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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 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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ALUMNI OF PIR 11/14/2014 TG 01 - 9 Divisions (001-008 and 901)
Information
This group is for those who have loved ones that graduated from boot camp on November 14 2014. A place to keep in touch with each other as the sailors continue their Navy journey.
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 74
Latest Activity: Nov 26, 2014
WELCOME to PIR 11/14/2014! 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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Discussion Forum
Ship 13 (USS Marvin Shields) Division 007 and 008 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by Tara Nov 13, 2014. 19 Replies 5 Likes
^^^^^BATTLESTATIONS: THEIR FINAL TEST ! ^^^^^
Started by diannep. Last reply by diannep Nov 13, 2014. 4 Replies 1 Like
Ship 11 (USS Kearsarge) Divisons 003 and 004 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by trinityone Nov 13, 2014. 45 Replies 1 Like
Ship 02 (USS Reuben James) Division 901
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by skhphotography Nov 12, 2014. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Ship 14 (USS Arizona) Divisions 001 and 002 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by Lemming Nov 6, 2014. 19 Replies 3 Likes
MAPS of RTC/Metra Parking Map
Started by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW Nov 3, 2014. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Ship 03 (USS Hopper) Divisions 005 and 006 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by littleman14 Oct 22, 2014. 12 Replies 6 Likes
PERTINENT PIR TIPS!
Started by CatMom509. Last reply by CatMom509 Oct 9, 2014. 2 Replies 4 Likes
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Comment by diannep on September 29, 2014 at 9:09pm
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Orlando'sMom: Glad he sounded better!
Also, there is no traffic from Milwaukee to GL, car rental is usually cheaper too. From Midway, it is about an hour or more to GL and there is lots of traffic!
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Comment by CatMom509 on September 29, 2014 at 7:02pm
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Orlando'sMom,
We suggest you book flights and hotel directly with the airline and hotels because if there is a change in PIR plans, those travel sites aren't as easy to deal with.
Southwest Airlines flies into Midway Airport in Chicago as well as Milwaukee, which is about 35 mins away with 2 bags checked for free and no change fee. Best days to purchase airline tickets are Tuesdays & Wednesdays when airfares drop a little.
Recommended hotels are the Navy Lodge (book in your SR's name), and Courtyard by Marriot, Holiday Inn Express, Residence Inn, Springhill Suites, which are all in Waukegan/Gurnee about 10 mins away from Recruit Training Command (RTC). Book directly with them and ask for the Navy Graduation Rate. No deposit necessary to book a room.
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littleman14,
Also, if you have a forwarding on your new address, it takes a bit for the mail to catch up with you. The best way is to give your new address directly to people and organizations that really need to get mail to you quickly. Hope all the messages and letters from you will remind your SR of your new address!
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Greetings!
"For we are His workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus for good works,
which God prepared beforehand that
we should walk in them."
Ephesians 2:10
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Comment by ellen0502 on September 29, 2014 at 5:21pm
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Maggie, A Schools do go on holiday stand down for approx two weeks. Most sailors can go home, but they do have to keep a crew to keep the base as active. I haven't seen the holiday stand down dates yet, I think they are posted in Oct.
Your son will probably book his own travel as he will know times, dates etc, that you may not be aware of, even after talking to him. He can let his brother know what his schedule will be.
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Comment by Sandra/Orlando Mom on September 29, 2014 at 4:58pm
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Hello group if any have flight package information for great lakes state please let me know i am in nyc and any information to make my trip smooth would be greatly appreciated.
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Comment by Maggie6523 on September 29, 2014 at 4:22pm
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I seem to remember reading somewhere that A school in GL (and perhaps everywhere) closes down for 2 weeks at Christmas and the sailors can go home. Is this true? Ours will be there about 39 days. And if partially true, when will we know for sure? It would be so great to know when and for how long we can see him and when we can book his travel as our other son lives in Chicago and we would love them to be able to travel home to FL together for the holidays.
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Littleman 14 so sorry that has happened to you .
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Liz, be happy you at least heard from him. I have yet to hear from my son. No letter No call. We had recently moved and all of his paper work has the wrong address.He also put the wrong address on the box. Thank God FedEx called us. that is how we found out about the address. I have another mom who is helping me out by sending a note through her son and I am sending one as well. I called the recruiter last week to get the ship and Div.....hopefully it is the same and nothing has happened... What a lesson on letting go. This is so hard
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@diannep Thank you after i got off the call with him he's spirits was much better and he's mood was up. i'll be writing him another letter sending it out today with much inspiration and motivation words to keep him focus. just cant wait to hear from him again.
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