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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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Comment by aggiemom on November 19, 2014 at 10:07pm
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When my son went I wrote all our phone numbers on the phone card with a Sharpe in case he couldn't remember them.
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Comment by Anna on November 19, 2014 at 9:01pm
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Sylvas,
Also check Walgreens. I got a good phone card for my daughter there before she left. Good luck to your sailor!!!!
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Comment by TropikalParadize on November 19, 2014 at 7:30pm
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PINGO!!! Its the best calling card we have found, hands down! My husband didn't use it during OCS (I can't remember which one he had then), but he did have it during deployment and it has great rates international, and you can re-load it remotely so it was wonderful for us! Check it out....www.pingo.com
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pbmcdaniel,
My daughter is an NFO also. Right now she's at Tinker in OK. Don't be surprised to find out training can take longer. There were several weeks when they couldn't train - equipment problems, waiting for classes to fill up - sometimes it felt like she would never get out of P'Cola!!!!
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Comment by pbmcdaniel on November 18, 2014 at 12:18am
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Wow, M's mom, sounds like you have been at this for a while!We are newbies, but our LO has made a pretty long commitment since he is NFO. Sounds like flight school is 18-24 months with 6 years of active following that. He is excited though, and we are happy for him.
Sylvas, joining the previous classes on FB helped us, as well. As mentioned, the pics are posted on "Officer Training Command Newport" and it is a thrill to see your LO and know they are surviving. The first pics will post about 2 weeks after arrival of the indoc. phase (registering, haircuts, uniform issue, etc.) Best of luck!!! Don't be discouraged if you don't see your LO in them. Our LO was camera shy, I guess. It took several weeks before we saw the back of his head, but we sent it to everyone!! Later pics included him but not many!
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Sylvas,
All very good info for you here!! I will add just a little idea to M's mom post - also join the two classes in front of your son's class. You will get a chance to find out what your son has coming up. It sure helped me when my daughter was going through OCS.
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Sylvas: Since pbmcdaniel said her son's class, which is graduating this Friday, is 03-15, and OCS starts new classes every three weeks, or at least they used to, the class which is now at nine weeks is probably 04-15, the class at six weeks, 05-15, and the class at three weeks, 06-15, so I'm GUESSING your son's class will be 07-15. (The Navy's fiscal year starts Oct 1, so classes graduating after Oct 1 are considered 2015 classes.) Search Facebook for "Navy OCS Class 07-15 Friends & Family" and see what comes up. Your son's recruiter should also be able to tell him his class #. Also, search Facebook for "Officer Training Command Newport" and "like" that page. That is the official OCS page and they post photos of the candidates doing their training--you might see your son! They will probably post photos on Monday of pbmcdaniel's son's graduation! Those 12 weeks will start agonizingly slow, and then speed up as graduation approaches. I hope you will be able to make the trip to Newport, although it won't be very nice weather in February!
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pbmcdaniel: I'm jealous! We will be starting this odyssey as you leave. My LO starts class Sunday. Good luck to your LO!
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pbmcdaniel: My son is an intelligence officer working with a squadron of planes on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. He works with briefing/debriefing the pilots before/after their missions. Since the Navy put out a press release recently that the Vinson relieved the USS George Bush in the Persian Gulf, and also announced it on the Vinson's official Facebook page, it is no security breach to say that is where he is. He will be there for many months, but at least I feel he is relatively safe on a carrier. His wife is staying at his home base at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, near Seattle. They have only been married for 18 mos, so we are trying to keep in touch and support her. He graduated from OCS in Sept 2012, and was just promoted to Lieutenant JG. He loves being in the the Navy, so far. Is your LO going to P'cola for pilot or NFO?
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Thanks, M's mom! I just finished packing for our trip to RI on Wednesday. We are thrilled to finally get to this point. Our LO has called several times in the past two weeks and is VERY eager to see family. Tears have been flowing for weeks....will try to hold it together at graduation...just so very proud...you know the feeling.
On to the next step....looks like he is heading to Pensacola for now. How about your LO?
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