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Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak

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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RTC Graduation

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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Latest Activity: Oct 25, 2019

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Comment by Mamma Marsha on July 14, 2013 at 11:16am: From PIR to coming home it was 14 weeks for my Sailor. I think there was a hold in there somewhere

Comment by Tinat (Ship 02 Div 943) on July 14, 2013 at 11:10am: Does anyone know how many weeks A school is? I keep getting mixed answers.

Comment by mowoman on July 9, 2013 at 11:13pm: I am a Mom of old HT from 2001 and my advice to you is to go to the graduation. From the moment you enter the hall and search the ranks for a glimpse of your child and you find him or her and they see you, makes your heart fill with pride. Back in 2001 they sol videos of the graduation, I dearly hope that never stops. My son made Chief last year, that is only other important ceremony we can say compares to boot camp graduation.

Comment by Elane on July 9, 2013 at 9:02pm: The PIR from bootcamp, by far...it's a formal performance by the new sailors, they've worked hard to become.

Comment by Mindy4boys (ship 04 Div 806) on July 9, 2013 at 8:49pm: I totally agree with Gayle, Bootcamp graduation (PIR) is an unforgettable experience you won't want to miss. It will be so important for your son to see you after all those weeks away from home, he will want you to see this important accomplishment. My son graduated Feb, 2012 and I took video of the ceremony. It is an awesome event. As far as I know, the others, like grad from A school, is just simple and short. Most families go to the PIR. Be sure to come to this sight often when your son leaves for bootcamp, it will help you greatly.

Comment by bonusmom21 on July 9, 2013 at 6:02pm: New to the group and have a few questions. Our son leaves for bootcamp the 23rd. We know graduation from bootcamp and school are a big deal but...how many parents go to the graduations? And, if we had to pick only one to go to, which should it be?

Comment by doubletrouble on June 30, 2013 at 10:48am: Hi to all the HT moms! I have twins going to BC in August, their best friend is also going in August. One of the twins and the friend will be HT's after BC.

Any advice or info on HT would be awesome.

Comment by Elane on June 26, 2013 at 4:05pm: @ rolandsmommy, Congrats to you and your new sailor.. I'm here spend more time on fb that here, but do check on this page occasionally, Hope you're going to the PIR, If not I'm hearing they have a live streaming of it on the internet.

Comment by rolandsmommy on June 23, 2013 at 2:19pm: hello anyone out there?????my son is graduating bootcamp next week im so proud;;; thank you so much for information..your so nice

Comment by Elane on June 20, 2013 at 3:40pm: @marylou, Boot camp is tough but they come out maturer. A school for the HT is in GL across the base from boot camp, when mine was there it had just started to be a series of classes kind of at their own speed. ( I think it was somewhat you had time frames you had to finish in though). Mine was there from mid Oct to early March. He says he was near the top of his classes but didn't get special rewards he was promised for doing that. HT is hull tech with the specialty of welding...fix it, type people.