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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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June 10 PIR

I was so emotional all day yesterday. All three of my kids (sailor plus his 17-yr-old brother and 11-yr-old sister) kept trying to "comfort" me. I finally had to explain that my tears were not tears of sadness.

I think it was the anticipation of the sailors entrance with the percussion building that first started my heart pounding. My tears started just after the sailors came marching in by division through that big door, at first sight of OUR sailor in rank. He never saw us because he kept his "military bearing" throughout the ceremony, just as he had been taught. He looked more handsome than I have ever seen before.

The tears came again with all 820 new sailors singing "Anchors Aweigh," and saying, "Thanks Folks." Then that moment when the ceremonies ended and we were given permission to go to our sailor. The long hug from a man who just eight weeks earlier had been a boy. The proud introductions to his fellow sailors and their families.

The tears came again upon seeing a young wife with her baby bump and toddler embracing her new sailor husband; with all the ship-shape sailors wandering the restaurants and mall; the tearful goodbye of a young girl and her sailor in the parking lot followed by his mother and grandmother comforting her and wiping their own tears as he walked away onto the base, following liberty.

The tears brimmed the surface again at the sight of the big cowboy dad with his big cowboy hat and belt buckle, glancing longingly at his sailor long after his sailor had started the long walk back to his ship; watching all the solitary sailors from the Nex walking down the misty sidewalk to return and report back; with the long lines of cars bringing their sailors back from liberty. The tears came once again just a few short hours later in the wee hours of the morning, saying good-bye at the airport, watching the same young wife's toddler salute his sailor daddy and watching his daddy salute back as he fought tears but pressed forward onto the plane headed for A school. And finally saying good-bye to my own sailor at the airport and seeing the pride and tears in the eyes of his brother and little sister. No one could have scripted a movie any better. It was all so magical and surreal.

My boy had gone from being lost and aimless to being a focused and intricate part of something big and wonderful. He had pride, purpose, and direction. I have not seen my boy that happy since he was a small child. Of all the things I had been warned might change during Navy Boot Camp, THAT is a change that I never anticipated and could never have hoped for.

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Comment by BunkerQB on June 13, 2011 at 2:16am: Congratulations. Best of luck to you and your sailor. Thanks for sharing this.

Comment by Angie (Dan's Mom) on June 13, 2011 at 9:44am: You wrote that so beautifully Thank you! My son's PIR was 3/18/2011 and I remember it so clearly He in now in his A School in Pensacola Florida and just loves being the Navy. He received his orders on Friday and at the end oof July he will go join his first duty station in Ft Meade Maryland God Bless all of our sailors in their journeys

Comment by bekka2u2 on June 13, 2011 at 10:22am: That was so touching to say the least. I sit here with tears streaming down my face. I miss my daughter so much. And I know that it will be a little easier when I get that box and the letter with her address on it. I am soooooo looking forward to seeing my daughter on graduation day. ANd I sure do hope that I can experience as pleasant an experience as you have shared here with us. I am afraid that I will probably start with the teary eyes when I get to the graduation site that am of graduation. I kow she will look as pretty as she can be on this special day. Sure will be nice to be able to hug her again.

Comment by SonandSea on June 13, 2011 at 11:53am: What a wonderful experience! Thank you so much for sharing in such an eloquent way. Best wishes to your new sailor and thank you to him for his service!

My son leaves for boot camp in 54 days... ♥

http://sonandsea.blogspot.com/2011/06/service.html

Comment by lj1422 (Josh's mom) on June 15, 2011 at 8:27pm: Well it was a year ago this last April for my Sailors PIR and Wow...you think after this long I wouldn't cry thinking back on it. You put it so well, and how we all feel at that time. I put him on a plane the first of May for a year on the island of Diego Garcia...I talk to him about every 2 weeks on the phone and we facebook chat on weekend because of the 10 hour time difference, he loves where he is and what he is doing. My son too is the happiest he has ever been since he graduated Boot camp. But putting him on that plane was harder than sending him to boot camp and leaving him in Great Lakes after PIR....but I couldn't be prouder.

Thank you for sharing your experience and good luck to your Sailor and your family!!!