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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).
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 Sandy's_sailor son on January 2, 2011 at 11:31am
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Lori, I think Brenden's plane leaves at about 1- 1:30 today. I didn't want to look at his tickets last night.
Maybe Anti M will be on AECF later and she can answer our question. I am sure Mary knows too. I bet she has been through this a lot.
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Comment by lori on January 2, 2011 at 11:27am
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Sandy- I tried googling this question but came up with nothing helpful. What time is Brenden is leaving?
I've checked the weather for GL and there is no snow expected so there shouldn't be any weather delays.
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My Sailor son is going back to GL today. I am soooooooooooo sad.
Lori, I would like to know the same thing. I think it would be great if we could say goodbye at the Gate. I wonder how we would go about arranging this??
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Last minute question- our son is leaving this afternoon to go back to GL [boo hoo] and I remember reading somewhere on here that we could go with him to the gate and not have to say good bye at the security line. Is this true at any airport? And how do we get a pass to do that? I want to see him for as long as possible. I've had to "share" him these last 2 weeks with his friends and this is MY time!
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Comment by Colorado(ship11div293) on January 1, 2011 at 2:45pm
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Tomarrow my son is also off to San Diego, done with A school, to get started as a QM. He is so looking foreward to getting started on a ship. We got lucky he will be some what close, plus I have family in SD, so it will be nice to visit him(them).
Thanks so much for all the help and info, between this group and our boot camp group 9-2-10, we were so informed on what to expect, and what was coming. Thanks again!
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Comment by navy25 on January 1, 2011 at 2:05am
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WISHING ALL A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR FULL OF HAPPINESS AND GOOD HEALTH AND TO ALL OUR SAILORS THE VERY BEST AND MOSTLY TO BE SAFE. TO ANTI M AND ANGIE THANK YOU BOTH FOR ALL THE KNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE PASSED TO US ITS BEEN A GREAT HELP AND TO ALL MY NAVY MOMS THE VERY BEST FOR YOU ALL AND YOUR SAILORS
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Comment by Anchor Mom5 on December 30, 2010 at 5:56pm
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I just wanted to thank you for everything and all the support this group gave me and a special thank you to Anti M for sharing all of your wonderful knowledge with all of us! My sailor is on to San Diego so I will no longer be in this group for A School. Happy New Year!
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Comment by Anti M on December 30, 2010 at 5:06pm
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Yes, you can, once he has earned his phase two liberty status. That takes a couple weeks to a month. He will find out his duty rotation, you don't want to choose a weekend he has duty.
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sailorgirl, I was an ET. He must complete the school to advance now. Because he is in a class, they will all advance after graduation (but in accordance with the Navy-wide advancement cycles), except for those who drop (fail). So while it seems like a group thing, it is not. It is an education thing. He must pass his classes.
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Comment by sailorgirl (ship 9 div 005) on December 30, 2010 at 11:30am
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my boyfriend is in a school to become a electrical technician. but he says once he starts actual classes he cannot advance on his own. it's a group thing now. is that true?
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