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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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Discussion Forum
Dive school graduation
Started by hvmom. Last reply by WaterRetriever May 30, 2021. 5 Replies 1 Like
Dive School in Panama City
Started by OregonNavyMom. Last reply by Robert May 29, 2017. 6 Replies 2 Likes
EOD @ Eglin
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Comment by NavyM♥m on February 3, 2022 at 10:53pm
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Regina, so glad to hear from some one who's been there done that. I am sooo looking forward to going! My son is always so busy it's hard to find time to spend with him. When I do get any sort of timeline it's always subject to change....and it usually does. Then Covid comes along. Airlines shut down....BUT I'LL GET THERE!!
What were some of your favorite things to do there? How long has your son been in EOD?
Thanks for any suggestions you may have for me.
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Comment by Regina on February 3, 2022 at 10:01am
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Navymom, my son was in Guam for seven and a half years and he loved it. We went 3 times during his stay there, if you get the chance go it’s so beautiful. I hope your son enjoys his stay in Guam. My son and his family are now stateside until 2023 in driving distance so we visit often. However he wants to go back to Guam if he can.
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Comment by Gmoneymom on January 15, 2022 at 1:08pm
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Happy Saturday! I havnt been on here in months. My son is officially starting the pipeline in Panama City. he arrived yesterday and i am very excited and beyond nervous!! The training is intense and i am quite proud he passed all the PT tests to receive his certificate to officially begin his training. The holidays were great he was home for 2 weeks. His Bday is 12.17 so we had him home for both. :) Lots of prayers now and any advice is helpful.
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Hello Moms!
I'm happy to hear so many of you got to see your EOD techs over the Holidays! My son enlisted 10 years ago. About the first 5 Christmases he was able to come home to Florida. I went out to Coronado for 1 Christmas. But now I haven't seen him the past 4 Christmases. He earns extra vacation days when he's deployed out of the country. Sometimes he flys to Fla. for a few weeks after he gets back from Deployments. Currently he's in a Mobile Unit living in Guam for the next few years. I'm just playing the waiting game now for word when his work will allow him time to spend with me when I go there. It's too far to go if he'll be working the whole time I'm there. He LOVES his job. I was scared at first, but after seeing how long the pipeline is and what all he's learned, I'm comfortable knowing that all the drills & exercises they do causes muscle memory & quick automatic reaction times. He takes his Master Board soon. Another big milestone!
Hope everyone's 2022 is btter than 2021.
~ Navy M♥m
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Hi again,
Oops didn’t mean to re-post same comment!
Wanted to add that we also had wonderful time with our son home over Christmas.
He loves the EOD community and very excited to finish school and graduate.Blessings.
RooDog
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Hi all,
It’s been way too long since anyone has posted here. Hope all is well with you all. My son is now in underwater, last division of EOD school, and hopefully will graduate in March. Such a long pipeline! Will have been 1.5 years! So excited for him! It’s been and continues to be very challenging and often stressful pipeline. I guess to be expected given their extraordinary and dangerous career path.
Hope to get some updates from this group.
Happy New Year and God Bless,RooDog
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Hi All - hope you are well and your children are happy and enjoying EOD. My son completed the training and is now out there (are we allowed to say where they are stationed?). We were able to see him at Xmas so that was great! Hang in there amazing ladies.
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Comment by Karenlee on January 13, 2022 at 7:46pm
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Mine is east too . We have visited there and it was nice. Their traffic is crazy but it’s crazy where live.
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Karenlee, East!
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Hope everyone had nice holidays. Our son was home which is always nice. He will be out sometime next month. NJNavyMom east or west for your son. Take care, stay well and happy,
karenlee
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