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Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak
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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Events
**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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Permalink Reply by Helene on
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Tawny...just read through all the posts on this site again (I do it every few days, start to finish!), and I love the idea of matching ribbons. My family will have 5 people at Hi Mom, PIR, and graduation....if you do make ribbons, count us all in, please. And let me know what the cost would be so I can pay for your time and supplies.
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Permalink Reply by Cheryl S. on
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No offense intended to anyone, but graduation is quite a ways off so I would wait to make plans until you at least get closer to candio phase. Things can change in a moment for your LO's, take it from me.
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Permalink Reply by Sue on
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Tawny, I do not think anyone is telling you not to be optimistic, but from those of us who have either experienced OCS and had their LO graduate or those that are almost to that point we are only trying too express the need to be realistic. You are going to find change can happen daily at OCS and that isn't necessarily bad, everything is done for a reason. Not a single mom/girlfriend/dad/wife/ husband has any doubt that their LO isn't going to succeed and complete this journey on-time, just as I said being realistic that at any moment something above and beyond our control can cause a set back. I am also going to remind everyone that you need to take special caution as to what you say on this site. It is read by everyone and your LO's have enough going on they do not need to be subjected to anything extra because the people on the outside don't like what is going on.
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Absolutely Sue. Well said from a true voice of experience. You can be as optimistic as you'd like but reality says, this is out of your hands and setbacks(long ones sometimes) do occur at any time. Believe me, if my optimism alone would have been enough to propel my son through this experience, he would have been done in 3 weeks instead of the 20 weeks it will most likely be.
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In a letter I received, he told me he finally got some of my letters...so I guess not? Hopefully!
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Helene,
Actually this is an amazingly wonderfully supportive site that has gotten me through almost five months of my son's struggles at OCS. I could not have made it without the terrific friends I have made here on this site. But we are realistic because we have been through it. We have shared our frustrations, our heartaches and our successes. Class 12-10, which my son is in, is close to Candio and we are all anxious to meet at graduation in three weeks. OCS is not a bed of roses...it is tough for our LO's and for us. But without the support of people who are going though the same emotions you are, it can be even tougher.
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Helene,
I can assure you this is not a negative site, as in anything in life conversations can be misinterpreted. The people who have been a part of these discussions for the past months have invaluable information and support that is needed to make it through this journey. Please continue to post, sharing your excitement of moving from one evolution to the next and asking any questions. -
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