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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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Comment by Melissa on April 22, 2016 at 11:50am
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Prayers to you and your son Jodi - and to all the personnel on the ship. Fair winds and following seas!
My son entered Boot Camp in August 2012.
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Comment by Jodi-alumni Ship 4 on April 20, 2016 at 2:45pm
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Congrats to you son! He sounds like he's been very busy. How long has he been in?
My son left on deployment yesterday. I sure hope they got the wi-fi fixed on the ship :)))
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Jodi, my son's Squadron is scheduled to deploy early 2017, so yes and no to your question. He has been doing short hops to both the ship and the desert since he arrived at Coronado. That I am aware of - and as we all know! - this is scheduled to change at any time, he has this hop to the ship, a month later this summer somewhere in Nevada, and then sometime around November another desert training. Just because they are out of school doesn't mean the training ends! I was very surprised also about the desert training (or turf training, because they do mountain training also).
He passed his final tests and is a fully qualified crew chief and to date has logged more than 500 flight hours!
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Melissa, is you son going out for training in preparation of a deployment? My son did that about a month ago. The wifi on the ship wasn't very good so I did get a taste of not being able to talk to him whenever we wanted. It will be an adjustment but I think I'll handle it fine (I hope lol)
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I seem to remember driving to Pensacola for graduation, still wondering if they were going to have it. The Navy is really not big on giving you lots of planning time! When your son had a good idea when he will graduate, have him check availability at the Navy Lodge. Prices are much cheaper, and you get to stay on base, plus they are usually really nice. The one in Coronado is right on the beach and is less than $100 a night - but they go fast, and your sailor has to make the reservations. Good luck - and congratulations!
Jodi - please keep us posted on the deployment. My son is headed out the beginning of May, but just for three weeks.
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Comment by mtnestr on April 13, 2016 at 8:30pm
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Sorry, Marianne, my son won't graduate until Dec. so we'll be in the same boat, I guess. Although my son is in San Diego. I do hear that Southwest Airlines are good to work with in case you need to change flights.......?
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Morning Marianne, I'm trying to think back on my son's graduation. I don't think you get much advance notice, maybe a week or so but they do get some idea of a suggested date before that so that you can make plans. I seem to remember my son taking one of his final tests while we were waiting at the hotel the day or so before graduation lol. He did come home for a few days after graduation then left for San Diego right after that.
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Comment by Marianne on April 13, 2016 at 8:56am
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So I have a question, my son should have his final graduation in July, can't believe it has been 2 years already! I want to go to Jacksonville to watch however he still has no idea when it will be. How long in advance did your sailors know when their graduation was going to be? Of course it is summertime so prices will be more, hotel reservations will be more difficult, and getting off from work will be hard since other people are on vacation. Do you think we will learn anytime soon?? Aldo wondering how long it will be before he leaves Jacksonville to whatever his destination will be?
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He's deploying. He's looking forward to it. He's been in almost 4 years and this is his first. He was supposed to deploy several years ago but instead he went back to school to become a Romeo.
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I did call him Jodi - but he was boarding a helo for a late night flight. He called me when he returned - after midnight, my time!
Oh well, it was good to hear from him.
He just returned from a month long training in FL, he said he got to stop in in Pensacola and see the school house and had a chance to chat with some of his instructors and see the new group currently training. He said they looked sharp - so any of you with guys there now, they are doing well. =)
Is your son deploying Jodi? Or just going out for training?
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