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Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
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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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Longest Distance Contest
Post the distance from your hometown to Great Lakes - Let's see who has to travel the furthest to 12/17 PIR! From my hometown in Michigan its 329.4 miles or 5 hours and 53 minutes in good weather. I'm driving!
As of 11/13; 20 of our discussion group members have responded - the closest person is LoLo at 329.40 but Cindy is close at 395.43!; the 2 farthest members are SportsMom @ 2217; close behind Wendi @ 2112; and T'sMom and Mariaship03Div021 in 3rd and 4th place! The Californians are winning the furthest distance contest. We have 9 members under 1000; 6 between 1000 and 2000; and 5 greater than 2000. The average distance is 1241,59 and the total of all distance miles is 24717.47!!!
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Permalink Reply by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on
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Wow! Talk about cross country. I hope you are flying.
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Good thinking, we are going out on Wednesday too.
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Permalink Reply by Kori on
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Phoenix Arizona (: 27 hours 11 minutes / 1807.34 miles
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Hi there, we are practically neighbors, lol I'm coming from New Mexico. :)
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Yes we are very close! The chicago weather will be such a dramatic change for us. We don't ever see snow here unless we drive three hours north. I'm glad I don't have to drive to the graduation.
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Permalink Reply by Sharon on
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We're in northern Virginia, and it says if we take I-80, it'll be 721 miles and take us 12 hours and 20 minutes. If we take I-70, it'll be 775 miles and take us 13 hours and 11 minutes. Fortunately, we're taking a plane, and it'll take us a couple of hours.
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Permalink Reply by NC_Susan on
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Sharon - What part of NoVa? I grew up in Alexandria and moved to Manassas as a teen and lived there until my mid-twenties. Thats good that your flying! I am dreading my drive :) Susan
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Susan, we live in Loudoun, near Dulles. If you haven't been here since your 20s you would not recognize this place at ALL. 20 years ago it was farmland. Now it's suburbia, trying to be a 21st century version of Reston, while Reston is trying to be like Tysons Corner! I work in Herndon, and it takes me 20 minutes to get to work, on a GOOD day.
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Sharon - I was there about 3 years ago and was shocked! I kept getting turned around! I still have a lot of family in the area and I don't know how they handle the traffic. When I was there I worked in DC and had a good 1 1/2 to 2 hour commute each way. I can't even imagine what it would be now!
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Permalink Reply by Stacey USS George Wash mom on
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Ok, ladies I wanna play too!!!! We are comming from Belleview, FL 1,095 Miles 19 Hours and 5 min. We will be traveling in our family mini van my husband and I with a 2 year old, 12 year old, 14 year old 15, year old and my sons Girlfriend, Yikes!!! Should be interesting. It's awsome to see all of the destinations. I envy the fliers, :P
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