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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.
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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.
RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021
Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.
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******BATTLESTATIONS*******
BattleStations is the final test for your SRs. They will be tested on everything they have learned and might encounter when deployed on a ship. It is a 12-hr overnight drill. It takes place on a Disney-created ship (USS Trayer), in a very realistic environment, and starts in the evening, finishing up in the morning with a capping ceremony. This is where your recruits trade their "recruit" ball caps for their "sailor" caps, have now graduated, and are sailors! Teamwork is the name of the game....the divisions are divided into small teams and must function well together. They will be evaluated both individually and as team members.
This is what a Chief said about BattleStations: 150-300 recruits go through a night, 3-10 out of those may fail and have to go through again on another night, teamwork is the key, if all recruits keep their mouths shut, focus and listen, and work as a team, they should pass.
The divisions go through with their brother divisions. Two, three, or four divisions go through a night. Two would be one set of brother divisions; three would be a set of brother divisions plus an 800 or 900 division, and four would usually be 2 sets of brother divisions. Since both the 800 and 900 divisions in this PIR group have brother divisions, looks like they will go through with either two or four divisions each night. They start with the lowest numbered divisions and move up...the 800 and 900 divisions go through randomly. They can start the week before PIR, usually Wed or Thurs night....and go until Wed night before PIR...or they can start PIR week. Since this group has 12 divisions, they most likely will start the week before PIR. They do not go on Fri or Sat nights due to Captains Cup on Sat. for all divisions---a fun athletic competition for all divisions in the PIR group. If a recruit fails BattleStations, they will be allowed to go through with another group and should pass. Some may even go through the night before PIR...and then will be in the balcony in uniform, unable to march because of fatigue from being up all night...but a sailor!
The "I'm a Sailor" calls start about 2 pm GL time the day they finish...but can come earlier or later...so phones should be close by all day. If you don't receive the call, it could mean that your sailor had watch and will hopefullly call the next day. Please ask your recruit if all in his/her division passed and post that.
The brother divisions for this group are:
121+122, 123+124, 125+126, 127+128, 807+808, 920+921
Please post dates that you hear from your recruits for his/her division and I will get a schedule started here. HOOYAH! Check out www.youtube.com and put in "CNN BattleStations 21" in the search box to see what your recruits will be doing then.
*******BattleStations Schedule*******
Thurs, Mar 31st/Fri Apr 1st: Div 121, 122, 123, 124
Sun, Apr 3rd/Mon, Apr 4th: Div 125, 126, 807, 808
Mon, Apr 4th/Tues, Apr 5th: Div 127, 128, 920, 921
***** Be sure to check out Craig's BattleStations PowerPoint presentation on BattleStations--- in the discussion groups. It is very interesting!
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Permalink Reply by ProudmominNC ship 02 Div 921 on
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Great info.! Thanks so much for sharing!!
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Permalink Reply by Lil's mom on
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Dianne, great info, very informative. My daughter is ship 11/121 with PIR 4/8/11 Thanks so much.
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Permalink Reply by diannep on
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You're welcome Lil's mom. Also, you all be sure to check out the CNN video on youtube about BattleStations.
Just go to www.youtube.com and type in "CNN Battlestations 21" in the search box. It is very interesting!
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Permalink Reply by justin'smom on
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Thanks for sharing the battlestations information! And also for the youtube video information!
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Permalink Reply by Jajajo on
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My daughter's letter said BS for division 121 are 6/5. I'm thinking she meant 4/5 :)
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Jajajo: Not sure that Tues, 4/5 is right. 121 & 122 will be the first to go through. I'm thinking that it may be Mar 30th or 31st. With 12 divisions to get through, they usually start the week before PIR. Let's see what others say about 121 or 122 before I post this in the schedule, or maybe ask her again if you speak to her.
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Permalink Reply by ntz4laa (HM Mom) on
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Jajajo - that would be week 6 training day 5.
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Thinking that they go Thurs, Mar 31st/Fri, Apr 1st with 123 and 124. Need to have it confirmed though.
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Permalink Reply by TB1983 (HM, A School, GL) on
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How long is the "I'm a sailor" Call?
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