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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.
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Possibly Joining the Navy!! Help!
I have recently decided to join the Navy. Im 21 years old.
I just need some more info from family members, women in the navy, spouses of sailors! I am currently in the serious relationship and we are going on 3 years. He is wondering where my schooling will be? How visitations will work? And whether or not we should get married prior to boot camp? (we were already planning on getting married) HELP HELP HELP!
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Assuming it's just you and him, or just you, him, and one child, yes, get married before boot camp.
There are lots of women in the military, many of them married, so it is possible.
As far as schools and stuff goes, it's going to depend on too many factors to answer here (what school, how.long, who the CO of that command is and the liberty policy they put in place, etc).
You won't see him at all during boot camp. He could pay to come see you at PIR (boot camp graduation). Unless your school is 6 months or more, the Navy will not move him to be with you during that time, so how much you see him then will depend on how often you pay for him to come, and the liberty policies I mentioned before.
After you are finished with school and are at your first permanent duty station, then the Navy will move him out where you are and you can live together just like a married couple in the civilian world, except of course when you deploy - he can't go then of course.
If you get stationed overseas (as opposed to deployed - they are not the same thing), as long as you are an E-4 or above, and he has no medical issues that would be a problem, he can go with you. If you are married BEFORE you get orders (not a problem if married before boot camp), then they will try very hard to not give you pcs orders overseas before you are E-4. If you get married after boot camp, there's more of a chance you will already have orders, and he either won't be able to go with you, or will go "on your dime".
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I should clarify - go on your dime means pay to move him where you are in the US. If you have overseas orders, it won't matter if you are willing to pay or not, because of the SOFA status stuff, immigration and visa issues, and not being able to use the base without command sponsorship, it won't matter if you are willing to pay or not, he can't go overseas with you.
So yes, get married before you start the paperwork with your recruiter (married no kids, it's just extra paperwork for them, it doesn't mean you can't join), then be prepared to be separated while you get trained, but after that, you can have a fairly normal life :-)
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