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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.
**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.
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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.
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New to all of this- lots of questions ! Help!
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Permalink Reply by disneygirl64 on
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When my son was on liberty he just wanted to be with family and to take a shower by himself lol. Since it was the dead of winter we just hung around most of the time and did nothing really. That was his choice. PIR was an amazing time and just a very proud celebration. You can take him his cell phone and if he has a laptop take that to him also. We were able to skipe with our son while he was on hold and at A school.
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Permalink Reply by Momof3 on
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My daughter is also FTR CS and I have NO idea what is going to happen. A friend of mine is a SM in the Army and looked up Fort Lee CS program for me. It seems the next program after graduation in Sept may not be until October so it looks like they'll be hanging around Great Lakes a little longer. I'm glad you asked this question because the information I read about having to wait for them for 4 hours will allow me to figure some things out to do with my boys (5 & 6) in that time. I'm so proud of her and so excited to go to PIR. I can't believe she's gone but I know the time will fly by. Maybe we will see each other at PIR. Let me know when you find out the date your son graduates. My daughter left the same day as your son. :)
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Permalink Reply by Lynnie78 on
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I hope to know in a few days what graduation day is... I received the BOX today and it really hit me. He is on his own... Can't wait to talk to him soon! I am very excited for graduation and plan on waterproof mascara and lots of Kleenex... Going to be blubbering mess but so happy and proud of him.
Look up Sarge meet and greet night before PIR... Hope to meet lots of parents prior to going to graduation. I have learned more from those helping me through on this site and looking at PDF posted on here. We can help each other through with help and support from everyone here on the way! -
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Permalink Reply by mimiburl@yahoo.com on
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I can totally relate to your feelings about the box. I couldn't open it for 2 weeks. Boot camp does go by so fast though. My son has been at Fort Lee since the 6th of June and he just got his orders this week. He's been assigned to the USS Gonzalez which is dry docked right now. That's not such a bad thing because he's only about 7-8 hours away from us so we can go visit him on long weekends. My son plans on coming home after A school graduation (he thinks around August 6th) and will drive his car back to Norfolk where he is stationed. If he's there for a while he'll want to have a car. He might not even be living on the ship. Once your son is assigned a ship, you can google it and read all about it.
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Permalink Reply by LuvmysailorSON on
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Hi @mimiburl@yahoo.com how does your son like A school?
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