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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).
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
**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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- Graduation Info
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- JPG – 3.4 MB
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AUGUST 2013 POSITIVE CAR BUYING EXPERIENCE!!
My Sailor daughter just bought her first car today!! We sent her links to CarMax and AutoTrader for vehicles. She chose a used 2013 Hyundai Sonata GLS Sedan. She took a taxi which costed $45 from the Norfolk base to Virginia Beach. Her female taxi driver told her the Charles Barker dealership was very reputable, which was very reassuring to our daughter.
The dealership was at Charles Barker Toyota, but she bought the Hyundai used from the Charles Barker Automotive lot right next door at 1877 Laskin Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23454 (757)437-4000. It used to be a rental vehicle with 19,000 miles on it. The CarFax record was clean and you could read it online before even going to the lot.. The price shown on the internet was not negotiable. It had already been reduced recently by $110.
JOSH NEITZ was her salesperson and he was very friendly and informative. She had us on Skype with her on her cell phone as she test drove the car, inspected the car, and doing all the paperwork and listening to the service people's spiels and the finance lady's explanation of service options. Rejected the polyurethane coating, and the different service program options. Could see that paying for "just in case" would be more than paying for something when it came up.
My daughter was pre-approved by NavyFED and had a check from them with her, but ABNB Federal Credit Union beat their 4.74% rate. The dealership allowed her to call NavyFED, USAA on their phone and they also checked GEICO, Wells Fargo, and ABNB Federal Credit Union on their end for insurance and used car financing rates. She ended up with USAA ($800 for 6 months) and ABNB with a 4.29% interest rate. Her car was washed, vacuumed and given a full tank of gasoline!! There was a light on the dash indicating one of the tires had a problem with its pressure, but they gave her a voucher to go to a repair place and they would pay for the repair.
This whole process took 4 hours from start to finish. I think the fact that we were on Skype asking questions and talking to our daughter, guiding her made this car buying experience was comforting for her. Also, going to an established Toyota dealership primarily selling new cars with a used car area probably made a huge difference, rather than just going to a used car lot.
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Catsmom- so glad it worked out well for your girl. I live about 5 minutes from that dealership; go there for service on my Toyota. She was very smart to get away from the base and the dealerships that are known to exploit sailors. Congrats to you all on such an exciting milestone!
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