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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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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).
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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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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: 2332
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 Shelley on November 5, 2014 at 9:08am
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Thanks to everyone for all the information.
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Comment by Anti M on November 4, 2014 at 5:52pm
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Not sure if that is the flood trainer at GLakes, there are several around the US.
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Wow, lots of videos for DC!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvzdTIg2b_k
The one rating which actually fights fires, although every sailor on a ship does, because you can't call 911. Even I was trained for it in boot camp.
DCs also are very good at emergency hull repair, eek!
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Anti M ... His rate is DC.
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Fireman is the engineering equivalent of Seaman or Airman, also all are paygrade of E-3. Nothing to do with actual firefighting, and very generic. Ask him his rate and see what he says. His A school for his rating is something else entirely! Unless he has gone into the PACT program. That is three weeks of training, no rating, no A or C school.
Gigi, he will request to take leave "en route". When the travel office arranges his travel from Great Lakes, they will put in a flight home, then on to Hawaii. A week to ten days of leave is common, plus they get a couple "travel days". He does have to pay for the flight home, but the travel office arranges that (comes out of his pay if they're still doing it the same way they did when I was in, and they may be). The Navy arranges flights in bulk, do not try to get a flight to save money, the lowest prices are already contracted out. He may also request advance travel pay.
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My son just graduated 10/31/14. I asked him what his title was and he said Fireman. Does anyone know how long his A school will be and does he go to C school after?
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Call the hotel where you will be staying and see if they have the local numbers for trusted babysitters. Some do.
Or try sittercity or care.com and look for a military spouse who sits and takes drops ins.
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THANK YOU POLLUX.....
HELP HELP!!!!! The child care center on Base does not take drop-inns. I NEED someone to watch my 9 year old and 4 year old during PIR. Does anyone know of a daycare center off base but close? I am hesitant but, if I HAVE to I will pay someone who is not going to PIR ( with references , SAFTEY thing) DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A DAY CARE
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TSC ???
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My son will be in the reserves after A & C school. Do you advise him to go ahead and take the full Christmas leave or should he not take all of it? Or does everyone get Christmas and other leave?
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