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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.
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New HM(FMF) in second week of bc at GL...any info appreciated!
My son is in GL with Cardinal Co out of St Louis. I have a million ?? about what comes after bc. Any links or info about A-school, C-school. I was a Navy daughter years and years ago but have been an Army wife for 23yrs...still learning the terminology and lingo! Any words of encouragement or info on what to expect would be so appreciated!!
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Permalink Reply by AngieH on
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Have you found the group for his Div and Ship??? First things first....with the Navy, don't think too far ahead!!! I was totally new to the military all together, so this has all been a learning experience for me!! At least you have a base!! Not sure when he will PIR, but very possibly he will get to be in the first Corpsman classes in San Antonio (which I wish was our case since we are DFW!!). The support and connections in the Ship/Div group will be a great help during these weeks and months ahead. You should be in the sending and receiving letter mode here very soon, take advantage of this time, they love those letters.....and you can say anything you want and they read it!!! Good luck!! Look forward to seeing you here in this group!! Welcome!!
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Thanks for the reply and great info! I have to ask...DFW? lol...still learning!
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Permalink Reply by TexasDocMom on
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DFW...Dallas Fort Worth...
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LOL! that makes sense...sometimes these acronyms are so easy they go right over my head! Ha!
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AngieH gave you very good advice and direction. Slow down and don't forget to breath, you'll learn as you go. He has to get through BC first and then A school when he makes it through A school he'll be a corpsman, right now he's still a boot. He'll do great I'm sure and so will you.....get your thumb off the panic button and just enjoy the ride. Sometime after A school he'll go to FMTB that's fleet marine training battalion but don't panic about that, it's now mandatory for corpsman. C schools are specialized training and that will come much later, lets get him through BC and A school first. Welcome aboard new Navy mom. Oh he won't be a sailor either until he graduates BC.....It'll be a great phone call when he calls and says Mom, I'm a SAILOR !!!!!!!
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Thanks for great info and support! Guess I'm thinking positive...sailor..corpsman...FMF...lol! Hard not to jump the gun...he's been working toward this since he was a little guy!
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Hello, welcome. if you post on the main page, more moms will get notifications and come to respond. If you check the main page, there are also links to other groups on NavyForMoms for Corpsman moms, including a group for moms with kids in A School.
I was a Navy brat too...still have friends from those days living in Corpus Christi near the base!
Just click above where it says "Corpsman Moms" and that will take you to the main page for the links, and for the thread of latest discussions! -
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And....remember that in the Navy, nothing is written in stone. Orders can get changed in a blink of an eye...plans can go down the drain even faster...any plane tickets purchased should be refundable/changable...and always come back to N4M's with any questions for answers...and remember, we've all been where you are...someone paid forward to us with information so we're paying back to you...just like you will after you get some time under your belt. Welcome to the roller coaster of the Navy...many ups, downs and quick turns!
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