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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
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Question about bootcamp
Hi, I am new to this site. My daughter left for Great Lakes on November 27th. I have not received a letter or even an address where I can write to her. Does it usually take this long? I thought maybe I would receive something by now....Help?
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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It can sometimes take up to 2 weeks to get the form letter, so it may come tomorrow or early next week. Your SR makes the decision of who to send the form letter to, so is it possible that she would have sent it to someone else? (Have you received "the box" yet?) You can check with her Recruiter to see if s/he has the address; they often have the address about 3 days after the SR arrived at the RTC. There are times that a form letter is not sent by accident if a recruit was one of the last to fill a division (usually a Push Division) and the form letters were already sent out by the others in the division. If you get a real letter before getting the form letter, be sure to ask your SR to have one sent to you or to at least send you the Password you will need to get the gate pass. Know that recruits are usually not able to write until the second Sunday after arriving, which might not be until this Sunday.
In the meantime, write letters to have ready to mail when you get that address and join, or at least check out, the following groups: New Members Stop Here, Boot Camp Mom's, and/or PIR Reference Information. (Underlined words indicate a clickable link.)
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Permalink Reply by ccckcole on
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wow, thanks so much for all the information! I did get "the box" about 4 days after she left. That's why I'm a little worried I haven't received the form letter. I'm just afraid it got lost in the mail somewhere and everyone else will be receiving letters except her. We tried calling her recruiter but he has not contacted us. Hopefully today I will get something in the mail!
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Others in her division have probably not received any mail yet either. It takes about 2 weeks to finish with P-days and also to train a Recruit Mail Petty Officer (MPO) for the division so they often don't get mail until sometime in the 3rd week..
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Thanks for all your help lemonelephant....I have a son in the marine corps and shouldn't be so nervous but unfortunately, I guess there still is a double standard...worrying about my daughter much more these days! Thanks Again!
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I doubt that there is really a double standard for you, your two are at different stages in their lives and I'm sure you were concerned when your son was away at BC and now it's time to increase the prayers for your daughter as she has begun this new journey in her life. I'm sure you know that no news is good news in the Navy just as in the Marines. I hope you get the address and PIR date soon. If you have any questions, just ask in one of the groups I suggested or you can post on my Page and I will answer if I can.
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