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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
...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.
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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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Am I the only mom who isn't happy?
I am not proud of his choice to drop out of college to join the Navy. I am not looking forward to getting letters of this broken sprit and gradually receiving letter after he regains self esteem.
I think basic training is cruel and emotional abuse so they can tear them down to built them back up again. I don't understand it.
My sons father was in the military when we married and had our son. It didn't take long before we divorced because he was mean and a drunk. The stress he couldn't handle and I grew tired of the saying, "If the military wanted me to have a family they would of issued me one"
Graduation... I don't think I can go. I don't want to see my son as this man. He is already a man and a damn good one now. It will break my heart to see him.
Am I alone here? I have read a lot about the excitement and getting phone calls and letters ect. Everyone is so happy but I don't know how to be happy about any of it!
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Comment by CatMom509 on October 2, 2014 at 6:03am
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NotHappy,
I have read through all the posts here since you let out your honest feelings a mere 11 days ago. I can already tell that your attitude has shifted! You are planning an Anchor's Away/going away for your son. This acknowledges that this process has helped. If you were still as unhappy as you were when you first posted, you could have just let your son walk out the door to go to MEPS all by himself...
I am one of the veteran moms who helps on the PIR groups, most specifically, I provide the daily scriptural support for the groups. As you prepare for your amazing son to step out and travel down the Navy path, I hope you can realize that
"We know that God causes all things to work together
for good to those who are called according to His purpose."
Romans 8:28
Your son chose his own path. He tried the one that you helped put him on, but he wants to do this one now. He chose his own purpose in his life. My Sailor daughter did the same thing. She chose the Navy after being at a university for 2 1/2 years. She researched which job would be the best one to be employed in the private sector after she has completed her Navy contract and she went after it, finishing 2nd in her A school class!! She is doing awesome and I am beyond proud of her accomplishments in the Navy! She is receiving certifications from the Navy and getting paid at the same time. I pray for her to be stationed close to where her daddy and I live sometime in the future, but if not and she gets to travel, that's great too because that was one of the reasons that she joined the Navy!
I'll be praying for you and your son to be able to treasure these days you have left together. Just be guided by your love for him and his love for you. Everything will fall into place. Our God is in control and I hope you can find peace in your heart, if you haven't already~~ I'll be looking out for you on Boot Camp Moms and your PIR group when that is formed. (((HUGS))) to you and your soon-to-be-SR!!
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Comment by BunkerQB on October 2, 2014 at 1:24pm
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List of Navy For Moms PIR group (clickable link) - you'll see the entire list. We keep links to old PIR groups too. In case any one wonders in and want to look up old friends.
Veteran members: ellen0502, diannep, CatMom509, Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons, ♥FireTeamLeaderWife♥ aka FTLW, What a gift to the Navy community to have these ladies here. Additionally, navyprincessmom, GRU took darsatm
I can see that newer members like Sailorswife2716 will be play larger roles in the future.
There will be some "down" days and there will be many "up" days.
Fair winds and following seas.
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Comment by ProudMomHappy on October 2, 2014 at 2:59pm
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Well I updated my facebook! Now everyone knows my son is off to be a sailor. I have a great weekend planned for him.... but just in case he is stalking my blog I don't want to let out any details. This will be the last weekend with him and then we drop him off on the 7th. The days are going by fast but I have been doing really well thanks to everyone's support! I will have to look for the other groups so I can find the mom's whose son or daughters are in his group. Thanks for all the good advice. Happier Mom
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Well I updated my facebook! Now everyone knows my son is off to be a sailor. I have a great weekend planned for him.... but just in case he is stalking my blog I don't want to let out any details. This will be the last weekend with him and then we drop him off on the 7th. The days are going by fast but I have been doing really well thanks to everyone's support! I will have to look for the other groups so I can find the mom's whose son or daughters are in his group. Thanks for all the good advice. Happier Mom
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Well I updated my facebook! Now everyone knows my son is off to be a sailor. I have a great weekend planned for him.... but just in case he is stalking my blog I don't want to let out any details. This will be the last weekend with him and then we drop him off on the 7th. The days are going by fast but I have been doing really well thanks to everyone's support! I will have to look for the other groups so I can find the mom's whose son or daughters are in his group. Thanks for all the good advice. Happier Mom
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Comment by My2kidz on October 2, 2014 at 3:10pm
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Not Happy - I am so glad you are in a much better place. Now you are going to have to change your name! Hope you have a wonderful weekend with your son and I am sending best wishes for all his future success. I am only two weeks behind you!
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Oh and there are lots of moms whose kids are leaving Oct 7. Check out Leavin for Bootcamp in October :)
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Brenda Kay,
Lifting up your son that he can talk out his feelings to someone who can help him. Depression is nothing to be messed with. It is really unpredictable. Does he have access to any counseling? Praying for solutions to be revealed to you and for your son's well-being!
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Not Happy,
Here's a group with a very helpful veteran mom: lemonelephant! It's Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones) and she will answer any questions and there are lot of information in the center area plus articles on the Pages section under the members' pics that has a "Arrival and What Happens at Boot Camp" (something like that) article which has lots of video links of what the SRs are doing at Boot Camp. Your son should watch the videos too so he will know exactly what to expect. They are called "Return to Boot Camp" and there's several parts to the series. She will also put up the links to the PIR groups (where all the SRs are graduating the same day) to join when they have been set up. I anticipate that your son should end up in the 12/05/2014 group. We'll see what happens!
I agree with My2kidz that you could think about an appropriate name change~~ ((HUGS!))
Oh, here's the link for "Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones):
http://navyformoms.com/group/bootcampmoms?groupUrl=bootcampmoms&...
P.S. If you want to get rid of any of your posts (like multiple ones), just click on the X in the upper right corner of the post~
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Happier Mom,
Please do not delete comments except for the duplicate comments. This has been a valuable exchange. I know from the 4+ years on this site that there will be a number of moms encouraged by the feelings and thoughts that have been expressed within this discussions. Many do not post but read faithfully every post. At the beginning, it bothered me that people would read but not post because I felt the lurkers were not contributing. Once day, a mom who was going to chemo informed me that the reading was the one thing she looked forward to everyday. She simply did not have the energy to respond, let alone create/start a discussion. We are from everyone walk of life, from all different geographical areas, from all different ethnic & religious groups.
It sounds like you have a wonderful son and you are a very caring mother. I know things will be OK.
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