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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 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.

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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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**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

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PIR 5/6/2011 (Divisions 157-166, 809, 925)

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Comment by Mom2aSailor on March 12, 2011 at 12:03am: forevermom..

I texted her recruiter today to see if he had her addy, he called me later w/the address... My daughter left Tues. and he said it was posted this AM..

Comment by diannep on March 11, 2011 at 9:43pm: Your sailors in this PIR group will be the first group going back to the dress whites for PIR. Great Lakes changes from the dress blues back to the whites the first weekend in May, so that is what they will be in for PIR!

Comment by Mom2aSailor on March 11, 2011 at 3:40pm: Yea, my call was very scripted.. I'm here, box in a week, call in 2-3 weeks.. but my daughter is definitely a "by the book" type of personality.. she wouldn't stray from what she was told to say! LOL

Got my daugther address today, her recruiter called and gave it to me.
She is Ship 02 Div 925

Comment by diannep on March 11, 2011 at 3:12pm: valtameri: He probably had some Navy personnel close by...the others may have been unmonitored for a moment and able to say other things. He also still could be in the "shock" stage which they are in for a while shortly after they arrive...assembly lines, orders shouted at them, etc.

My son was not one to say " love you" to me...until boot camp. He PIRed over a year ago and still says it before he hangs up with me. So...keep the faith! Bootcamp changes them in lots of ways, I'm tellin ya!

Comment by diannep on March 11, 2011 at 3:03pm: Ozzy: The form letter should arrive in the next 10 days or so with the PIR date in it...and lots of grad and info.

Comment by diannep on March 11, 2011 at 3:03pm: ...and, yes, the I'm a Sailor calls are pretty "scripted"...about calling again in 3 weeks, etc. My son happened to call just a few days later because it was Thanksgiving and they got a few minutes to call, so that was good!

Comment by diannep on March 11, 2011 at 3:01pm: valtameri: Was this the "I'm here" call? If so, there are lines of recruits standing there to use the phones, and they are monitored by the RDCs so there is no time for chit chat. I missed my son's "I'm here" call when he was up there...and on the message, he was all business...and he is my talker! I have a feeling that your first call where he is free to talk will be a bit more chatty! They sure miss family when there....no matter what they say before they leave. My son wrote and said wonderful things to me after being in boot camp for a while..about how much he appreciated things, etc. That is the good part that boot camp brings out in them!

Comment by Ozzy on March 11, 2011 at 1:58pm: The box came today : ( Still do not know his PIR date, though.

Comment by nicksmum on March 11, 2011 at 11:17am: i posted this somewhere else, but my call came last night, sounded the same as you all have said. weather is cold, I am fine, im here, some yelling already, no time to talk to Dad, love you and I will call you in three weeks. wow that was it, I said I love you then said goodbye.definetly didnt feel like a two minute call more like 30 seconds, but I was happy to get that, I had been carrying the phone around for 2 days straight and I could finally put it down. Cant wait to get his address

Comment by Ozzy on March 11, 2011 at 9:44am: It was midnight on Tuesday night and he sounded exhausted. He said he was 'fine' and he just got measured for his shoes, he also said that the last 2 days was a lot of waiting around. He sounded good, but quiet.