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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.

**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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RTC Graduation

**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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Twins and multiples in the Navy

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This is a group for navy moms who have twins or multiples and at least one has decided to join the navy. Share experiences of how you are coping and also how your kids are coping with being without their sibling.

Members: 31
Latest Activity: Aug 29, 2020

Administrator <callsforrecruits@gmail.com> ro request calling cards

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phone the Military Postal Service Agency at 1-800-810-6098.

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Discussion Forum

Handling the Twin Bond Relationship at Bootcamp

Started by Sierrascrapper (ETN2). Last reply by rebecca1957 Aug 29, 2020. 29 Replies 1 Like

I wanted to ask about this topic as it has a deep impact on how twins relate to each other. This will be good future reference for other Navy Twin Moms as their sons leave for BC. I only have one…Continue

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Comment by TDSNAVY04 on September 17, 2014 at 8:00pm: Hi!! Did anyone on here have twins in BC at the same time? Were they on the same ship and div? What was there experience?

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on September 17, 2014 at 7:20pm: So fun to have a third family with triplets. Did you know that Sassy Mom? What will your sailors rate be? IE what job will he have? You will get a phone call. The navy is a huge lesson in patience.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on September 17, 2014 at 5:03pm: Well am update. My first navy twin will deploy for the second time this spring. Will be having his 21st b day at sea. He is bummed. He will be taking his E5 exam before he deploys. Hard to believe it is almost two years since he left here. He will be coming home on leave to go hunting next month.

goofy picture

Twin 2 will start the final phase of Nuke pipeline next month. He could be under the sea just like Sponge Bob by next summer. Providing there are no delays.

Please pray my home sells soon, real soon. I start school Nov. 10th and need to be relocated before that.

Anyone else have an update or an introduction?

Funny I thought that my twins were so close that this would be hard on them but they seem to fine with texting and skyping. They have only seen each other twice in two years.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on August 7, 2014 at 6:53pm: All pics of the little cottage. Those purple flowers would all fall off by 5pm then be full of new ones every morning. It is impeccably clean.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on August 7, 2014 at 6:46pm: Sierra, We went for Deep dish Chicago style piazza. There is a great place, not a chain really. there is one down town Chicago and another one in a mall close to base (7105 Grand Ave., Gurnee). It is called Giordano's. Our piazza was 2" thick!! It was so good when we went with Steve, Sam wanted to go there also. A wonderful place for Breakfast which is most popular with sailors hands down is called WildBerrys, We went there twice also. 1783 N. Milwaukee Rd, Libertyville.

I don't think there is an in and out there. Think those are Western US. There are none in Colorado. I didn't go to one until my trip to California.

The North Charleston cottage is on 5034 Victoria Ave. You can look it up on line the owner is John Beckroge 843-367-3196, jbeckroge@gmail.com. It was two bedroom one bath. cute yard with BBQ.

Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on August 7, 2014 at 3:48am: Awesome CO-Twin! These pics are fantastic! Your Sailor is looking sharp and you both look so happy and proud! I definitely would like the info about your cottage. I sure hope we will be able to find a way to make it out there for PS graduation. We have some time, so maybe if we start saving now it will happen. Can't wait to make it out there especially because we've never seen the East Coast before.

We got another letter today! WOOHOO! I am so glad that my son's letters are full of humor and are quite upbeat. It seems like he isn't hiding his feelings but being straightforward and honest about how the whole experience. He definitely can't wait to get out of BC though! He found out his rating, but we won't know until his next letter as he wrote the last one a day before he found out. UGGHH!! Oh well, I can wait that long I guess. LOL He told us to stop talking about food in his letters and that he definitely wants In-N-Out Burgers on PIR weekend. I sure hope there is one there...guess I gotta do my research. We are getting closer and closer to PIR. This Friday marks only 3 more to go until PIR! Please make these next few weeks FLY BY would ya?

Hope all is well with all of you and your Sailors.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on August 6, 2014 at 4:32pm: Graduation was a blast. Charleston a fun place to go. I will have to give you the infer for the cottage when you go Sierrascrapper. It was a straight forward drive to base. no traffic when we drove for Grad.

Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on July 29, 2014 at 7:08pm: Hope you have safe travels to SC and I can't wait to hear all about Sam's graduation. Enjoy the time with your Sailors!

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on July 27, 2014 at 9:53pm: That would be great if he gets to go to SC. I will be able to give you some tips on what to do. I am headed that way tomorrow. I know all the kids go to Folly Beach.

He should be able to come home for Christmas.

Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on July 27, 2014 at 8:28pm: Nathanael is planning on possibly going to SC to see his bro over Spring Break. He might travel with their friend from church who is also a twin. So it will be good and hopefully we will get lucky enough to have Jonathan come home over the Christmas stand down. Nathanael has written his brother once and is writing another letter this week. I think he's doing all right.