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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)
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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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Ship 4 (USS Arleigh Burke) Divisions 303 & 304 (brother divisions)
Welcome to the discussion group for divisions 303 & 304! These two divisions will be training together from the start through BS21, their final test. Your SRs are becoming friends, get to know each other too!
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Permalink Reply by B&E on
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I talked some ex-military people and they all said everyone fails the first inspection, that the instructors will look and look until they find something. Our son said they all had to stand at attention for 3 hours while the inspection was going on. He is occasionally using the word 'fun' to describe his time there. He says he really misses his brother, father and especially his mother.
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Permalink Reply by KellieW ship 4 div 303 on
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DId yours mention what ship watch times he has? Mine does watch too because he already passed all his physical tests.
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Permalink Reply by luckymom on
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How is everyone surviving? We made our reservations and look forward to seeing our SR at PIR!!! Not decided on a graduation gift though...
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Permalink Reply by sparkyjo-PIR 09/21/12 Div 303 on
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Hey, girl, did you change your name? Or am I confused?
We have reservations at the Best Western in Gurnee and are driving from East Texas.
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Yeah, I changed my name...thought it might be better to get my son's name off of there:)
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Ok, I didn't remember a luckymom in our group. Are you on Facebook with us? We're more for fun and freindship over there. Join us at PIR 9/21/2012 RTC Great Lakes. But stay on N4M for the best Navy information.
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Just got more letters from my son. He says he feels like he is cutoff from the world and has no idea what is happening outside the base. He wants his brother to send him info on new games coming out. He wants his dad to send him news articles and science articles. I think he just wants reading material.
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My son said the same thing...any news about the outside world was welcome. Lot of the guys are also looking for updates on football! LOL Go figure!
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Yeah I can imagine, no football updates is probably killing some of them :) ha ha. Never thought about sending reading stuff whatever the topic might be.
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Permalink Reply by aliciajohn2003 on
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Wow, didn't realize that this page existed. I am glad I found it, wish I would have found it sooner. My daughter is in this ship, division 303. I have received several letters from her and I have sent her more than several letters and some pictures. She asked for more pictures and said it helps her stay connected. I can't wait to see her and spend at least a few hours with her before she ships off to A School.
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Hey, alicia, glad you found us. We are also on Facebook - PIR 9/21/12 RTC Great Lakes. Join us there for more friendship and fun.
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My daughter mentioned in one letter the youngest in her division was 17.
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