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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

...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.

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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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RTC Graduation

**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.

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Hi everyone ! Im Alycia. I live in Stockton, Ca. My fiance is a Navy Nuke stationed in Goose Creek, SC. We've been dating a year now & recently got engaged August 3rd, but as happy as I am to be soon marrying the love of my Life.. I'm in a schlump ! Since I'm 20, and he's 19, my parents are against him and I getting married because they feel we're too young & all that. Which I TOTALLY understand. Here's my thing, since my Sailor wants to help me out with going to school and we would like to pay for our own Catholic wedding down the road, would it be bad if him and I eloped first then have a big wedding later? 

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I'm doing the EXACT same thing. I'm actually sitting in the social security office right changing my card to his last name. We got married in May nobody knows but his parents and a few of our close friends. They've always been super supportive but my family not so much..but it's all working out okay. I just moved with him on base and we are planning a wedding for a year or two from now. I say if it works for y'all go for it. You guys gotta look out for each other and nobody has to know if you wanna keep it private. Only you can decide what's best for you don't be afraid to do something that will benefit you especially for school. It's annoying when my family still makes the comments about us being young and not ready but as time passes I'm hoping they'll see otherwise. Good luck!

With the Navy, eloping is extremely practical.   My nuke nephew and his wife did it, and there are plans for a Catholic ceremony later.  I have the feeling it keeps getting scaled down, but they are so happy, no one cares.  

Alycia, this is really common for military couples & as Anti M said, practical. The only issues that I have seen from other couples who have done this is they can't later have a religious ceremony (their religion won't perform a marriage ceremony for a couple who is already legally married) so if that is a big deal to you, check with your Church to make sure it's possible. Also I have seen a lot of friends go through heartache because their family & friends have felt betrayed & lied to when they elope and keep it secret. Not just with military couples but with civilian couples too!

Yeah, my MIL is still ticked we got married in Vegas... 27 years later.  But then, she's ticked about every single thing about me.  

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