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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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**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
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Bootcamp misery!
Our son has been at bootcamp almost 3 weeks now and called yesterday and says it wants to come home. He said he was depressed, anxiety out the roof, and not sleeping. He said he was going to talk to someone on Monday and tell them he wants to go home. He said if he had to he would fake an injury. This is the same person who has wanted to join the navy since the sixth grade! I truly believe he needs to give it a couple of more weeks and see how he feels at that time. Everything I have read says the first couple of weeks is the hardest! He says nobody in group wants to work together. I feel like he needs to talk to chaplain. I'm not sure what the process is for wanting to leave but I would hope they would talk to them and have him come back after a week or so and see how he feels. He says he's in week 2 day 2. Please help me because I'm so concerned. I hate to see him give up because this has been his dream for a very long time!
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Comment by lemonelephant on June 14, 2016 at 2:10am
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Yes, it is common for recruits to be very down in the first half of BC. Things do get better when the recruits learn to do things the Navy way and start working together as shipmates instead of as individuals. Hopefully, he will not fake an injury or do anything to cause an injury. The RDC's and RTC personnel are good at determining who is really depressed and needs to go home and who needs more time to adjust. Now that real training has begun, perhaps he will start to feel differently.
Since he called you in a scheduled call rather than from the hospital or SEPS, the RDC does not see his situation as being serious at this time.
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Comment by yefmom2015 on June 15, 2016 at 2:16pm
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It is an adjustment for the recruits. keep writing them and encouraging them to be strong and you are proud of him. Boot camp is all mind set. My daughter said it is hard but if you are determined to make it you will. Before long they will complete the camp and be moving on to there school. Hope this helps
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Comment by RMac on June 16, 2016 at 4:13pm
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Please let your son know he's not alone in that feeling. During Week 2 my son was in misery, and was fighting everything he had in him to keep going. It had nothing to do with the physical part, or the tired part. It was all mentally exhausting for him. He was also sick since the 2nd night he arrived. He was mentally not prepared for the culture shock he was experiencing. At the end of week 3 (last week) he was a tiny bit better, he was able to make his first personal call. He wasn't in great spirits by any means, full of sadness, still miserable, but there was that hint of it getting better that every Mom will be able to pick up on even if our children can't admit it yet themselves.
Week 2 my son even had a full plan of what he would do if he quit.(Go back to college, get his old job back etc) He also felt that the Recruiter had lied to him about the rate he signed up for, because a couple of RDC's filled his head with misinformation. I think they were messing with him by telling him he would be immediately assigned to a Marine unit after his A school. He is not in a rate that this would likely happen, much less right after A school. So I had to do a lot of pumping him back up, a lot of super positive letters, and confirmation that his rate was not what was described to him by the RDC's.
While I was writing this, my son called again. Not a personal call but another security clearance paperwork call. This time he sounded very different (he is mid-week 4). He didn't sound sad, or completely miserable, just serious..and maybe just a bit tired of it all, yet he's still planning on staying the course, but not totally ruling out quitting either. He also had just had a filling by the Dentist so he was still numb..Week 3 he had 4 wisdom teeth pulled ...So there really is no time to just collect your thoughts and this can be mentally depleting for those that like to over analyze everything like my son. That's where I feel like we Mom's come in, to just give the reassurance that this is temporary, that this is not what Navy life will be like. That no matter what we love them, we support them, and we want them to stick it out.
I wish you and your son the best! <3
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Comment by gogogirl on June 20, 2016 at 4:43pm
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He called last Monday night and said he is in separation process due to mental anguish. Can anyone tell me how long separation process takes>
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gogogirl, It takes 2 to 3 weeks. I left additional info on your My Page.
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;lemonelephant I couldn't find additional info on your page. He has now been there 2 1/2 weeks and still paperwork not signed. Is there anyone to call to check status?
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Go to YOUR My Page and look at the bottom on the Comment Wall. Click on the MY PAGE tab above or click on your profile pic next to one of your comments and that will take you to your My Page.
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