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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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Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:
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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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Things To Do During Liberty
N4Ms: Use this forum to post ideas of things to do with your sailors while they are on liberty at the Great Lakes. Whenever possible, please include the URL for related websites.
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Permalink Reply by Billie on
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Hey ladies! Here are a few ideas to consider while spending time with your sailor:
Great Lakes Golf Center http://greatlakesgolfcenter.com/
Sears Tower http://www.willistower.com/
Eat Chicago deep dish pizza at Giordano's http://www.giordanos.com/
Go swimming in the indoor pool at your hotel
Pile up on the bed in your hotel room with a big bowl of popcorn and watch movies
Chicago Segway Tour (sign up for a tour of Chicago while riding the Segway) http://www.chicagosegwaytour.com/
Navy Pier http://www.navypier.com/
Great Lakes Naval Museum http://www.greatlakesnavalmuseum.org/
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Permalink Reply by Lydia lukesmom (Ship 2 DIV 903) on
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Hmmm.... I put links there, let's see if they show up
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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You have to put the link or name of the link in the post, highlight it, then click on the hyperlink icon. Put the url in the box and it should show up.
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Thanks Anti M!!! Fixed the leave/liberty mistake. . .glad you pointed it out!!! :)
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That's what I usually do to but then I saw the link button above and it looked like it was actually going to work on this page. But it didn't. I'll add the links
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Permalink Reply by Kathy Ship 11 Div 057 on
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Coming from Florida, where public transportation is minimal. Do you take a taxi everywhere, or what? Or is it best to rent a car? (Although I have NEVER seen snow..so driving in it may not necessarily be a good idea)
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My sailor and I got a hotel in Libertyville (Days Inn), and we found everything a reasonable (and chatty) walk from the hotel, but we're used to walking long distances to get to local stores, bus stops, etc. Took us maybe half an hour walking briskly to get from there to Caribou Coffee (about a mile walk, according to my GPS) and the movie theater in Libertyville, maybe another ten min past that to get to Five Guys Burgers and Fries. We found a car might have been nice, but with the roads a little slippy I wouldn't have been comfortable driving.
Honestly, we mostly hung out in the hotel and caught up on everything, whether it was in the letters or not - after two months of having every minute of every day planned for him, I thought the best gift I could give him was free time. :)
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Permalink Reply by guppy on
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Check out Wildberry Pancakes (I think in North Chicago - really close), they have excellent breakfast and lunch!
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Bank of America has discounts this weekend at Shedd Aquarium:
http://www.sheddaquarium.org/discounts.html
Bank of America’s Museums on Us Program
Visitors who present a valid Bank of America/Merrill Lynch ATM, credit or debit card, along with photo identification, will receive one free all-access admission ticket on the first full weekend of each month. Admission benefits are not transferable and are valid for the cardholder only. This offer is not valid during special events or for admission to the 4-D theater.
2010 Museums on Us weekends are:
Nov. 6-7, Dec. 4-5
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The Field Museum of Natural History is a nice way to spend a day - I believe the Military get in free there too - it's right next to Soldier Field (home of da Bears). We had PIR in January so we really just tried to find places to stay warm. Walked thru the mall in Waukegan up and down about 8 times too, and had lunch at the Rainforest Cafe.
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