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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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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.
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Comment by Zenda 04/823 on October 11, 2011 at 9:51pm
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So glad you got his form letter!! It should get better for him into the 3rd week. I only wish someone had warned me that our letters would be like before we got them. He humor is really starting to shine through again! :D Start sending those letters, cards, cartoons, things to make him smile and grin. Our son kept saying...to please, please send letters! So happy for y'all...have a great night sleep!!! :D
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Comment by lyndahl (04/803) on October 11, 2011 at 9:39pm
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I got a letter! Well, really the form letter from the training center but it did have a paragraph on the back from my son. It was just wonderful seeing his handwriting....Zenda, he did mention that is was harder than he thought, got yelled at alot but felt it would get better soon....thanks for you info
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@ Bensmom, thank you for that support!! This website has been a God send to me with Mom's reaching out, it's been wonderful. We keep waiting for the letters every week now. We keep saying "no news is good news" I almost had heart failure yesterday. Our phone rang and it was a 847 area code. Knowing it wasn't time for a call.....wrong number...WHEW!!! So, I read on some older posts....there will also be a graduation when he graduates from Dive school? We just can't wait for it all!!! :D
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Comment by Bensmom on October 11, 2011 at 8:30pm
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@Zenda 04/823-Congrats to your sailor! I can not stress how wonderful the dive community is for both sailors and parents alike. It is a small but very tight group. BC was the hardest part for me. I worried about my son all the time but do know that he/she is going through one of the toughest parts. Do know that things will eventually get easier for your sailor but dive school all the way through is tough. Good luck to both of you!
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Our first 'real' letter came 18 days after he left....and WOW, was that a long 18 days. We would check the mail constantly. Don't be alarmed if the first letter is not what you expected. It was our sons dream and passion to be in the Navy as a Diver, and his letter kinda took us aback. As another Mom had written on here (somewhere) she explained that everyone is coming from different back grounds, upbringing, everything....so they have to break the division down, and build them back up as a team. So don't be alarmed if he sounds totally beat down.
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It's getting better for them all! He got there on Wednesday the 14th and we received our form letter on the following Monday, and "the box" the next day. From what I was seeing from other posts, we got our letter and box pretty quickly. The form letter had a very short, 4 line, note on the back. Was great to see his writing. I really thought I was going to cry when I opened the box, but we found his pant legs rolled up and I couldn't help but laugh. Guess the laughter came at the right time!! Apparently the pant legs were rolled up so they could measure for his boots. I learned that a couple of days after the box. So you can imagine the stories we came up with about those pant legs...LOL. Did you get your call that he got there?
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Hi Zenda....Now that your Son has been in almost a month how is he doing? When did you get your first letter and when did you learn of his PIR date? It was a week yesterday mine left so would love to chat w/you.......
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I'm so excited to see Mom's writing on this discussion. There wasn't any activity when I got on here. Our son went to BC on Sept. 14th with the Diver contract. There's not many of us Mom's on here!! So great to see you all!!! :D
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Thanks Bensmom & Liza.....nice to know I am not alone in this emotional "mommy" rollercoster. I know my Son is doing great, this is his dream.......
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Comment by lnaipaul on October 8, 2011 at 2:34am
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Hi Lyndahl,
Welcome and yeah that box. I cried like a baby. Don,t worry you will receive his letter in a couple weeks and then you will become best friend with your mail delivery person cause you will be waiting every Wednesday for that letter. I saved everyone. bye
Liza
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