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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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Events
**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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- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
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Frustration!
I am soo frustrated because I haven't gotten any letters from my boyfriend in going on 3 weeks! He's at Great Lakes and graduates in 13 days, so I'll see him soon but it is still so frustrating. I've gotten more letters than his mom, which frustrates her, but neither of us have gotten one from him since the day of the 3 week phone call even though she sent him stamped envelopes and paper in case he needed anything. Is anyone else having this problem? I stay very busy so I'm fine, but 3 weeks is a lot compared to how often he was sending them before. Ugh!
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Permalink Reply by Sailor's gf (Ship 10 Div 261) on
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his PIR is 8/12. I'm not worried just impatient!
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Permalink Reply by Kac46047 on
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They are really busy, My husband wrote everyday but it was only like 3 sentences a day, so he would wait for the pages to fill up, so there was a period where i didn't get mail for a while. If i remember it was towards the end of bootcamp too. I only got comfort in knowing that he was safe, you should be getting excited! your PIR is so son enjoy it!
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Permalink Reply by amberrose on
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From what my SR has told me through letters, is that the closer they get to graduation, the crazier their schedules become. I know it is so nerve-wracking not to hear from your boyfriend, but please believe me when I say "no news is good news". You are so close to seeing your man again! :-)
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Hey I also noticed that your not a member of your PIR group, I tried to find it but it seems like it doesn't exist. You may need to make one, I think its very odd that theres no group by now with 3 weeks left. Hopefully ones already created it will have so much info for you and you can connect with other people with the same PIR date
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http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir08122011
Just helping a sister out. ;-)
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yeah, thanks! I've actually already am a member of that group! and thanks, amberrose as well, you're right, just 12 days til I see him! :)
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