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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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**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.
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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.
Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.
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How to pick NROTC units for scholarship app?
Started by rudyinok. Last reply by Suzie Nov 20, 2018. 31 Replies 1 Like
Hello :) I am very new to this forum, but my son has been wanting to be a Navy officer for several years now. He is now a junior at a special math and science high school. He will graduate from this high school in May 2014. so, this coming…Continue
PRK for Aviation
Started by willysmom. Last reply by 2017Commission Aug 18, 2017. 8 Replies 0 Likes
Hi my son is a sophomore at USC and is planning on applying for flight school (I'm sure that is not the correct term for it) but he will need prk or lasik. He has been told that either is fine and that we just find a doctor to do it and get it…Continue
Looking to join navy, need help
Started by Hopefulnavyrecruit. Last reply by 2017Commission Aug 18, 2017. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Hello everybody. Thanks for reading this, I'll try to keep it short.I am 17 years old, and I did not receive a normal, steady, education because of moving around so much all the time as a kid. I finally learned fractions last year, and am now on…Continue
Son not selected for NROTC scholarship
Started by luckymomx4. Last reply by Suzie Aug 2, 2017. 13 Replies 0 Likes
Our youngest son, Mark wasn't selected to receive the Navy ROTC Scholarship. He applied to 5 colleges and so far has received letters of acceptance to 3 so far. No clue as to why. We really thought he was going to get it. He applied in August 2015…Continue
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Comment by kgrmom on June 25, 2009 at 4:06pm
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Sarosa- That strong will of hers will most likely benefit your daughter in the long run :) Have faith that it is a good quality. I imagine alot of our daughters here possess it! I know mine does.
And I'm doing the happy dance. My girl finally found a summer job- yay!!! Took a while but that's ok. In this economy not surprising, she's so excited and I'm so relieved.
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That's so great Maggie :) I know Kara heard online from a few of her friends that have finished Marine week and they all said the same thing- When they got on the bus it was like "OH NO"- ; ) and a lot of them said "it su***ed" but I bet when they survived it and have finished they have all got to feel such a great accomplishment !!! And shooting guns- yay - would have made my daughter's day too (we need a support group-hehe)
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Always nice to know you're not alone even after the fact :)
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Oh- my other suggestion regarding DodMerb / Health related issues. Even if they are 18 it's not a bad idea to get a HIPPA waiver signed so that the Dr. can talk to you !!!! Silly, crazy things come up and. if you do need to take care of something for them and you can't. it creates such a hassle. This almost happened with my daughters Neuro. I fortunately had sat right there next to her in the waiting room while she filled out the HIPPA form and put mine and my husands name on it. All we needed to do was contact them and ask them to fax it to us because the Unit had not received it and they needed it ASAP. The Dr. wouldn't fax it to the Unit because they didn't have a signed HIPPA form (good God) with that name on it. At first they told my husband they wouldn't send it to us either because they didn't have a form with us on it-- until I got on the phone and told her that I WATCHED my daughter fill it out. Somehow she found it after that :) Talk about going buggy. Since the Dr. office was in the town where my daughter goes to school and that is 3 1/2 hrs. away from where we live it would not have been very easy to go pick it up nor for my daughter who didn't have a car.
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Hi Kristen-
Dodmerb can be scary ! Took my daughter 18-19 months to get her waiver (gulp) Talk about stress. We could NOT have done it (and I mean that absolutely) without help from Mr. Larry Mullen over at www.serviceacademyforums.com. If you sign on over there, there is an entire section devoted to just DodMerb. He is a super nice guy and will get back to you asap with the BEST information you could ever hope to have. He is Asst. Deputy Director. My daughter and I got to where we joked that if you are ready to send him an email you better have a phone in you hand because it will ring that fast- lol. He's become really busy though but he will relieve a lot of your stress I can promise you that. Kara was DQ'd, her waiver was denied, her appeal was denied. She joined NROTC anyway and the unit applied for a waiver for her- that was denied. Somehow Larry came through for us and got the darn thing overturned after a Neuro appt after a 6 mo. checkup. Don't know how, don't want to know how ! It can be really crazy what they look at and what they don't. It is really critical though that you DO NOT LIE or put any false information on the forms though. No matter how tempting or no matter what any recruiter might lead you to believe. There has been a lot of talk about this on another board on this website and it is heartbreaking what can happen, not to mention devasting.
Start digging up all those old little awards you might have kept from the earlier years. It's pretty amazing what you start to find once you really start looking. I know for us it was "Oh yeah... I remember that now :)" Even if it might have been working concessions for the football team at a game- you can count it. Kara remembered ringing the bell for Salvation Army at Christmastime by going over some of her old stuff :)
Good luck with surgery in July- keep us posted.
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Maggie and Daria-
Can't wait to share that with my daughter- she will so wish she were there ! Uh oh. :) :) Glad you heard from them.
WELCOME NEW NROTC MOMS AND FAMILIES TO THE NROTC BOARD :)
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You might want to see if there is a army/navy surplus store somewhere around you - you may have some luck there. My only comment with that is that the Navy did just change their Official PT uniforms. My daughter's unit was just issued them shortly before they got out for the summer. The colleges I think usually use their own unit PT uniform instead of the Navy Official PT uniform.
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Hi Susan-
My daughter didn't have anything military on her resume. It just wasn't available to her so don't feel like that will necessarily be a hindrance. She worked a lot of hours at the zoo as a ZooTeen (volunteer) in the summers and did travel a couple of summers with People to People as a Student Ambassador (this is what got her thinking about joining the military she now tells me- who knew! ). Varsity rower, black belt in karate. Now is a good time to start digging up ALL those little things you do forget about and when they were because they could come into play and make the difference. It is amazing all the things you start to find once you start. It's great you are so ahead of the game :)
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Good morning all-
I'm ready to make a family visit to Williamsburg, VA for no other reason than to visit :) Sounds like a great place- have to start thinking about that one. We have friends that will be in Washington DC for the summer, maybe we can combine a trip to see them and swing down there. Hope everyone is having a great day :) Paulette
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