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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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DO be smart, use your head, always think OPSEC when using texts, email, phone, and social media, and watch this video: "Importance of Navy OPSEC."
Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:
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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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Comment by LLovesmysailor on October 31, 2009 at 4:10pm
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One month I did "get the family involved." I contacted his aunts, uncles, cousins, parents, etc. and asked them so send me something small from them. Then I put all those things in a box and sent it to him. Some were just letters or notes but he loved it.
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When my husband was gone. I use to do something I called the "project of the month". One month I took photos and sent them to him. Then I cooked or made candy. Well you get the idea.. I helped pass the time. Instead of 6 months, it was only 6 projects.
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That's better than a sub. My son is on a fast attack submarine. They have been gone 8+ months and we have only heard from him 3 times. The last being the first week in Sept. Being on a surface ship, he will have access to a computer and will be able to send and recieve e-mails. Just don't expect him to e-mail you daily. Esp. when they first leave, they are very busy. Also, surface ships make port calls. So you should be able to talk him when they are in port. If you know where they are going, you can buy him a phone card for him to use. Just make sure it is the right one for where they are going. Oh, BTW, they do get mail while deployed and they love packages from home.
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Sailorsbaby, Welcome to the group. Is you son on a sub or surface ship?
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They did get to go to some really nice ports of call. They stopped at Oslo twice, London and somewhere in Scotland. We are hoping that he will get to come home for Thanksgiving. His brother has also put in for Thanksgiving leave. It would mean that I would have them both home at the same time. That would be a huge first and probably won't happen again for years.
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Well, they are now expecting his sub to return in early Nov. That will make it a full 8 months at sea. He is so going to need a vacation. 8 full months of looking at dials and gauges.
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I'm not sure, but check www.yahoogroups.com and then search for the group you are looking for. You could start a group here on N4Ms.
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Vicki, So glad you got to see the ship come home. My son's sub should be back in late Oct and I can't wait to see it return. And get to take him home for 2 weeks.
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Kathryn , I couldn''t have said it better. We're not just talking about his High School friends but his grandparents and aunts and uncles.
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My son called home again! He was in England this time. Now they are off somewhere again. It was great to hear from him. There were two down moments. One when he said that they will be back a month later than we had thought. The other was when he told us that the only people he hears from are his dad and myself. I spent a ton of time getting his e-mail address to his friends and other family members. I guess they just don't understand what it means to a deployed sailor to get e-mail from home.
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