M!! You're absolutely correct, having some time to get used to the idea really helps.
Hi Peggy - you can't start writing yet. (or you can start writing the letters and get a queue going, but you can't mail them yet).
The first piece of mail you will get from your sailor (~ a week after he arrives) will be a form letter and he will fill out his ship / division number - this is the important information to get your letters to him. As soon as you get the ship/division, you can mail your letters. SOMETIMES if you bug your recruiter (and your recruiter is on the ball) your recruiter can actually give you this information before you get the form letter from your sailor - wait about 2-3 days after your sailor leaves, and then call the recruiter.
The rest of the address (street, city, zip etc) - that's common for all Boot Camp letters, and I know it's posted somewhere on this group but it might be faster to look at the big Boot Camp Mom's group because it's probably posted at the very top under an FAQ of some sort.
Hope this helps =)
Hi - I didn't get to go to MEPs either, we dropped him at the recruiter's office. I didn't even know I could have gone until it was too late (I didn't join N4M until the next day =). I know a lot of parents do go, and I do wish I could have gone. If at all possible (and esp if your son wants you there) - you should try. Is it too far away?
Good luck!!
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