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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).
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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Care packages for new graduates (a school)
Started by Cali's mama. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Mar 19, 2021. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Looking for current information for my daughter on what's allowed for care packages..idk if it matters that she is in the great lakes location or not..ship 7 div 136...lonely mom with confused tears lol
Bootcamp arrival Sept 8, 2020??
Started by Stephanie0725. Last reply by Shoosh Oct 5, 2020. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Hello! Got the call that my daughter made it to bootcamp quarantine last night 09/08/2020. Looking for other moms out there on the same timeline. Sadie is my baby, only daughter, and only child in the military. I think I am going to need lots of…Continue
PIR DATE: December 13, 2019
Started by Donita. Last reply by Donita Nov 5, 2019. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Anyone else’s recruit have a PIR date ofDecember 13, 2019?Continue
Arrived at boot camp October 2nd
Started by Donita. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Nov 5, 2019. 26 Replies 1 Like
Hey everyone- my daughter left for boot camp October 2nd. I missed a call from her last Friday telling me that her graduation is December 13th. I feel like the worst mom in the world for missing her call. Really didn’t expect her to call so soon but…Continue
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Comment by Blondie on September 11, 2019 at 11:40am
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No Kid-in-a-box?!!! I guess good and bad but I should did like holding and wearing her clothes......
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Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on September 11, 2019 at 10:59am
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Comment by Oleander on September 6, 2019 at 8:22am
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No more kid in a box!!! Wow - that was so much a part of the boot camp experience for me. I guess mailmen/women will be happy to know they'll no longer be assaulted by new navy mom's desperately waiting for their child's belongings! lol Must say, I did love holding her backpack in my arms knowing it was the last thing that hugged her!
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Comment by Molly's Proud Mom on September 5, 2019 at 11:01pm
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WHOA! Anna, thanks for the update! That's a big change. It's almost like a rite of passage for moms is disappearing. :/
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Comment by Anna on September 5, 2019 at 8:18pm
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So not sure if any of you heard this news from RTC but new recruits will no longer ship home their clothes and whatever they took along when reporting to boot camp. The boxes will now be held in storage and given back to the recruits at graduation. So we need to inform any new moms of this change and make sure new recruits plan to take their phone chargers so they can charge up their phones when they get their box back!!!! Now unless there is some rule made that they can't bring along their phones and chargers since they will all be stored in boxes for 2 months, I'm making the assumption that this would be acceptable. Will keep everyone posted if I learn something new!!!!
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Hi all...chiming in with my hair opinion. LOL Molly refused to cut her hair when she went to BC. It was halfway down her back. I thought she'd change her mind, especially with the not so luxurious products they're provided with. :) She kept it in the regulation bun all through, and still has it long. But she had a constant rash on her neck from the tight bun as it chafed her skin. It wasn't fun, but she saw the haircuts the girls were getting, she refused. They were mocked mercilessly by the COs.
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dmj,
Yes, she can keep her hair long. When I went to boot camp 100 years ago I had long hair and was prepared to get it cut. But on day one I got yelled at for having my hair down (didn't even have any uniform yet) but they showed me how to wear it up and I did so my whole time at boot camp. I will mention just for fun, the base where I attended boot camp doesn't even exist anymore!!!!! What I suggest for her is to find a female maybe in her recruiting office or at meps, and have them show her how to do the modern day bun. Then on the day she leaves, put her hair up so she's in regulation beginning day one.
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Comment by JayDee659 on September 3, 2019 at 10:20am
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dmj, welcome! My daughter had hair that she could sit on and she decided to have it cut before boot camp. She was scheduled to be in GL during the winter and the stories she was hearing from other females was that they showered in the evening and their hair was still wet in the morning. In cold weather their hair would freeze and my girl was not about to have frozen hair. She has since grown it back out. The Navy now allows them to wear a pony tail in the fleet, but it cannot touch their shoulders.
I agree with Oleander, if she wants to get it cut, do it at home, right before she leaves. Navy barbers are not great. My daughter suggests a blunt cut right above chin line (so it doesn't get too long during BC and need to be cut by the Navy). Blunt will grow out easier than pixie cut layers.
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Hi dmj, welcome!
My daughter was one of the 1st females in a pilot program that allowed recruits to keep their hair long, that was 2015 and her hair is still long today. There are requirements for the size of a regulation bun. You might want to check before she goes to basic and have a few inches cut off, that way she won't be at the mercy of the barbers and will be in compliance day 1!
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Comment by dmj on September 3, 2019 at 8:56am
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I am new and am wondering about the long hair-my daughter doesn't want to cut it-are they supposed to wear it up during basic and what is the best way to do so?thanks!
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