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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).
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
**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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- Graduation Info
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- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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Waiting Game
One day in Nov I walked in the house from work one day to find my boyfriend leaning against the sink with his arms crossed across his chest..He looked at me and said "I want to join the Navy"...My heart sank... What I heard was " I want to (IM LEAVING) join the Navy....I immediately said No..In fact I got so angry and upset i went our Bedroom and closed and locked the door...We were supposed to have dinner with his grandparents that night and I refused to go.. He left while I lay there and cried...I eventually came around and went to his Grandparents..They both agreed it would be a good choice...Times have been hard,,,Jordan has been trying to find a job for the last yr and hasn't had any luck..He's tried of seeing all the financial responsibility put on my shoulders...I work as an STNA and am having trouble getting hours as is...He wants to do it to make a better life for us....However I personally couldn't understand how anything that causes him to leave me for long periods of time be a good thing..The next day my BF called a recruiter only to find out they wouldnt even talk to him until his probation was up which wasn't until march..He was on a yr probation for driving w/o a license.
Things went back to normal for a while..I thought he would just forget about it since it was so long until he could anything about it..I was wrong...Once he gets something in his head thats how its going to be...I started to realize i need to come to accept what he wants to do or it'll cause alot of grief..So I started my search into what the navy life is like. Thats when i came across a video of a navy graduation....I started to cry...It was amazing...I could see then why he wanted to do it...he wanted to be apart of something bigger then himself...I knew this was something i should be proud of him for...not upset with him..I told him I would support him in whatever he wanted to do because I love him and I will not hold him back from his dreams..And that is what im going to do.
His probation was up march 4th and was standing in the recruiters office march 5th..They gave him the usual book of papers to fill out haha...And he needed to get his college transcripts birth certificate ssc and ID...All the forms of ID he could...Went back to the recruiter to get the rest done only to find out he need original college transcripts an updated ID and Papers from when he was home schooled...He had been home schooled from 4th grade thru 12th...I could already tell this was going to be an issue cause his recruiter doesn't know the protocol on home schooled recruits..My Bf is having his original transcripts mailed to the recruiter straight from the college..He had some trouble getting his ID because they wont give you a new license or ID if you owe reinstatement fees so he had to forfeit his license in order to get an ID meaning he'll have to get a permit and take his drivers test over again when he has the money to get his license back..As for the papers from home school he got lucky his mother doesnt throw anything away and she still had them...
The day before he was to going to take everything up to his recruiter and get everything ready to do MEPS his recruiter called and said they have another problem....The first name on his Birth certificate it spelled wrong..His name is Jordan and on his BC its spelled Jordon...It was a second issue BC and it was a misprint...He had to get a paper from the Social security office with his DOB Name and SSN on it saying the name on the BC is spelled wrong and some kind or paper from when he was younger with his name spelled right like medical records or somthing...He and his mom went up today to get it taken care of only to find out the immunization record she took wasn't good enough but he would need two witnesses instead...They had to drive back down the get his grandma and go back up...(The town is an hour away)...So now he has to wait 4 to 6 weeks to get his right Birth Certificate back...So now yet again he is left waiting to get into the Navy...
Thats all from me for now...Or until something else comes up...s
*Sigh* Is it always this difficult to get in.
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Comment by Sherry James on March 21, 2010 at 1:19am
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Hi Jennifer,
It will be worth it and your boyfriend sounds very determined, which is what it will take to make it. Please continue to support him with words of encouragement (whether by phone, or mail). He will need you and his family to encourage him when he wants to quit. Find out as much as you can and best wishes!
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Comment by Jennifer on March 21, 2010 at 12:52pm
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That is what I have been doing..In fact at this point in time I know more about the Navy then he does..He Just knows this is what he wants to do and doesn't seem to care about the little details..Im afraid he doesn't know enough about the Navy to be signing up just yet...Every question I have I come to this site to find out...Such a great source of info =]..I see many changes coming my way in the future and I'm doing my best to get ready for them.
Thanks, Jenn
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