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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)
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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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Care packages for new graduates (a school)
Started by Cali's mama. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Mar 19, 2021. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Looking for current information for my daughter on what's allowed for care packages..idk if it matters that she is in the great lakes location or not..ship 7 div 136...lonely mom with confused tears lol
Bootcamp arrival Sept 8, 2020??
Started by Stephanie0725. Last reply by Shoosh Oct 5, 2020. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Hello! Got the call that my daughter made it to bootcamp quarantine last night 09/08/2020. Looking for other moms out there on the same timeline. Sadie is my baby, only daughter, and only child in the military. I think I am going to need lots of…Continue
PIR DATE: December 13, 2019
Started by Donita. Last reply by Donita Nov 5, 2019. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Anyone else’s recruit have a PIR date ofDecember 13, 2019?Continue
Arrived at boot camp October 2nd
Started by Donita. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Nov 5, 2019. 26 Replies 1 Like
Hey everyone- my daughter left for boot camp October 2nd. I missed a call from her last Friday telling me that her graduation is December 13th. I feel like the worst mom in the world for missing her call. Really didn’t expect her to call so soon but…Continue
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Comment by Oleander on October 1, 2015 at 11:01am
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Good morning everybody
Hugs to you Sarahsmom! Sending hugs to your sailor too!
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Comment by bbcregular on September 30, 2015 at 10:16pm
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Sarahsmom, I feel you about not being able to take a weekend with your daughter. We live in the southeast and daughter is on pacific coast. Expensive flight and long drive. We did a face time talk today. Skype works well also. I love being able to see her as we talk. Hopefully you will get help with Skype. You will love it as the next best thing to being there.
Emmie, good to see a post from a veteran navy mom. Prayers for your daughter and her last year as a sailor. It seems no matter how long they are away moms will always be needed. Can't imagine how hard it is to not be able to just drive over and help with your grand baby. While praying, I realize that God has this one and has a plan for yournmilitary children. Praying the child care challenge will be resolved soon.
Thanks for sharing, everyone. You Moms are a great source of encouragement. Love to all. Know that as I read I say a prayer for each individual concern and thank God for all our happy moments.
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Comment by sarahsmom on September 30, 2015 at 1:52pm
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Thanks Blondie, You gave me some great ideas. We talk everyday and I send her care packages and email things I find that i know she would like. We have a plan for me to figure out skype so we can use it this weekend. I like the Bible study idea.
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Comment by Vickyrun on September 30, 2015 at 1:10pm
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Good morning Jean, Hi all, Happy Hump day! Thanks everyone.
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I don't post much but I do read all the messages. Thought I'd just jot a note today. For some reason I am missing my sailor a bit more today. No specific reason. Maybe because she had called this morning and mentioned that weekends were the hardest (she's been in Pensacola about a month) because she sees others who have family that visits. We are in Alaska so a weekend is impossible. We went to PIR and hope to see her at Christmas.
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You're 100% right Blondie! Thank God they stand watch! And I'm also incredibly grateful for the time that we do have with her now. I know that won't be the case in the months ahead. Thanksgiving may be a week early on a Saturday for us but any day we get is going to be a celebration, right?!
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Good morning!
Love the pic hellraiser. I'm sorry to hear you've been going thru a difficult time. So glad you got to see her and had a good time together! It's so hard to be physically separated from our daughters much less feeling emotionally separated. But no matter what the distance, telling them we love them every morning and every night just has to be a good thing!
So glad to hear they're feeling better Anna! Your travel stories are incredible! Last spring we had a blow out on my truck while hauling our 2 horses to AZ. Thankfully my son was with me! Of course it happened out in the middle of nowhere and we had no idea where the jack & parts were. Had to disconnect the trailer from the truck on a hwy with an uphill grade. But like your daughter, my son was able to crawl under seats and under the truck to find all the pieces parts. He change the tire and got us back on the road in about an hour! Thank goodness it wasn't my husband! - he's a terrific golfer, a wonderful man, and awesome with velcro but that would have pushed him right over the edge LOL!
Blondie a week at Thanksgiving! That sounds like heaven! Praying their dates are approved. If we've calculated correctly my daughter will have duty on Halloween, the weekend after Thanksgiving, day after Christmas AND on her 21st birthday. :-(
Safe travels Emmie, it's such a long drive! Administrative separation after 3 years? That's scary! I hope she gets a break from the child care stress and is able to complete that paperwork asap!
Safe travels to you to spyder!
One day closer Jean, I hope you get some sleep tonight!
Have a great day everybody :-)
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Comment by hellraiser78382 on September 30, 2015 at 9:36am
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Good Morning Everyone, Just want to say Welcome to all the New Comers! Love the Doggie Pics!
Sorry I've been MIA had little issue, with my Sailor. Everything is good with her, I just got upset and was trying to deal with the barley no communication with mom thing, My best friend made a point to tell me last week that she talks to my daughter everyday, all day, several times a day, Well it got to me cause i get 10mins a day and thats after class. SO it realy bothered me, so what did I do, I didnt text to her for a couple days (I always text good morning love u have a great day, and everynite i text goodnite love u) Well she didnt receive those text and when she called the next day I was short with her, I didn't want to talk. I was hurt. I was there for 9 weeks while she was in bootcamp, not my best friend. So My sailor decided to call her dad to find out what was wrong with me, and well he told her, That its not right to only give mom 10 mins of your time when others get more. You go from being close mother/daughter to you being an adult, and about to be deployed in less then 6 weeks for 2 yrs, so you ignoring your mom has gotten to her. But Im ok I'm learning to deal with it. She did ask for us to come up cause she finally got off base liberty , so this past Sunday We did. Had a great time. planning to go again next weekend. Sorry for the Novel Just wanted yall to know what Ive been going through.... here is a pic of us this past Sunday
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Good Morning All! God's Blessings to all our new moms! I love hearing the stories about missing your girl the first few weeks of bc! And getting the box and the pets missing them! and finding messages!
I am 3 years into this now and really don't post much but LOVE reading it all! My girl only has a year left and will likely not re-up. She got married a year ago and now has a little one! Her marine hubby is deployed and has yet to meet Lincoln! He should be back in about 2 weeks! So excited for her and her little man!
But of course, military life is never easy! She called frantically yesterday because her day care provider had a family emergency and will be taking off for the next month. This is on top of being the 4th day care provider little Lincoln has had and he is only 5 1/2 months old! My sailor girl was in a panic and was in big trouble for not turning in paperwork called "Family Care Plan". If it wasn't turned in ASAP she would be "kicked out" "administrative separation"
I am in Texas! it is 2 days drive or an expensive flight to get to SD! I believe she has it sort of worked out but it is at the expense of leave she wanted to take in February to begin looking for a job (she gets out in July 2016)
So after all that, I am still feeling blessed! Overwhelmed, but blessed! This wonderful group of ladies will let me rant, give me encouragement and even have offered to jump in and help!
I hope everyone enjoys their "hump day" and sees the light of Friday on the horizon!
Blessings
Emmie
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Comment by Oneofalot on September 30, 2015 at 8:29am
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Good Morning to Everyone.
While first night at Christina's to babysit the dogs was interesting. No sleep here. They missed there owners. Hopefully they will calm down tonight.
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