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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.
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.
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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SH "A" School
SH "A" school is approximately four weeks long.
The school is located in Meridian, MS.
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Ship's Serviceman (SH)
Ship's Serviceman "A" SchoolThe Ship Serviceman Class "A" School is a self-paced course delivered in the Integrated Learning Environment (ILE).
The course is computer-aided instruction followed by practical work sessions. The practical work sessions approximate an "on the job" environment as closely as possible.
The trainee receives training on the following subjects: General Keyboarding; Customer Service and Standard of Conduct; Security, Receipts of Ship’s Store Retail Merchandise; Stowage, Breakouts of Ship Store; Vending Machine, Inventory and Ship’s Laundry. The trainee will also be introduced to several labs. In the Receipts of Ship Store lab, the trainee will be exposed to the procedures of all Receipt Documents 1155,1149, 1348-1a and the procedures for receiving stock. In Breakout Lab, the trainee will perform the tasks needed in order to complete an intra-store transfer. In Vending Machine Lab, the trainee will observe and correct vending machine maintenance, operation and sanitation. In Ship Store Lab, the trainee will display proper cash handling, cash register and PDT (Portable Data Terminal) procedures. In Laundry Lab, the trainee will learn how to properly receive laundry, operating procedures of washing machines, dryers and presses. The trainee will also demonstrate how to press three sets of uniforms and explain all safety features of the laundry equipment.
(Information found at http://www.netc.navy.mil/centers/css/nttc/Supply.aspx?ID=1)
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