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Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
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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.
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RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021
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Hey everyone!
This is my first time posting and I've been looking through the site. It's a nice site to have! It's helped a lot! My boyfriend is in boot camp right now he just left June 12 and he is on ship 07 div 244, so if any gf's or wives out there that have someone on his ship I'd love to talk to you! Also I am still unsure of his PIR date I am thinking it is Aug 10. but i have not received any letters yet. I've been sending one everyday tho! If anyone has any suggestions about how to keep busy or any insight on what to expect for my future I would love to hear it! Also after BC he will be going to South Carolina for training for nuke.. he said it's going to take 2 years...ugh. if anyone knows more information about that as well I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you!
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Permalink Reply by Lauren689 on
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Hey!
Thanks for all the info! It really helps! I think i will plan an extra day just so i can go to the airport with him for a little bit or i can get an extra day in Chicago! lol!
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Permalink Reply by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on
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Hey Lauren!
My husband is out in the fleet now, but he's a Nuke. Spent a little under 2 years in SC. I miss it there SOOO much.
We dated for about 2 years before bootcamp and then all the way through A school, Power School, and Prototype. We got married after surviving our first deployment, and now we're finally going to be moving in together next month!
The Nuke program definitely isn't easy, but it's doable. Just enjoy the time while he's in school that you have to talk and do whatever you can to support him. And enjoy the visits to beautiful South Carolina. It's my dream to live there someday. :)
If you have absolutely any questions, just shoot me a message. :)
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Hey Emily!
That's with me and boyfriend we have been together for about 2 years now and once he is done with the training that's when would like to move in with each other. When do you think I would be able to visit him? He starts in Aug. but i would like really like to go in Oct. but I'm thinking I will not be able to visit...
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Literally, you can visit whenever you want.
There's been girls that have flown down to SC from Chicago on the same flight as their boyfriends/husbands/sailor and spent the rest of the weekend there with him.
I suggest you give him a little time to get settled. Do you know how the phases work? It takes about a month after he starts class to get to Phase 2, and then another month to get to phase 3. In phase 1, he can't leave base during the week but he can on weekends. He'll have to be in uniforms at all times and can't drive. In phase 2, he can ask for special permission to spend the night with you off base on the weekend, but it has to be approved. He can go off base on weekdays, but has a curfew and has to be in uniform during the week. He can also drive/keep a car down there in Phase 2 and drink alcohol if of age. In phase 3, he can stay off base without a curfew on the weekends. And can go off base on weekdays out of uniform.
So you can go down in October if you'd like. Just be sure to plan it ahead with him so you can try to coordinate as much as you can with stuff like duty and tests. If he has duty the weekend you're there, he'll have one day that he'll have to be on base alllll day and can't leave. And if he has a major test he has tos tudy for, he'll have to spend some of his weekend on base studying in the Rickover.
Long story short, you can go visit whenever you'd like, just make sure you plan it with him a little bit.
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Oh awesome! that's great to hear! Thank you. I guess when he is out of boot camp we will start planning that trip! Also are they able to go on vacations? besides xmas leave (if they get that).
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They'll have class during the week, so not a lot of time for "vacations"
However, they generally get 10 days of leave after A school and 10 days of leave after Power School. And 30 days of leave after Prototype before they have to report to their first duty station.That being said, those are in general statements. Sometimes they'll have to stay and start the next school right away or they'll graduate too close to the Christmas stand down that they'll only get one or the other or they may be needed at their first duty station sooner than usual.
During their leave is their "vacation" time if you want to go somewhere. Other than that, the only time they get off is at Holidays. 3 day weekends on MLKJ Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor day, etc. And a 4 day weekend at Thanksgiving.
If he is on hold, he can request leave. But if he is in the middle of a school, the only way he can be granted leave is for an emergency.
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Permalink Reply by Melissa10 on
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Hey! My boyfriend also left for basic June 12th, and is in ship 07 div 244!!
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Permalink Reply by karmennicole Ship 07 Div 244 on
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Hello:)
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Have you guys heard anything? I got my first letter yesterday, I hope they are all doing good :) I wish it was aug 10th tomorrow
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I got my first letter just moments ago and it totally brought me to tears. And yes I agree I wish the 10th would come sooner.
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Hey Melissa! I am so excited to meet another girlfriend! :) I got a letter today! It made up for the two weeks of non communication! lol! still missing him so much, but seeing his handwriting and seeing that he is okay made everything better! Are you going to PIR?
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I know! It was so great to hear from him, and I know how you feel it makes you miss them even more. And yes! I am going to PIR, are you!? I'm counting down the days lol
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