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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.

OPSEC - Navy Operations Security

Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind.  In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships."  OPSEC is everyone's responsibility. 

DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.  

DO be smart, use your head, always think OPSEC when using texts, email, phone, and social media, and watch this video: "Importance of Navy OPSEC."

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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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RTC Graduation

**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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Hi to anyone out there with a loved one in this ship and division!  Woohoo one week down.  Would love to hear from others in this ship and division.

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Did your loved one go in on the 21st or 28th?  Just wondering bc i am seeing both dates if i'm not mistaken. 
Our son Caleb left on the 23rd but we only live a about five hours from Great Lakes.  He had never gotten to make his original call to tell us he was there so he finally got to make one fifteen second call to us this last Saturday.  He told us his ship and division # and grad date then.
My dtr went in at the same time.  I have seen people that went in on the 28th graduating the same day and I am so confused as to why bootcamp is shorter for some.  Lucky dogs!!!
Got my form letter today. Ship 7 division 176. Note at the bottom says he lovng it and he's made lots of friends!
TG 27 — 8 Divisions (173–178, 811 & 927) Graduate Friday, May 20, 2011 here is the link to your PIR group http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir52011
click on the http address and the click on +JOIN
Mys son got thete the evening of the 24th
Isn't it wonderful to even get that form letter?  Those three sentences of their own at the bottom are so exciting!  Our son basically said that he's bald and likes to eat.  Hm hasn't moved too far from when he first came into our lives 19.5 years ago!
I was wondering if anyone that has an SR in Div 176 have gotten a actual letter?   Keep checking the mail and haven't recieved anything other than the form letter.
We too haven't gotten a letter from our son........we are the same, keep checking the mail & keep watching caller ID for the 847 area code...just wanna hear his voice telling us he's doing OK!!  All I know is , he says he's eating well..........lol  There's not too many from Div 176 on here is there?  Has anyone made reservations yet for the May 20th PIR?  From OHIO, everybody else?
Thanks for your response.  At least I know that it's just not me.  They say that no news is good news but it torture not knowing what's going on.  We are from Jacksonville, FL.
Hello.  I just checked my mail box after coming in from work and no letter yet!  I re-read the form letter sentences, but want more.  I did get our reservations for May 20th and we are staying at the Hawthorn Suites in Gurnee/Waukegan.  We will have our son's fiance' staying in with us so thought the bedroom separate might make us all more comfortable.  There rate online was like 82 dollars a night but when I called and asked about a discount for being family of a graduating sailor we received the rooms for 79 dollars a night plus a ride on their shuttle to the graduation and back.  Not a huge savings, but I wasn't looking forward to driving and parking.  Also we were able to get the suite so that the bedroom is separate from the living area where there is a pullout mattress for her.  I hate it that you don't even know when you make the reservations whether your child is grad and go or gets the Cinderella liberty that weekend.  So I made reservations for multiple nights and pray he gets to hang out with us some days.  And we live in Illinois!

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