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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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Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind. In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships." OPSEC is everyone's responsibility.

DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.

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RTC Graduation

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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Comment by KJTsMomma on February 26, 2014 at 7:06pm: Oh - FYI - don't take their cell phones and laptops etc. to PIR - they will call when they have moved over from Boot Camp to regular base. My son walked out to the Navy Museum for us to pick him up. Then my husband went back on base with him to sign him out (drove). We were only able to drive on to the base with our Sailor in the car. Then my husband could take him back to the new barracks & go in and sign him back in. He was able to take the electronics back with him on that Friday evening. We did bring him a pair of jeans, a sweatshirt, sweatpants, & ll his own underwear (he was happiest about that). I'm only a little ahead of some of you Moms so I'll try to help with what I've been thru this far. :)

Comment by KJTsMomma on February 26, 2014 at 7:00pm: Hi All - my son is still at GL and should start EOD Prep next Monday. He tells me that they can have cars (truck in his case) in PCB & Ft. Walton Beach (Eglin). He doesn't know how long he will have between EOD Prep and when he needs to be at PCB. Hopefully, a few days to be at home and then drive to PCB which is probably 18 - 20 hours from our home. He also thought he'd only be up in GL for 3 weeks after PIR, but that changed to 6 weeks. I think he said PCB would be 8 or 9 weeks then about 9 months at Eglin. But we all know with how the government works - worse than us women changing our minds. :)

Comment by sonofabeach on February 26, 2014 at 6:04pm: Hi Liberty -- I think the "accommodations" in Panama City were standard navy barracks, shared with one or two other guys. Elgin is an Air Force base and the barracks there are really nice - more like staying in a hotel. My son had a room to himself. Not sure if that is standard or not.

I brought a black backpack to my son's PIR and he made me take it home. He bought a cell phone FIRST THING after graduation, and some new running shoes. Other than that, he said he didn't want to haul a bunch of stuff. Eventually I sent him his car, which became like a mobile storage shed for mostly work out gear. Priorities seem to change pretty quick at this stage of their lives, from my perspective.

It's great, though; and they all seem so happy and confident.

Comment by Annabel Lee on February 26, 2014 at 4:43pm: 2navykids-I'm not sure about what he can have after PIR.. I've asked him in a letter, but I haven't received his answer yet... I dont mind a trip to Florida either! :)

Comment by 2navykids on February 26, 2014 at 2:20pm: Thank you Annabel lee I was just wondering when we could bring some of his stuff to him...will they be in apartments type living or ? Or will they not be able to have anything till after all their training? I guess I just trying to plan ahead.."don't mind a trip to Flordia at all

Comment by Annabel Lee on February 26, 2014 at 12:59pm: 2navykids, I had my son ask his recruiter before he left, and he said he could have visitors in Florida. I don't think they are able to come home...

Comment by 2navykids on February 26, 2014 at 11:38am: I was wondering after my SR will be done in Great Lakes for is eod class/training and goes to Florida are we able to go see him there or will he have a break in between to where he will come home for couple days?

Comment by Annabel Lee on February 26, 2014 at 10:47am: Bkm, our SRs will have liberty all weekend if they are staying in Great Lakes after PIR. :) They have to be back at 10:00 each night. Processing after PIR will take 3-5 hours I read, but we can see them briefly after. Then Friday afternoon, eve.. after processing.

Comment by bKm on February 26, 2014 at 10:29am: I have a question about PIR weekend for the SRs going to EOD prep. I know he has to go check in almost right after PIR but will my SR's liberty be different that weekend than other divisions or will he mostly have his weekend free since he isn't flying out?

Comment by sonofabeach on February 26, 2014 at 1:04am: I mean graduation from EOD school, actually, DoxieMom. I wondered if there are any (other) mothers whose sons are finishing in May.