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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)
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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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Great Lakes A School Q&A
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The purpose of this group is to allow family of new sailors assigned to school at Training Support Center Great Lakes a chance to voice questions to a Student Division Commander
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 2331
Latest Activity: Mar 12
Discussion Forum
leave after A/C school-- orders are confusing
Started by MANDY. Last reply by Anti M Aug 16, 2019. 2 Replies 0 Likes
What happens after ASchool?
Started by SailorMom18. Last reply by Phoenixmom Feb 13, 2019. 1 Reply 0 Likes
BECC Info?
Started by adubz33. Last reply by SuBHuni34 Nov 29, 2018. 9 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by ProudGMBarb on July 3, 2011 at 3:14am
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Tiff'sMom...I did see Tiff's pic on the TSC FB page. I can imagine it was both an exciting and emotional experience for her. But how wonderful that she got to participate. I guess it was a really special feeling for both the sailors and the vets alike. I always enjoy the pics that the TSC posts, as well as all the one's you post on your FB page!
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Comment by navy25 on July 1, 2011 at 12:48am
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Hi Everyone are any of your Sailors graduating ET A School around July15 at Great Lakes
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Comment by Anti M on June 30, 2011 at 6:19pm
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HARP is different than RAP duty. HARP is a set of orders and they are paid a bit, RAP is when they are home and can be five days maximum. I get them confused to this day. Also, they cannot combine RAP and holiday leave. There's tons of info on it around the internet.
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Comment by Tiff'sMom (Sharon) on June 30, 2011 at 4:31pm
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Have any of your kids been able to participate in the Honor Flight? Tiffany has done two now... last night she said the lady she escorted was a WWII Vet from the Marines... They posted the pics on the TSC FB webpage, my girl is the one without all the medals on her shirt :) and glasses, she said it makes her choke up... then the night before that, she was able to go to a IA homecoming at the airport, he had been deployed for over a year, I think, she that really choked her up too, the guy had two teens and she said what looked like a 5 year old... When you look at the FB pages it's so cool seeing all the Vets :)
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Comment by patty22407 on June 27, 2011 at 10:35am
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Pam,
Tell you what, you visit mine in Great Lakes and I'll take yours in here! LOL
Sandy -
kinda figured it still worked that way! (Hubby retired 20+ in the Navy and I did 10 in Air Force). They call always try for HARP duty (recruiter assistance) to not burn too much leave while they are home....
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Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on June 26, 2011 at 11:12pm
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Patty, they would prefer it if they took leave during Stand Down but they don't have to. I have heard that there are some Sailors who stay at GL during Christmas
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Comment by PAM (GM MOM) on June 26, 2011 at 11:06pm
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patty, we live in Illinois, that's why it was so nice that my son's A school was at Great Lakes we got to see him most weekends. But now he is in Va for his C school and then he will be off to San Diego.
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Pam -
Where is home for you? I'm in VA! Looking forward to THAT stretch of my son's training!
Sandy -
Thanks for the info on Christmas stand down, guessing they still make them take leave for those days, right?
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TinaZmom, Christmas Stand Down is usually 14 to 15 days. Great Lakes never posts the dates until about a month before. You should hear around October, November.
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Just got back from my last trip to Great Lakes, my son grad. his A school on Friday and flew out to Va last night. It was hard to say goodby. There was us and a few other families at grad. and they gave us certs for supporting our sailors. My son has already gone to the beach he was sending us pictures all day.
Just in case any of you don"t know, when you take your sailor to the airport you can get a gate pass so you can go to the gate with them.
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