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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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Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on November 29, 2010 at 12:05pm
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I am happy you got to spend Thanksgiving with your sons and hopefully you will have Christmas with them as well. It is good that they don't leave until after the holidays. I hope they are leaving on the same day and hopefully get in the same division. I know a lot of others have. It is an incredible journey. If you ever have any questions at all please feel free to send me a message. I am happy to help in whatever way I can. My daughter had PIR in July, she got married in Sept, during A-school and is now in C-school. Her hubby left 4 days after they got married to go to bootcamp and he had PIR Oct 29th. He is now in A-school and both are hoping to get to come home for Christmas. Man, what a roller-coaster ride this is.
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Comment by AJVNavyMom on November 29, 2010 at 8:25pm
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I know all too well how you are feeling. Our son leaves Jan. 4th, boot on the 5th. I just can't seem to stop the endless tears. The tug is getting stronger as the date nears. I often wonder how on earth I'm going to manage the goodbye. I imagine on that day, we will hug our boys like no other hug before. God bless, and I'm thinking of you.
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Comment by 2navymen02div915 on January 16, 2011 at 1:16pm
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How did it go? The letting go part?
I cried. it was a little funny because my boys were so brave on the letting go...and when they boarded the plane I received a txt from one of them. "at the airport..aaahhhh trying not to cry...."
it was meant for someone else that he had been txting...but i then knew all our boys when they leave will miss us to. : )
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