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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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OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
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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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Permalink Reply by turtle3 on
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Yes, we also got a short note on the back of the form letter from our son. Nothing else yet but still is pretty early on in bc. We have reservations at the Ramada in GL but no airfare yet.
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Permalink Reply by susang (Ship 04 Div 815) on
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Thank you! I think I better get my hotel reservations also! Good luck to your son!!! You hang in there too.
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Permalink Reply by sjtina on
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Just a little heads up from experience. For those of you who have your recruit in your profile pic, I would recommend changing it soon. The instructors will eventually start looking at these comments and try to link your recruit to you. FaceBook is no exception, they look there too. They will read the comments out loud and embarrass your recruit and maybe earn them some extra PT. If your son is like mine who likes to be fly under the radar, then its best not to make it easy for them to figure it out.
Believe me I knows its hard not to want to show them off. I got my son embarrassed because I had him as my profile pic. No one ever told me not to.
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Thanks for that reminder, I had set my N4M to private but my fb profile was a pic of my son. Think I have it all cleaned up now. I'm curious about the fb page that was made for PIR 7/6 to know if its a "closed" page or public, my son also likes to be under the radar so whatever I can do to make that happen I'll gladly do!
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sday, that's a great start also make your page private by changing who can view your page to "friends only". That will help too. Once the letters start rolling in try not to be specific about something they did. Mention it as a group.
Remember that they are going through a lot a mental training and as far as I am concerned its another way to mess with their heads. Also as a security point, as your recruit moves along in training the more careful you need to be.
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Thanks Cor, I had previously 'liked' that fb page but unliked it after doing my cleanup, never posted on it because i had that little thought in the back of my head it wasnt a good idea with everyone on there who were posting their SR's ship/div #s--always trust your gut!
I had changed my original name & town on N4M too after first signing up for that reason too. I have a pseudo name in mind but might run it by my SR at PIR first lol.
I appreciate so much the veteran mom's who help us newbies!
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Permalink Reply by NavyMom SWCC candidate on
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A friend who was in the military told me the same thing. They will read through whatever they can to embarrass the recruit. I"ve told people on FB to detag him from all their pictures.
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hmmm it has gotten quiet here. I suppose no letters or phone calls yet? Keep us posted.
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No letter or call..sniffle sniffle. It's early in the week is what I keep telling myself
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Permalink Reply by familything on
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I've got a feeling we will get letters this Friday! Yep, that's what I'm telling myself! My mailman knows he's one of my favorite people right now. Hope everyone is staying strong as I know our SR's are.
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