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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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Oh my gosh!!!Thank you!!!!! I am waiting for my son to call,so he can make the changes in the list, but I'll keep you posted since, my sister is afraid to go and not been able to get into the graduation. She'll be driving from NY, so she wants to make sure she can get in.
Thank you!!! Again, I'll will contact you asap.
Lorna
...I think! There is a slight chance they could go at the end of the week before! :-)
Don't have a date yet for 209/210, but they should be going during PIR week, early on. Let me know if you hear of a date from your SR!
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The address should be SHIP 04 DIV 2341, 3600 Ohio Street, Great Lakes, IL 60088-7103. They will forward any letters written to his previous Ship. With him being sent to the RCU this early in training, he should go to a new division once he is determined to be fit for duty, and if so, he will be given a new PIR date at that time. He will have several weeks in the RCU, which will include PT. Once that is completed, he will join a division at the point that they believe he is ready to enter it, generally around the same day in training that he was removed from the former division.
I saw your post asking about 8 weeks. The typical time at the RTC is 8 1/2 weeks, but it could be from 7 to 10 weeks depending on when his division formed. Actual training time is about 6 weeks and begins once P-Days are finished and the division is filled. You may hear about DOT (Day of Training); that begins with Week 1 Day 1 (1-1 DOT) on the weekday following the completion of P-Days. Weekends and holidays are not counted in DOT although your SR most likley will still have some training on those days, but there are 5 days in each week.
Your son's PIR date is June 22 because he was most likely one of the first in his division and was held over a week. There are other reasons that would cause a recruit to be held in P-Days; and if it is other than what I indicated, your SR will let you know when he writes.
Just read you post, sure hope that you have PIR and hs grad party on different days-that would be such an extremely difficult decision, hopeing and praying for you that all will go in your favor... Two exciting weekends
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Enjoy your time here! I look forward (along with the community) to reading more about you! :)
-Colleen