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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).
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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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Military insurance coverage starts when?
My Husband leaves for bootcamp in December...I read online that one of the "prep" things to do before bootcamp is to "cancel insurance coverage." My husband is currently covered under my work insurance, but our open enrolment is in November, so if I remove him from the policy for 2012 I need to do it within the next 2 weeks...does anyone know when the Navy starts medical coverage for recruits? would it be in December when he starts? or in February when he's done with Basic? and once he passes, when is coverage available for the families?
Thanks in advance!
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Permalink Reply by Travelbugg on
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OK...called Tricare...and the DEERs office... apparantly everything is reserved as a "case by case" scenario, but the woman at Tricare seemd to think that Labor & Delivery would most likely be covered...how much she cant tell, but they may cover the full 20% difference, or something less than that...but it sounds like there will be SOME coverage, which is great news for us! She also said that my Husband can add me to his DEERS registration NOW---before leaving for basic---and so that way as soon as he is eligible for benefits, sometime in December or January, I would be as well. And once that happens I can call back and take care of most of the enrollment myself...and I can add the baby after he's born, as long as we fill out the Power Of Attorney forms now...which is really what I was concerned with... while Hubby's in training I dont want him to have to worry about any administrative stuff if he doesnt have to, so this is all very good news! Thanks for your help, everyone! :)
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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Excwellent.
And keep us informed, because we worry... and congrats on the baby.... and you never know what other young wife is reading who you are helping with this info!
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Permalink Reply by Craig on
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I totally agree with Anti M.....
Your post will be read by other family members in your same situation. You are "pay forwarding" to them... That is what makes N4M run better. It's people like you that "pay back" to the community.
Bravo!
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