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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)

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(025–032, 801 & 906) Grad.Dec. 22, 2010 This is a good place to get support and give support. Please remove pictures of your sailors and their names. Use first name initails. Please read all discussions for information. WELCOME!

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Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on November 5, 2010 at 12:41pm: Mary, yes, on the RTC FB page, it does say "they may request to be reimbursed for part of the travel costs." So, I guess it's up to the Navy on whether they will reimburse them or not. Hey, we can always hope, especially since the Navy won't be housing or feeding them for those couple of weeks, we will. lol

Comment by Hoosiermom Ship12DIv.036 on November 5, 2010 at 12:37pm: Whew! A lot to catch up on. I still don't have a letter or a definite PIR date, so I just feel like I'm in limbo! It stinks! Getting my kids home is no problem. It's just three hours up the highway. It's figuring out if he gets to come home at all!

Comment by Sparkle_Mary on November 5, 2010 at 12:35pm: My father and Jons father were in the service and our kids/husbands will have to pay initail cost and then they keep ALL receipts <- that just looks wrong. And when they get to their final desination ( A school) they file for reinbursement and need those then. They might not get the FULL reinbursement but they get back what it would of cost them to send them from Great Lakes to the A school and in turn the Sailor would of paid the difference.

Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on November 5, 2010 at 12:27pm: I have been in contact with the Navy Public Affairs Office and they are saying that they will have leave after PIR, as well.

Comment by Kimber Ship 12 DIV 035 on November 5, 2010 at 12:17pm: Betsy, is that confirmed? if so YAAAA HOOOO!!!

Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on November 5, 2010 at 12:07pm: I just copied and pasted this statement from the RTC Facebook page:
Recruits graduating Dec. 17 & 22 will be granted leave and will be able to travel home. Those graduating Dec. 17 will have their leave expire on Dec. 28. Recruits graduating Dec. 22 will be granted leave that will expire Jan. 2. Recruits are responsible for paying their own way from RTC to their home and then pay for their way from home to their next command for A School. Once they are at their next command, they may request to be reimbursed for part of the travel costs.

Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on November 5, 2010 at 12:01pm: The PAO is also going to find out if they fly in uniform or in civilian clothing. They can leave on the day of their PIR, but they will have to check out first. For your group, I believe that they have to report back on Jan. 2, but I will confirm that next week.

Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on November 5, 2010 at 11:56am: SRAshley, We are waiting to hear details of how to get our kids home from BC. From what I've been told, we have to incur the costs initially and when they get to their A school, they will be able to file a claim for reimbursement for whatever the difference would be if they had flown from BC to A school, as opposed to from home to A school. We are still waiting to hear if we can book their flights and will hopefully know that next week. I have been in contact with the Public Affairs Office, but this morning there is a graduation, so they weren't in the office to answer questions.

Comment by phoebe stg2 on November 5, 2010 at 9:15am: Good Morning Ladies, How do I get through a day without saying "Good Morning" to all of you?? You are all so wonderful and it so helps reading all the posts. Thanks for the wisdom and prayers! Have a great day and see you back her this afternoon.

Comment by ElizabethC on November 5, 2010 at 9:03am: Diannep...I am so glad you are here with us its a comfort to me to have a mom who has been through what we are all going through now, to provide us with insight and wisdom.