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Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak
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:
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: 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 sammy on June 16, 2011 at 10:41pm
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For those of you living in Great Lakes, Do you live on base or off? My husband and i will have to live off base because on base housing does not allow Siberian Huskies. If only they knew our baby, shes the sweetest dog in the world! I guess it is because of her size though! I have been looking for apartments and our options are very limited because of the doggie.. but i am looking at
Grand Oaks Apartments now. It looks nice, but since i am 16 hours away right now i am not able to get a good look. I am planning a trip within the next week or so to come look at apartments but it would help to narrow it down! Has anyone heard of this complex. Do any of you live there? What about Reserve at Eagle Ridge? Any help you guys can offer would be so appreciated! I really would like to be in a safe area. Grand Oaks is in Gurnee and is 5 miles away from the Gurnee Mall. I like the idea of that because i will be able to get a job close to home. Thanks for the help!
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Comment by m3 on June 16, 2011 at 12:06pm
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Hisbelovedlinda - sorry I'm just now replying! I couldn't remember which facebook page posted the link, but the one on youtube is the same! Also....there are still corpsman at GL? My husband had mentioned they moved them all to san antonio...Just curious!
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Comment by paybacks398 on June 16, 2011 at 8:14am
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My grandson was also in the first zero-he called and told me to look on U-tube-Living 100 Great Lakes-it said was pretty cool especially when they did the wave
I sure tell which one him though, imagine that lol
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Comment by WhiteClay Ship 2 Div 913 on June 16, 2011 at 1:12am
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Comment by Hisbelovedlinda on June 16, 2011 at 1:01am
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Deb, that's great! my son did that in his Boot Camp, I know you are so proud of him.... I am so glad to hear you saw the video....but I was asking yesterday, where is there video posted? I looked on the RTC Facebook, I am on there, they send posts to my Facebook....but did not see a video anywhere? Can you tell me where it was? My son could have been there in the "100" photos....saw where some saw that on video but have not found it? thanks
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Comment by Deb (FC Mom) on June 15, 2011 at 8:16pm
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My sailor called today & told me he is the one calling cadence at the end of the video. The third time I watched it I actually caught a glimpse of him =]
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Comment by navy25 on June 15, 2011 at 5:18pm
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Im so Proud he was part of this day in Naval History Celebrating on Flag Day
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My son is on the first 0 bottom righ approx 4th row -Yeap I see him right there
HOO YAH!!!
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Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on June 15, 2011 at 9:24am
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Angie, Thanks for the photo. I wonder where my son is in that?
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m3....where exactly did you find the Video? I saw the photos on TSC FB pasge but did not see a video for the living 100 ??? could you help me find it? my son may be in it, he is in GL Corpsman A School. thanks
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