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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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ALUMNI of PIR 11/21/2012 TG 2 — 11 Divisions (009–018 & 902)

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This Group is for those with sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 11/21/2012.

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, IL
Members: 121
Latest Activity: Apr 29, 2013

WELCOME to PIR 11/21/2012!

OPSEC OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmost importance. Please take the timeto read the OPSEC and Community Guidelines. A quick note here: Last Names of Sailors/Recruits are not allowed on this site. If it is in your username you will need to change your username. If yours is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended. First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember 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. It is also a good idea to make your settings for your Profile Page "viewable only to your friends".

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You need to be a member of ALUMNI of PIR 11/21/2012 TG 2 — 11 Divisions (009–018 & 902) to add comments!

Comment by Ctownmom (Ship 13, Div 011) on October 6, 2012 at 8:14am: To all the veteran moms and locals out there... Any ideas where we can take our sailor for a decent Thanksgiving meal? Buffet or sit down? Since we having never been to Chicago area before so we are at a complete loss but we would like to be able to have something close to our home cooked Thanksgiving dinners.

Comment by debnchris on October 6, 2012 at 1:34am: My son shipped Sept 26th. - Ship 13 Div 016... Who is going to the meet and greet? I think it is going to be a great evening with a lot of great information. I have my flight for arriving on Tuesday even tho the form ltr of course says the PIR is the day after Thanksgiving..

Comment by navymomiveen on October 6, 2012 at 12:54am: M son is ship 2 division 902,somebody have kid in this division.

Comment by proudnavymom12 on October 6, 2012 at 12:11am: I just received my form letter today. With PIR 11/21. My son is in ship 03/ Div. 018. Would love to meet other parents from the dame group! Looking forward to meeting all of you. This is so exciting!

Comment by diannep on October 5, 2012 at 10:00pm: TheMom: The date was wrong in the form letters...it is Wed, Nov 21st.

Comment by diannep on October 5, 2012 at 9:59pm: Victoria's Mom: Your SR will know the password in the form letter, so ask in a letter or in a phone call home!

Comment by diannep on October 5, 2012 at 9:56pm: Ajrydson: Girls/guys in the same division=integrated division! They train together, but thankfully (to US!) have separate barracks! :-)

Comment by diannep on October 5, 2012 at 9:54pm: My son was there for Thanksgiving in 2009 and they had Thanksgiving dinner on base too (he had just arrived that week).

Comment by diannep on October 5, 2012 at 9:53pm: A point of interest: Those in the later PIR groups, behind yours, will be able to attend Thanksgiving dinners put on by churches, etc. Those who are more recent arrivals will not be allowed to leave base. Some families who live close to the base will be able to "adopt" their SRs for that day to have Thanksgiving with them....and they can adopt a shipmate too. Again, this is only for the PIR groups close to graduating.

Comment by diannep on October 5, 2012 at 9:51pm: Suggestion; If anyone wants to cook Thanksgiving dinner for their sailors, book at Residence Inn Waukegan (full kitchens). Navy Lodge also has kitchenettes.