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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.
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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.
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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 ProudGMBarb on June 22, 2011 at 6:38pm
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Sandy....we could copy and paste what you just said and use it as the boilerplate answer to most questions!
"everything is based on the needs of the US Navy"
Short and sweet, and so true! And rightly so, of course...as they are "serving" the Navy!
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Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on June 22, 2011 at 5:54pm
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In the past year I have learned that everything is based on the needs of the US Navy.
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Zacsmom, Recruits usually find out if they are going to be an ET or FC around week 7. The decision is based on the needs of the Navy.
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Comment by TinaZmom 02/936 on June 22, 2011 at 5:40pm
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When do they find out and how is it determined if they are an ET or FC?
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Anti M. what you said is very true. In my son's class there were no selection of orders to choose from. Everyone just filled out their "Dream Sheet."
I belong to Navy Dads. One parent whose son graduated from (C)school said that all the orders were placed on the instructor's desk. It was then up to the students to work out among themselves who was going to get what orders.
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Comment by Anti M on June 22, 2011 at 5:28pm
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There is one caution about top students picking orders... every now and then that is not true. When the Navy has billets which must be filled, they issue orders rather than allow a pick. A slim chance, but always keep in mind that things change.
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WhiteClay...our sailors schedules seems to be about a month apart. Our guy PIR'd on 1/14/11. Things have moved along nicely for him too. Had a bit of a wait after ATT before A school started. He is now in the 6th week of A school. Generally, A school (for ET) is about 19 weeks.
Kudos to your son for keeping his grades up! Our sailor is trying to do the same!
Does you son have night school? Ours does and says he likes it. Says he actually gets more sleep now than during ATT.
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Comment by WhiteClay Ship 2 Div 913 on June 22, 2011 at 4:17pm
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Joy - my son is trying to stay in top 3 of his class, because the available orders are chosen by the top students first, and then the others. Like jodia said, there could be a couple months after A until you get orders, but they'll go back to cleaning and watch duty (and getting paid for it) and a mental break before C school starts. Don't forget, they will have been together with new shipmates longer than their boot camp ones, and can make good friendships, so it's a bittersweet time to move on. Our family always says at departures, "It's a happy time and a sad time." So true....
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Comment by Joy125 (FC Mom) on June 22, 2011 at 10:55am
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Thanks, AntiM and WhiteClay....I feel much better now. Makes much more sense. I guess where they go for C school depends on system they go into. Aw geez....now that leads to another question.....at what point is it determined which system they go into? Sorry for all the questions........so thankful for sites like this where we can share information! It is so different from when my son joined the Army in 1995!
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that's kind of what we've heard..expecting total time from Boot Camp to finish C school will be 18 months, if no holds between A & C. So far it's been "smooth sailing" compared to stories I've heard. My sailor is very chill and goes with the flow, as far as timetables. He's happy, we're happy. =)
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