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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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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).
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**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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Health Insurance Question
My daughter's health insurance will end when her college classes end this week. She leaves for BC in August. When will the Navy's health insurance coverage begin? Should I get COBRA coverage until the end of BC?
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Permalink Reply by ChrisAmo on
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She'll be taken care of for the minor stuff during BC but won't get TriCare (the Navy version of health care) until she becomes a sailor (after battlestations) so it might be a good idea to get COBRA coverage to tied her over. Plus if she gets injured at BC and can't continue for some reason (don't want to scare you but it does happen) then she'd need her own insurance.
Hoppi, did I get it correct?
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Permalink Reply by Peg - Mom of One on
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what is battlestations? My son will have our coverage until the Dec 31 of the year he turns 24. He will be 23 when he goes to GL and then heads for Seal training...
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Permalink Reply by Fleur de lis Mom on
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Just left the HR office - COBRA is $438 a month.... I'm looking for other options. I checked into "Obama Care" - the new plan just passed into law... It is not availble until October, October is our company's enrollment date.
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"Battlestations" is the last big test before they graduate. It's a 24 hour adventure on a mock-up of a ship so realistic that they even have the smells and noises they'd have on a real ship. It's a test of everything they've learned as a team during boot camp. It's done in the final week, often one or 2 days before PIR. If they pass (and 99% of them do) then they go to a capping ceremony where they're awarded their "Navy" ball caps to replace their "recruit" caps. The graduation ceremony is really just frosting on the cake. Once they get their written orders for the next step in their training, they should be covered medically by the Navy Tri-care plan.
I know that doesn't help your medical insurance problem so your daughter may have to do what my son did, go without insurance for a few months and hope nothing happens.
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My brother in law is an insurance agent. He is looking at the options for me. He thinks with the new changes in health care that she will be able to remain on my insurance. My employer does not agree. We are trying to get that in writing. He has been able to talk to "higher ups" at the insurance company.
If not, he knows that she can get temp coverage for 3 months- which is not long enough. At least it’s a start. If I have counted the weeks correct her PIR should be in early Oct. I plan to buy coverage until the end of Oct - just in case there is a problem. I filled some prescriptions for as long as I could and purchase contacts for her. My insurance has dental & vision. We have good insurance, but I ends as soon as they turn 19 or graduate/stop attending school.
Thanks for the information.
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I've looked at other ship/PIR dates on here. I've made a guess and added a few weeks. I think I can pay for an additional month as needed. I know I can pick her back up on my insurance in October.
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