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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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Events
**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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My dittys… Original songs/poems to lift ones spirit
Away at Great Lakes (Away in a Manger)
Away at Great Lakes
With their shaven heads.
The Seamen Recruits
sleep on hard metal beds.
The moms here at home
All day we do pray,
Our Seaman Recruits
Will call home today.
The mailman is coming,
He brought one! Hurray!
The Seaman Recruit
Just made someone's day!
The letter is read
Without a dry eye.
The tension has lifted,
With a very big sigh.
The letter brings comfort
And wipes fears away,
This won't be forever,
I count down the days
Until graduation
(We bought our airfare)
We asked for vacation,
So we will be there!
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Permalink Reply by A's_momma_Erin on
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To all the mommas and papas who are still waiting...
Let it Glow
Oh the missing my child is frightful
But the Pride I feel's delightful
And I think I've lost all control,
Let it Glow, Let it Glow, Let it Glow
The tears for me aren't stopping
And I've got tissues for sobbing
My blue can`dle flame does glow
Let it Glow, Let it Glow, Let it Glow!
When I finally get my call
How I'll never ever leave my phone
And I'm trying hard not to bawl
Now I don't feel sooo alone
My tears are finally drying
And my cheeks hurt from my smiling
But no matter how far you go
Let it Glow, Let it Glow, Let it Glow!
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I'm dreaming of a form letter
The one that tells me where to write.
That answers some questions
about his division.
It would help me sleep at night.
I'm dreaming of a form letter,
With every letter that I write.
I want the correct address tonight!
So my SR gets the letters that I write.
I'm dreaming of a form letter,
It is hard to wait another night.
The flame of my blue candle burns bright!
As I wait to mail the letters that I write.
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Permalink Reply by bobbij1026 on
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Yep, thank you, please keep them coming..
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This one is to Walking in a Winter Wonderland. Enjoy!
The phone may ring, are you listening?
In our hearts, pride is bursting!
A beautiful sight,
Our blue candles burn bright,
For every single SR at boot camp.
Gone away is our child,
The ride we're on is real wild!
We miss them when their gone.
It feels so very long!
For every one who's SRs at boot camp.
In the mean time we can write some letters .
Put on stamps and bring them into town.
We will send them of to our loved ones.
As the days to PIR count down.
Later on we'll conspire,
Should airfare be acquired?
As we make our plans
To travel vast lands,
To see all our SRs at boot camp.
In the mean time we can write more letters.
And we'll know that they are Great Lakes bound.
We'll have lots of questions to be answered,
Thanks to N4M they will be found!
When they call, ain't it thrilling,
As our eyes begin misiting.
We'll listen and say, "We're proud every day
For every single SR at boot camp."
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Love it.. I am sharing.. Hope you don't mind. Ps which ship/division is your child in?
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Ship 02 Div 911, PIR 1-24-14, yours?
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Ship 14 Div 073 PIR 01/24/2014, will I see you there?
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Ship 02 Div 911. PIR 1/24/14!! I'll be there!!!
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wonderful!! Hoping to meet you in person.. Loving all your poems, your talent is amazing.
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