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Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak
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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**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.
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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Hello Friends!
"I will praise You, for I am fearfully and
wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works,
and that my soul knows very well."
Psalm 139:14
You are very welcome, Eve!
Good Morning diannep, and Thank you for all that wonderful information.
Good Morning!
Most likely RTRbecca. Doesn't mean that there isn't some type of training that day, but normally federal holidays do not count as training days.
Eve: The PIR ceremony is 1.5 hrs long....9 - 10:30 a.m. Yes, you are seated in bleachers, some on the main floor, others in the balcony. They have allowances there for wheelchairs...not sure if it is a specific area or a place in each division section. There are openings between the sections of bleachers where you can walk behind them to a public area where your family member may be able to lie down if need be---bathrooms are there too. There is a part in the ceremony when they will ask that no one get up during that time, so if you think your family member may have to, you could go behind the bleachers then.
You may want to call the Public Affairs Office at RTC and ask them questions about this if you need more info: 847 688 2405
Thank you CatMom509, I will look there as well trying to get any and all tips I can. I'm so excited ! I asked diannep a questions about PIR below, if you anyone else can assist me with this as well, I would greatly appreciate it.
diannep, at PIR how long is the ceremony and are we seated on bleachers? What if I have a family member with a medical condition that may need to have either a wheel chair or if they have an episode may have to lay down before during or after PIR ?
Eve,
If you haven't already done so, please check out my 'PERTINENT PIR TIPS" up in the Discussion Forum. There might be some useful info up there for you to take with you~~
Blessed Sunday!
"For the Word of God is alive and powerful."
Hebrews 4:12
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