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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

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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.

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PIR 05/13/2011-TG 26 — 8 Divisions (167–172, 810 & 926)

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This group is for those SR's whose PIR is 05/13/2011.

Members: 67
Latest Activity: Jun 22, 2012

PIR has come and gone,

but we now must move on.

Navy for Mom's has been our close friend,

from SR to Sailor-friend 'til the end!

Dr. Kimber

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Comment by decarp on March 29, 2011 at 6:44pm: i know its alittle early but i just book our hotel room at springhill in waukegan had good reviews alittle pricey at 119 anight but i"m driving to pir so i"ll save there (i think) :)

Comment by Mama C (PS E-Class 1202-1) on March 29, 2011 at 6:07pm: Janlee - Thank you for the Blue Star info. I got the same info from my sister-in-law. Her son, my nephew, is a Staff Sargeant in the Army and she passed this info to me and even a link to my local Blue Star chapter. I plan on ordering one.

Comment by savanah! on March 29, 2011 at 6:05pm: ohh thanks. he wrote on his form letter to get ready for letters so hopefully this week(:

Comment by Navy-Girlfriend32 on March 29, 2011 at 6:00pm: I just can't wait to hear from him in some way shape or form!!

Comment by janlee on March 29, 2011 at 5:49pm: savanah---yes...thats typical...but it may even be a little longer. I know its tough, but once the letters start getting exchanged, it gets easier.

The weeks are weird in there. Some of your SR's may have gone in a few days or maybe even a week after each other, they sometimes are held up a little while while waiting for the division to fill up. So for some of you...what seems like the 3rd sunday, is really only week two to your SR.....

Comment by SubWife2011 on March 29, 2011 at 5:46pm: No, My husband got to write last Sunday and it was his 2nd Sunday there.

Comment by savanah! on March 29, 2011 at 5:40pm: so they dont get to write till the 3rd sunday??

Comment by janlee on March 29, 2011 at 5:36pm: They are usually able to start writing letters home about 3 weeks. At first they can only write on Sundays (they get 5 hrs of down time every sunday morning). The isolation from family is for a reason...they also have to 'train' a recruit to deliver the mail, and this takes time. Just make sure you keep sending mail everyday, even though they may seem like 'letters to nowhere' right now. When they are finally given their mail...you want them to have a lot, so they know how much you have been thinking about them....my son said he was afraid everyone was going to forget about him, then he received his first bundle of mail, and realized he was crazy...lol