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My son leaves for boot camp Feb. 10. I am really confused!
I know that boot camp is supposed to be for 8 weeks but when does it begin and end since the 10th is a Tuesday. When will he actually graduate and be sworn in? I am trying to juggle so many things (conferences and seminars I either must attend or host) but don't want to miss this special time. He has asked several people (both his recruiters) and received 2 differing answers. How can I find this information so that I don't miss it? I am really confused by the abbreviations too. what does PIR stand for?
I know that after boot camp he will be going to Florida for more training and then to Fort Benning for jump school. We don't have too much information regarding those events either. I just want to be as knowledgeable as possible. His leaving is hard enough as it is and not understanding or knowing things is making it that much harder.
I am ever go grateful for all of you who are sharing from your experiences with us newbies! Don't know what I would do if I couldn't find help here. Thank you!!!
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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Pass In Review (PIR) is graduation. Almost always on a Friday. Boot camp actually lasts nine weeks, more or less.
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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The actual training time for all recruits is 6 weeks; that is after the processing days (P-days), which are anywhere from 4 days to as long as 14 days, but are seldom over 11 days. Some recruits have only a day or two after completing Battle Stations-21 (BST) before PIR and others have a week to ten days, depending on when their division filled at the beginning of PIR. To guestimate the PIR date, count nine Fridays after the recruit arrived beginning with the first Friday after arrival and then know that PIR could be the week before or the week after (less likely for one arriving at the beginning of the week as your future Sailor will) depending on how the divisions fill. I expect that your recruit will have eight Fridays rather than nine, but you will have to wait on The Form Letter to know for sure. See Arrival and What Happens at the RTC for more on that.
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