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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)
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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.
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My son shipped on 03 August after being picked up by his DEP Petty Officer to stay overnight in a hotel before swearing in the following morning. I posted this story about my son, his fiancee, his brother and I on my personal blog the following day:
And yet, this feeling too shall pass...
Of all the things I’ve done in my life, being a mother is the most difficult and the most rewarding.
I’ve been a nurse, a maid, a mechanic, a designer, a travel agent, a warden and a safe haven for two of the most wonderful people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting . Not a day has gone by that I ever regretted being their mother, although some days I have wanted a vacation from the responsibility…like most mothers do. I might have thought about changing some of the decisions that I made along the way, but in doing so (if there were actually that option) it would change more than just that single decision and altering who and what my boys are, which is no kind of option I’d ever want.
Today I stood in my tiny living room, floor covered in boxes and things scattered about, making polite small talk with a handsome Naval Petty Officer waiting for Joe. The Petty Officer was late to pick him up and was saying something about moving with his wife closer to his job. I smiled and nodded and offered useless tidbits in the conversation, more concerned with his tardiness than what he was saying. I reminded myself that it was going to be like this with the Navy, being an ex-Navy wife myself.
Then I thought about Robin. How sad and lonely she must feel, having to say goodbye to the man she loves while he is off to make a life for them and she wait here. How bittersweet life is. She, being sick and unable to even kiss him farewell. Yet, for their future, she must know how important this is.
Time was passing and the Petty Officer began shuffling his feet and looking more antsy as we chatted. Smiling, I told him I would go and find out what was holding up the train.
As I rounded the corner toward the bedroom, I heard the sniffles. I knew.
Joe was holding his brother tightly wrapped in his arms. Zach’s sun burned little face, upturned on his brother’s shoulder, tears streaming down his cheeks and his eyes closed. I cleared my throat and said matter-of-factly, “All right now… Joe, it’s time to go.” They both turned and released each other. Joe drew in a long breath and nodded. I walked back into the living room, leaving Zach and Robin alone and Joe following me obediently.
The Petty Officer had been looking at the photos of our family on the shelf by the door when we walked back in. I’m sure I will think about that every time I look at those framed moments of our lives from now on.
I stood still in the middle of the room and watched my son hike up the backpack that contained just a few essential things for the overnight stay in the hotel onto his shoulder. I smiled at him.
“Mom…” I can’t remember a hug from him that ever felt so important. He held me and laid his head on my shoulder, much like when he was little and would come home from school after having a terrible day and the only thing that made it better was my understanding. I patted him on the back after a few moments and said, “I know. But it’s time…” He inhaled deeply and stood up from the leaning position he had to take to hug me, straightened his shirt and said, “Yup. Let’s go, Petty Officer” taking the few strides to the door.
Walking out our front door, I said, “Hey! I love you…”
He said he loved me back. I winked.
Alone and standing on the front porch, I watched that nondescript, champagne colored sedan back out of my driveway with my baby inside. He was off to start his life. Fresh and shiny and new. And all his.
I was suddenly lonely and my belly hurt.
All I could do was blow him a kiss. I got one in return.
Thank you - my son leaves in three days and your story has reminded me to be calm enough and thoughtful enough to remember to say all the things my heart wants to say. It also reminded me that while my son is not attached to a young woman, he leaves a brother and a sister who love him very much, and so very many friends who will also miss his bright cheery smile and his killer sense of humor. I am not the only one feeling sad for how much I will miss him. I will remember them and reach out to comfort them, for my son.
Of course, at the end of a very long day, I will break down and cry, but will do so, knowing my son is off to begin a journey like no other, and that he does so of HIS own choice, and for that, I am so proud.
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