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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

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Moms of IS (Intelligence Specialist) sailors.

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My son has found the perfect job for a teenager! When I ask him, "What are you doing?", he honestly tells me, "Sorry, Mom, I can't tell you."

Members: 194
Latest Activity: May 17, 2023

IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN MILITARY. THANK YOU.

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Comment by Lisa on January 14, 2015 at 1:30pm: Hi I'm new here, and I have a question. My daughter was just sworn in and chose IS, on her contact it said there was a 24 month extension is this normal for all IS?

Comment by crybabymama on January 12, 2015 at 7:22pm: thanx everyone for ur help i feel much better helps to decide what im doing

Comment by Mary (Chris' mom) on January 9, 2015 at 1:23pm: @Anna~~ :-)

@Laura~~ At least you are moving to warmer climates and near beaches. It will make coming home more attractive for your sailor right? Unless he is like mine and thinks almost as highly of his high school buddies as he does his family. I see every now and then when he is home on leave that he and his wife will sneak into town to bowl or go to eat with friends and not stop to say hi. It hurts a little but I know if he stops to say hi, I would want him to stay awhile. Just the jealous or maybe the greedy mom thing? lol

I hope your move goes smoothly.

Comment by Anna on January 9, 2015 at 12:24pm: Laura,

I lived in Waukegan for a year, about 5 minutes from GL!!! Depending on traffic lights!!!!! I've visited VB often and I think it would be so nice to live there!!!!

Mary,

You're right - her daughter was a Yeoman. I'm not sure if she was trying to change her rating at one time. Like you, I have a hard time remembering who's who and who did what!!!!! But it's all good!!!!!

I'll have to send you an email to catch you up on things on my end and you'll have to catch me up on your end!!!! Watch your in box!!!!! :)

Comment by Laura on January 9, 2015 at 1:36am: For the new moms - you may have noticed that many of us don't have our photos, or our kids photos, showing as our profile picture.

There are different jobs within the intel community and based on what our sailors do, showing photos may be a no-no. I didn't want to take any chances.

I live near Naval Base Great Lakes in the frigid Midwest so if anyone has questions about that area, let me know. I've lived here my entire life. But as life would have it, the family and I will be moving to the Virginia Beach area, hopefully before my sailor heads to his new assignment.

My luck, we will be crossing like ships in the night!

Comment by Mary (Chris' mom) on January 8, 2015 at 11:41pm: Dogdoc1...eeyup! She can be a Chris too. She will have to be ChrisD (as in dogdoc) Mine is ChrisM, Anna's is ChrisA and so forth. We had another ChrisD here at the start of the group but the mom is never here anymore. She spends her time at facebook. She is another one with 2 sailors in. I think her daughter is a Yeoman if I remember correctly. I will ask her sometime. Anna do you remember? Anyway, you can have the ChrisD spot now! :-D

Comment by MaryNavywife/mom on January 8, 2015 at 2:14pm: My son jut finished IS A and C school. We weren't allowed to go to the A school graduation but we went to the C school graduation because we live 4 miles from base. My husband and took the morning off and that was it. It was a short but nice ceremony. I think maybe 3 others families were there.

Comment by dogdoc on January 8, 2015 at 2:04pm: I thought about all the Chris's...but it works. It's her middle name! Can I say that!? LOL

Comment by Mary (Chris' mom) on January 8, 2015 at 1:58pm: @dogdoc1, hahaha...you should have named her Christine! She could have been right here with the Chrises!!! Anna tends to have better information than I, as her sailor left Dam Neck after mine. She has also had a sailor in personnel and an officer besides her IS sailor so she knows a lot of the ins and outs and can get the lowdown on a lot of things.

Comment by dogdoc on January 8, 2015 at 12:13pm: Thank you, all. And yeah...I guess I can't use her first name. It's not Emily or Kaitlyn - though those are lovely names! We'll definitely plan to at least GET some queso when we take her out to eat in Chicago!