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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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**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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Some days are harder than others.
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Permalink Reply by shadesofpurpleNukemom on
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I know what you mean....me too. I text his recruiter but haven't heard anything.
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Permalink Reply by Kat (MM Nuke) on
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ah, I know it's hard to play the waiting game. My son went through bootcamp in the Fall of 2010. Seems so long ago now, and it seems like it went by fast after it was over, but while he was there things sure moved slow. Hang in there. Write letters to him as often as you can (went sent one every day, even if it was just news clippings, a cheerful card, etc.). Be sure not to send any cards with confetti in them, or musical cards. He will get in a lot of trouble. I also organized a bunch of friends and made a message to him "Good Luck N---". Each person held up one letter of the message and we took a picture of them individually, then put them all together to spell out the message and sent it to him. There are many fun things you can get people to do to send support and encouragement too. Good luck and I hope that form letter comes soon.
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Permalink Reply by ColoradoMom Nuke ET on
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I had no idea I'd be so excited when that letter came. I could barely breath opening it. I really must spend some time reading all of it. But it is SO GOOD to get even a few lines of info from him!
Some days are hard. But I'm hanging onto the little things!
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Permalink Reply by CorinneL on
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It IS especially hard while they are in boot camp because it's the first time you can't just pick up the phone and leave him a message if he doesn't answer right away. Our son went to boot camp in March of 2010. Now, he's on his first deployment until sometime in May. He can send e-mail and chat on Facebook, so it does get alot better once they go on to A school and such. You can send him pictures with your letters, stamps and a great idea - an activated phone card. I bought mine from Wal-Mart and I think I had to activate it first before I sent it. I ended up sending him another "just in case" and said he could give it away if someone else could use it. I also ended up sending him alot of stamps and told him he could give those away too. I would write something every day and sent an average of about 2 a week. My mother-in-law would cut out good jokes from Reader's Digest and send them with her letters. Don't send food. One kid's grandma sent him a big box of cookies to share - they kept the box until the last day and asked him if he wanted them then. So they don't get the food and get in trouble for it. That's about all I can remember right now. Hang in there. He'll be working hard to pass his physical assesement tests and classes. If you can go to his PIR - do it. It's really neat to see. You'll be so proud of him.
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