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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.

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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Planning for Graduation

My son has been gone for ten days. I got the call which my daughter answered because I was not at home at the time. I received the letter with the address to where to write to him as well a other important information. Now is time for planning for graduation. I want to do this on time and not be running around like a chicken without a head. Can anybody out there help me. I don't know the area at all.

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Comment by Nan(Ship 9 Div 247) on August 13, 2011 at 11:34pm: Whatever you do, do not stay at the Motel 6 in Waukegan - we were late and wound up staying there and it was horrible. It's pretty easy to get around as long as you avoid Chicago, traffic is heavy - much heavier than we are used to with Philadelphia. The Gernee Mills Mall was nice. We had a wonderful family dinner at the Rainforest Cafe. Our Sailor loved it, but then again I think he would have love anything after 8 1/2 long weeks at Boot Camp. Six Flags is very close, if you have time and like that kind of thing. There realy isn't much time if your Sailor is leaving on Saturday morning as ours did. We did enjoy spending the day with him at the airport on Saturday, they were very accomidating. Good luck to you and your SR. Just keep reading everything you can find on here and you will do just fine.

Comment by abbyblue on August 14, 2011 at 12:10am: See our detailed N4M SURVIVAL GUIDE. Everyone welcome. Questions encouraged. A panel of advisers to answer them.
Website: http://www.navyformoms/group/newmomsstophere

Comment by BunkerQB on August 14, 2011 at 2:51am: What is the date for his PIR? Find that and join one of the following groups. Yours will probably be Sept 23 or 30. Just click on the link and click JOIN. In your PIR group, you'll find others with RC graduating on the same date. Next join the PIR Reference Information group. Finally for an overview of what your recruit is doing and get yourself up to speed on using this site. Read the material in the Survival Guide and watch the videos (both of these are listed under PAGES in the New Moms Stop Here group (see link from Abby.

          PIR: Sept 30, 2011           TG 46

            PIR: Sept 23, 2011       TG 45 - Divisions (315-320 & 945)

            PIR: Sept 16, 2011       TG 44 - 13 Divisions (303–314 & 944)

            PIR: Sept 9, 2011             TG 43 - 13 Divisions (291-302 & 943)

            PIR: Sept 1, 2011 TG 42 - 13 Divisions (281–290, 818, 819 & 942)

            PIR: August 26, 2011       TG 41 - 13 Divisions (269-280, 941)

                Division 270 PIR: August 26, 2011

PIR: August 19, 2011    TG 40 - 7 Divisions (263–268 & 940)

Comment by Philly5 (Justin's proud mom) on August 15, 2011 at 9:41pm: Springhill Suites in Waukegan/Gurnee is very close and is an amazing newer hotel with a pretty nice continental breakfast and a nice place deck area witha fireplace outside to relax. Google it, you will find it under the Mariott umbrella. We stayed there over the 4th of July and went to the Great Lakes 100 yr celebration so we were fortunate to be able to see the base and figure out where we wanted to stay before we come back down for his PIR. He leaves next week Monday for his Oath of Enlistment on Tuesday!!! We are driving to Milwaukee to watch it and I can't wait. He has been a Depper for almost a year, and the time is just about upon us!

Comment by mombychoice on August 18, 2011 at 4:41am: Philly5 in WI I just read that your son will also be going to IT after bootcamp. Jon will be doing the same. We have been told that he will be at Cory Station/Field in Pensacola. Is that the same agenda for your son?