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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
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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Mailing letters/packages
Hello Everyone
I had a question for anyone who has had a problem with shipping their mail/packages. My daughter is deployed on the USS Normandy, I had sent her 2 packages on March 27th. The ship has had 5 mail dispersments so far...and she has not recieved any of her 2 packages. I tracked it and it hasent updated it shows, that it is still in Great Lakes, Chicago. It has been 1 month now. I have all the information correct and included a return address. I dont know what had happened, it breaks my heart everytime, she says that she didnt recieve mail... :(
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Comment by lemonelephant on May 1, 2015 at 6:13pm
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The time for packages to reach Sailors when deployed seems to vary between 2 weeks and 2 months with a few that take longer at times. It's best not to send anything perishable. The tracking label really means nothing once the package enters the Navy mailing system. Mail Call for Sailors when underway is when they are in port and sometimes also when the vessel is refueling at sea, so the timing can vary. A package may not make it on the plane for delivery for some reason and that will also delay it. Properly addressed packages do eventually reach the Sailor.
I left info on groups and more on your My Page.
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Comment by CryptoDad on May 1, 2015 at 6:33pm
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FPO AE 09579-1180 ?
That it is at Great Lakes mystifies me. All Navy "FPO AE" mail is routed thru NYC, where it enters the Navy overseas mail system.
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Comment by mslinda1976 on May 2, 2015 at 2:28pm
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Yea I brought that to her attention, she had asked someone on her ship and it wasent neccasary, to have that after the zip code.
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Right, each ship has it own unique 5 digit zip code built into the FPO address. So having 09579 should eventually get things to USS Normandy. Should.
Don't know what the final 4 digits represent.
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The first five digits of the ZIP Code identify the area of the country and the delivery office to which the mail is directed. ZIP Codes start with a zero (0) in the northeast and gradually get higher as you move west. ZIP Codes in the far west start with a nine (9).
The sixth and seventh digits point to a delivery sector, which may be several blocks, a group of streets, a group of Post Office boxes (this is the case for Navy FPO addresses), several office buildings, a single high-rise office building, a large apartment building or a small geographic area.
The last two digits represent a delivery segment, which might be one floor of an office building, a side of a street, specific departments in an office, or specific Post Office boxes. For Navy addresses, the last two digits identify the command.
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There are at least six (6) vessels in the 09579 ZIP Code, so yes, it is important to have the +4 when mailing to an FPO address since it will speed up the processing of the mail. See http://www.navy.mil/navydata/ships/lists/ship-fpo.asp.
Mail is sorted from the bottom of the address up beginning with the ZIP Code, then the +4 and then moving up from there until it arrives to the recipient so it is important to include each part of the address. On large vessels, it helps to include the department that the Sailor is with.
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The Navy is in the process of converting all FPO address to a 5 digit only zip code. Could be USS Normandy got caught up in the transition?
2. Ships and Mobile Units will include a new unit number and
*virtual* box number along with a 5-digit ZIP Code in the Navy standardized
address format as follows:
Line 1: Name
Line 2: Ship or Mobile Unit name
Line 3: Ship or Mobile Unit number, box number
Line 4: FPO (AP, AE, AA) ZIP Code (5 digits only)http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/messages/Documents/...
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Thank you for the information. It was very helpful.
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