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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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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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ALUMNI OF PIR 06/21/2013 TG 32 - 9 Divisions (229-236 and 932)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 06/21 /2013. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.

Your current Group "veteran members" are:

diannep

LaLa Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons

ellen0502

♥FireTeamLeaderWife♥ aka FTLW

Betsy, son on Stennis carrier

Craig

Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 81
Latest Activity: Jun 18, 2014

WELCOME to PIR 06/21/2013! PLEASE See the PAGES section for Informational Posts about BC and PIR. PAGES is underneath the Members Photos. PLEASE scroll down this page here to find the Comment Box to post a reply to the PIR GROUP.

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forN4M's Community Guidelines and OPSEC.

~OPSEC OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmost importance.

~N4M’s also has Community Guidelines just like any other social media.

~Please take the time to read the OPSEC and N4M’s Community Guidelines.

~A quick note here, from the N4M’s CG’s:

• Don’t Jeopardize the Safety of Our Sailors: Remember OPSEC (Operational Security) (Don’t Sink Ships With Loose Lips) This site and all content posted on it are viewable to everyone on the Internet. This doesn’t mean you can’t share things about your Sailor – but too many details can put Sailors in harm’s way. The following are examples of red flags and should not be shared within this community either by posting or sending via a Group message:

• Sailors’ last names. This includes your username if you share the same last name as your son or daughter.

Some Suggestions:

~If your last name is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended for you to use in your username for your own personal security. This is your option. It is also not a good idea to use an email address as your username for personal security reasons.

~First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember, everyone can see it and someone can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture to not include your Recruit at least for the duration of BC. Again, your option

~It is also a good idea to make your settings for your Profile Page "viewable only to your friends".

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Comment by Michelle on May 25, 2013 at 10:25am: Good morning all, I hope all our SR are doing good during hell week. I have them all in my prays.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on May 25, 2013 at 10:01am: Craig. My husband's company does contract work for the government and he has been cut to half time. Things are suddenly very tight for us. So these cuts are very personal sometimes.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on May 25, 2013 at 9:58am: Yeah, got a half page letter from twin2 today. He says he misses driving. No results on the mole so I think it must be OK. He said he'll week started yesterday.

Comment by diannep on May 25, 2013 at 9:42am: Sad times, Craig. I sure hope the morale and motivation of the sailors won't fall because of these crazy budget cuts affecting even things like this!

Good Morning All !

Comment by CatMom509 on May 25, 2013 at 2:25am: Craig,

My daughter really liked her coin, thought it was cool when I gave it to her after PIR in our hotel room. I have 2 more for her when she gets home for leave after A school in Pensacola, a Core Values one (spectacular!!) and an IT one. I try my best to remember to put up your link for every PIR group I join since starting in March because I can see your coins are high quality and have a special connection to the Recruit Training Command Boot Camp!

I also like how informative you are and it is cool the Navy facts and stuff about who were Navy Sailors on your CT group!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge~~

Comment by Craig on May 25, 2013 at 12:43am: Man, this really ticks me off....

Now the Navy won't recognize sailors with awards due to budget problems...

http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/messages/Documents/...

Comment by Flippers Mom Ship 02 Div 932 on May 24, 2013 at 9:37pm: Craig,

Thanks for you input on the coins. I purchased the USS Reuben James for my daughter.I can't wait to give it to her. I plan on giving it to her along with my brothers St Christopher he had when he was in the Navy.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on May 24, 2013 at 9:19pm: I always love your take on this Craig and completely support it. Thank you!

I myself as a civilian have been coined...by my own husband with coins from his Deployments and even from the General himself as he gave all of the wives one along with a certificate...beautifully framed I might add :-)

Comment by Craig on May 24, 2013 at 9:10pm: Hi all,

Some of you have messaged me wondering if it's proper for a parent to give their sailor a challenge coin...and how to do the "Secret Handshake" (which is in a video at the end).

Here are my thoughts as a sailor....

To me, boot camp is a major accomplishment. In 8 short weeks, the Navy will return to you a mature and capable young man or woman that will have the foundation to be a leader. They will have the ability and knowledge to be a successful person in life. To me, this is an honor for me, as a parent, to see my sailor's life change. You too, will soon realize that for 18 years or so you have been the "referee" in your sailor's life. You were the rule setter and the penalty enforcer. But as your sailor's life changes, so will yours. You will now become the "cheerleader" for them. You will watch and cheer as they work their way through the advancement system, the qualification standards, and simple things like just folding their towels correctly. You will stand and scream at the PIR as their division enters, and you will stand and cheer as their ship enters San Diego or Norfolk after a deployment. I have decided it is far more important for me to be a cheerleader than a referee. I don't waste my time on the sadness, I focus my feelings on the positive things that will help my sailor. When I show my sailor that I am proud of him, it goes a lot further than an award that the command "might" officially recognize him with. I am his "cheerleader".

Many people will say "but they didn't officially earn the challenge coin". Let me tell you, no coin is officially documented on a sailor's page 4 entry in their service record. It's only the sailor that will remembers when, where, and the reason for what the coin was given. If you did receive a coin from a command, which only the sole honor recruit gets, and you happen to lose it, the only way besides begging the command to give you another (which they rarely do) is to buy it. So does that cancel out the spirit of the reason you receive the coin? No. You received it for something you accomplished. Whenever my sailor pulls that coin out, he immediately remember how proud I am of him. It's ever lasting.

Now let me ask, after PIR you go into the Navy Exchange and buy the mementos from boot camp that your sailor wants. You might buy a Navy Boot Camp water bottle, maybe a glass, patch, or hat that has "Great Lakes Navy Boot Camp" on it, or maybe even a t-shirt. But what item do you think will stand the test of time? It will be the challenge coin that your sailor's grandson or granddaughter will hold up and say "What is this? What does it mean? How did you get it?" That is when the grandfather or grandmother (your sailor) will get a warm smile on their face and will proudly tell them about what it was like to be a sailor.

Just my thoughts....

Craig (PIRGifts.com)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/28663038#28663038

Comment by kcowdin on May 24, 2013 at 8:06pm: JUST WANTED TO SAY A QUICK THANK YOUTO ALL OF YOU LADIES. YOU ALL HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL THROUGH THIS PROCESS SO FAR, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.