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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)
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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.
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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OCS Class 13-22 Obtaining Tickets to the Graduation Ceremony
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Comment by egbot on August 24, 2010 at 11:54am
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As long as they have the name at the gate and a picture ID, they should be able to come to the graduation ceremony on Friday morning. Hi moms for 19-10 started at 5:30 PM. However, make sure to ask because things change. Also... there weren't enough seats and tables for the number of people there and although we got there at 5:30, the place was packed and all of the tables were taken! So... whatever time they tell you.... come early!
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We also were asked for a goodie package from our LO It sounds like thats the next big thing they are waiting for.Maybe I missed it but what time will HI MOms start and if family can't make it to that , can they come graduation morning if there name is left at gate?
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Welcome tbear48. My son is in class 21-10 which graduates in 6 weeks. This site is a great support system and remember 'no news is good news' - there will be very little communication the first few weeks.(his class had very little) But write letters, send newspaper articles etc. they truely due enjoy the news from home and the 'world'. My LO just sent a quick email and requested his 1st 'goody' package for me to send in 1 & 1/2 weeks when he is a candio and he can open packages.
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Comment by LZ27 on August 23, 2010 at 10:34pm
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I"m Home!!! There's no place like home. Welcome tbear48, like jordosmom and egbot said this is the place to be. My son was in class 19-10 with eg and jords sons. We all started out knowing zip and now we know a little more than zip and as we get to know our LO's again we are learning more. J picked me up from the airport in his khakis (another proud moment) of course he didn't have time to change after going to Beale to get a new ID before heading to the airport. He loved the ensign box and already has it filled with his pins and other "stuff". What do you call all those things? I think stuff covers it. I can't wait to go through all the pics and change mine. the pic I have here is the day before he left for OCS the new one will be the day he left.
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Okay, tbear48, here's some information that may help you. Start writing now and write often. They may not get the letters right away, but when they are allowed mail, they'll love the stockpile that awaits them. Absolutely no packages! Nothing! If they receive one, they have to open it in front of everyone and their Drill Instructors (DI's) and then they are somewhat humiliated! Later on, after they become a candio (at week 9), they can receive packages! Don't fret if you don't hear from your LO. They're not allowed to call often and the calls are in public so they don't want to convey too much personal information. Hang on to this site and if you want, start a site for your son's class. I don't know what his class number is but I'm thinking it's 02-11. My son was in 19-10 and just graduated this past Friday. So many wonderful women helped me out when I didn't know a thing. Now I'm an OCS know-it-all!! Continue to ask questions and don't worry if they seem silly to you... no one will ever think that because we have all been in that same boat or ship :)
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my husband said to stop callling it ocs bootcamp. just ocs. sorry. see - i know nothing!!!
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hi all. my son just left for ocs bootcamp in rhode island on sunday a.m. i am completely lost about all this stuff!! we got a short terse phone call last night at around 10 p.m. - barely said who he was just "here's my address - write it down!!" as tho someone was ready to yank the phone out of his hand! lol. what is it like during bootcamp? can we write to him now or do we have to wait? what kind of things can we send him? anything? nothing? oooo - and i inadvertently got in on a chat for moms of enlisted men/women - kinda chilly when they found out i was the mother of an OCS kid. told me that boot camp for enlisted is way tougher than for OCS - funny, i had heard it was the other way around, but as i said - i know very little about all of this! would love to hear from anybody who's in the same "boat" haha.
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Thanks dch for the info. That will prove to be invaluable. My LO has the names and numbers of his fellow 19-10 NUPOC classmates and perhaps they will discuss sharing rent in a two or three bedroom, but I shall leave that up to him!
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Congratulations to the calss of 19-10 and all of their supporting families!! Glad to hear it was a very memorable experience in Newport. My son's class 21-10 are still finalizine their plans for their graduation in late Sept. I am really looking forward too all the festivities and wish I could spend more time in Newport before he starts his next training the following week. Good luck to all with the next stage of their military careers
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For egbot & anyone else needing housing in Goose Creek, SC. My lo is in 20-10, but several weeks ago I was looking at the NWS (Naval Weapons Station) Charleston's website & came across this information about housing for officers. The website is www.ahrn.com (automated housing referral network). You can sign in & then it works like a multiple listing realty website. You can actually see houses/apartments/condos, etc. I think that these listings have been pre-screened by the Navy as being OK people to deal with. Another site was www.netc.navy.mil/nnptc/housing. This has housing info for Naval Nuclear Power Training Command in Charleston. Also this website www.housing.navy.mil/onestop has information. You & your lo's will love Charleston, SC, especially in the fall/winter/spring months. We are from Aiken, SC, only a 2.5 hour drive & it was a favorite summer vacation spot while the kids were growing up. I will be using these websites myself as soon as my lo gets report date orders.
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