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Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
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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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Comment by Anti M on August 25, 2009 at 4:39pm
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I'll put a thing about trains in teh Not All Raw Fish Discussion
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Kyoto is the ancient capital, and yes, it is amazing. Not close to Yokosuka, you must ride the bullet train to get there. If you can, stay in a Japanese inn, called a ryokan. Dad wouldn't go to the Peace Memorial. He never would, being a WWII vet, it upset him. We stayed on Miyajima, a small island with shrines and resorts and a very famous torii gate, the huge one in the water.
another place I loved to visit from Tokyo or to go for a weekend was Nikko. It is up in the mountains and is just gorgeous. Very ornate shrines, and the original carving of the famous three monkeys, Hear no Evil, See no evil, Speak no evil.
Kamakura is another ancient capital and a 20 minute train ride from Yokosuka. The Dhaibutsu (Great Buddha) is there. Many, many shrines, I used to go rambling there as often as I could. The Hase Kannon shrine is dedicated to lost pregnancies and babies, very moving, but emotionally rough. Important to me personally is why I mention it.
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Comment by KatK on August 19, 2009 at 2:36pm
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Hi Val, we just got back from Yokosuka. We stayed in Tokyo because my husband had business there. We took the train to Yokosuka. It was really easy, clean and only about an hour by train. I don't know about the Navy Lodge but I know you will have a blast in Yokosuka. The base is really big and you have to take "base taxis" to get from one end to the other. They have a great Chili's on base. It has a great view of the ocean (or bay) and the NEX is really big there. There are two malls in Yokosuka, too. I Hopefully, you will see other areas in Japan, too? I would suggest taking the bullet train to Kayoto (I think I misspelled it). It was so beautiful and has many of the historical temples there. You will have to see the Ginza in Tokyo (shopping) and if you have time go to the Peace Musuem in Hiroshima.
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Sea story: My ex-husband was on the Blue Ridge. we worked on the same systems, when he was on liberty the ship would call me. "Our tech is on liberty, we can't find him, you have to come in and fix it." "Wait one moment, I'll wake him up."
The only times I got to go aboard was when the gear was down. Before he arrived, I was the only tech in Yokosuka who could work on that system. Usually in the middle of the night, so my impressions of the ship are somewhat biased toward the negative. I wonder if they still have the chiefs' head plastered in porn? This was before women were stationed on ships; anytime I had to pee at three a.m. it was a major crisis.
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Yeah, "old". But I'm tough enough for Burning Man, so I'm good ... even though I am now fat and arthritic and asthmatic, I am mentally tough as nails and think I can endure anything even if I am no longer physically strong.
I think I picked up that attitude in Japan, aging is not for the weak ... the Japanese do respect their elders because some of them can whip the young'uns tails! Experience is valued there. Hopefully some of the young sailors will catch on to the idea!
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Stopping to spend the night. at a station . well, it isn't the whole night. Groups normally do this, so the stragglers can catch up. You need reservations of it is being done that way. Not required, depends on how hardy the climbers are if they can make it in one shot. Climbing in the dark is quite common so you can arrive at dawn.
You know, grandmas climb the mountain. I am ashamed I didn't make it all the way. I could SEE the torii gate which marks the entry, but my muscles weren't having any of that working without enough oxygen thing.
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LOL, Carol, they climb no matter what the forecast, unless there's a typhoon headed in for a direct hit.
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Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on August 14, 2009 at 6:29pm
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Where in Japan and what ship?
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Rule of thumb: international flight is civilian clothes unless it is a military carrier. Stateside, uniform is okay. They should keep a uniform with them to change into to report.
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