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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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hi My Son is currently in Groton, Ct. for Submarine School then "A" School.
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Comment by mrsb on June 7, 2015 at 10:23pm
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Baby dukie's mama, that sounds like a wonderful trip, except for the semi crashing part!!! We are in So Cal and went back to CT almost two years ago when son was in school there. We drove all over and went up to Quebec City in Canada, drove through many states and I was also amused that we could drive so few miles and go through so many states!! It takes a couple of days to drive from one end of CA to the other so going through so many small states was kind of fun!
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Comment by Kim on June 6, 2015 at 9:22am
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Where do you stay when you visit them in A school. I heard that you can stay with them. Is that true?
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Comment by Annette on June 6, 2015 at 1:26am
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Yvette, I lived in Newport/Portsmouth while my dad was stationed there. Grew up in Mystic, CT. Newport is beautiful. Don't forget Cliff Walk, near the mansions!
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Wow, Babie Dukie! Which 7 states? I grew up there, all I knew was that it was small town, never seemed that close to me! But after Texas, which is miles and miles of miles and miles, I can understand why you would feel that!
All in perspective! Ahh, I never miss it more than I do when I talk about it or visit. ;)
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Lakeranne, look into river fire in Providence, RI. I have heard it's pretty cool. Boston and NY. NYC is about a 3 hr train ride, if you go I suggest the train rather than driving there. Newport,; RI IS nice. Local to Groton are a lot of pretty little towns and some history. I grew up in Mystic.
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Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on June 5, 2015 at 6:20am
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It's funny how we grow accustom to where we live! Baby Dukie, don't know where you live, but when I visited AZ I thought it was nice, but too much nothingness! I had never driven for hours seeing nothing! No trees, no houses, no gas stations, but I realized that the sky is pretty big!
Lakeranne , Boston is also Great! There is much to do & see. Also, th RI beaches. I have lived between CT & RI my whole life
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Hi from Central OH. I'm trying to plan a trip to CT late in July for my sailor's b-day. What would be major cities I could look for to plan the trip? He talks about Boston; that's the only one I know of. Please help.
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My son came to Groton from boot camp in March. Anyone else? I thought I counted about 15 who went with my son, Sean C.
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Congratulations Texas mom! That's great news!!
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Comment by TexasmomShip13 on May 20, 2015 at 11:03pm
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I received a text from my son that he passed his sub school test and now is a submariner!! Yay! I am very happy and very proud!!
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