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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
...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.
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Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:
Events
**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).
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
**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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Divorced Parents and the Form Letter
Good morning to all,
I've been a member of N4M since my son left for bc on Sept. 14. I've read posts and discussions about the "kid in a box" and the form letter. I didn't get either. I didn't receive my son's address until yesterday when I received an answer to an email I sent to the recruiter's office. I would still be waiting for an address otherwise, even though I called my ex and informed him that there would be only one form letter and I needed information from it.
Why does the Navy, and other branches if they do this, feel that one form is enough? Not all divorces are "nice" and one parent doesn't always share with the other. Is there a way to bring this situation to light? I can't be the only one who has gone through this. I'm not mad about not getting the box, but the refusal to share information hurts. After all, he is my son too.
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Permalink Reply by missync1-04-823 on
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I made it clear to my son that he should communicate with ME, and I would share everything with his father/my ex. I KNOW that my ex would not share, in return. My son actually knows that, too.
I arranged that in advance, because I knew there would only be one ofeach.
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Permalink Reply by NavyMom93 (DIV: 823) on
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I had no clue about the letter or the box. I didn't know about this site until my husband showed it to me. If I had known I would have said something. My son refuses to believe that his dad would keep me out of the loop. That's ok. I know I can get information from his recruiter and won't miss PIR. That makes me happy.
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Permalink Reply by diannep on
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NavyMom: The important part, if your son sends the letter to his dad rather than you, is the password in the form letter. This allows you to get your gate pass. You have to have that to get on base...if in a car. If taking the shuttle, you don't need it. So I hope that your ex will share the PW with you. Otherwise, please ask you SR to mail you the password. He is the one who writes it in the form letter. The recruiter cannot get this info.
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diannep: Thank you so much for letting me know about the shuttle, I hoped that would be the case. I booked our hotel and made sure that there was shuttle service. Mainly because of my disability and the drive going to kill me, I didn't want to think about getting back into the car until it was time to come home.
I did write my son about this and in a way I feel awful about doing so but in a way I don't. He needs to know that without this, we (my husband and daughter and I) won't be there. All I can do now is wait and try not to stress too much.
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