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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.
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OCS in November
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Permalink Reply by Kim8 on
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Hello, & congrats to your son on selection to OCS! I know that OCS takes 2 weeks off during Christmas & New Years but my son was there in 2020, so they had to stay put because of the pandemic. I believe they usually get some leave but maybe someone who has been there more recently can give more details to you.
Have you been able to find your son's class FB group for family & friends? That can be a great source of information. You can also ask to join the class or 2 before his. This can provide info of what's ahead & most groups don't mind allowing people to join for this reason. Try searching FB with "Navy OCS Class _ _ - 24 Family & Friends", inserting his class number in the spaces. Here's a couple links that might help also if you haven't already found them:
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J71792, here are the FB OCS groups that I found for graduating classes in 2024:
Your son's class may not have a FB group yet. Many times the candidates have a group for themselves to help with questions prior to leaving for OCS & then sometimes that same group changes into the Family & Friends (F&F) group or other times a new group is formed. You can start that F&F group yourself. I did for my son's class since there wasn't already one. I wasn't knowledgeable about OCS at the time but that doesn't matter if you're wondering about that. :) Others will find the group & then information can be shared. I found it to be very helpful. Best wishes!
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Permalink Reply by Sherryg on
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My son was there last Christmas. They got two weeks without classes (roughly Dec, 23 - Jan. 6 - but they will tell you). Of those, they had the option of taking one week as leave and going home (or wherever) and had liberty on the base for the other week. They could choose which week. If they took leave, it counted against their leave, but since they accumulate leave while there, we didn't find that was much of an issue.
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Permalink Reply by barbrag on
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Hi Sherry,
When they ‘have liberty’, are they allowed to leave base at all during the day? Just wondering if we were staying in the area, would our son be able to spend time with us off base even if he had to stay in base in the evenings?
I am not sure what ‘liberty’ actually consists of!
Also, do they do anything for the them in terms of celebrating the holidays if they stay on base?
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