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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
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Best Places to live near Camp Lejeune?
Hey ya'll, my sailor and I will be relocating to Jacksonville in a couple months, and I'm wondering where we should be looking to live. While looking at the map of the area, I immediately began looking south near the coast (must be the southern Californian in me) but then I heard I might want to look north near Western and Marine Blvd where all the main shopping, dining, etc. is. Ultimately we just want to live somewhere safe, close to enough shops and food, but somewhere where my sailor can easily make it to work at CL. We are outdoorsy so somewhere close to biking or a place we could go for a jog would be amazing. I know a lot of you don't like in Jacksonville but I figured a lot of you may be familiar with the area and may be able to offer some insight. Thanks so much.
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Permalink Reply by cmacdon on
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My daughter is moving there in June/July. Can you help me to find a safe place for her to live? She wants an apartment off base but close. Any help is appreciated.
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Permalink Reply by Bronco14 on
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Of course! My husband and I live in the Arlington West Apartments off Western. They are nice and affordable, and right off Western Blvd. so they are close to everything. All she needs to do to get to the main gate of Camp Lejeune is drive all the way down Western. It's a good area. Right across the street there are also apartments called The Plantation at Jacksonville- I have heard they are very nice too! Both are considered "luxury apartments" here. I feel very safe where I am. There are some older complexes closer to base, but they didn't seem to be as nice. There is another complex a friend of mine lives in, I don't remember what they are called but I will ask her tomorrow. They are in the "Carolina Forest" neighborhood, also close by my complex off Western Blvd. Honestly, these are mainly the only nice apartments in good locations we have found here, everything else was a little old and run down. Will she be on Camp Lejeune? You might want to make sure the place on base where she will be working won't be too far of a drive from Northern Jacksonville, as Camp Lejeune is very big :) Let me know if you have any other questions!!
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