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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
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Comment by M's mom on July 2, 2015 at 8:31pm
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Quilter: Sorry, I see that I just called you "Quiter" in my comment below on Tricare!!!!!!!! I don't see where this site allows one to "edit" a post, only delete it all and type it all again. It's quicker just to apologize for the typo! :-)
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Rosemom & ITgal:
I imagine it does take a special kind of person to serve on a submarine. Of course, they can't be claustrophobic, and they must be able to get along with others in close quarters in a stressful environment. When those nuclear subs submerge, they can be submerged for a LONG time! I seriously doubt that I could do it myself. I like to be ALONE now and then, and I doubt that there's any privacy on a sub! Bless all the submariners for their service!
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Quiter: I believe they fill out the paperwork for Tricare on the day they report to OCS, and I think they are covered from that point on. My son took a flight physical three weeks into OCS and they determined that he had a heart valve anomaly that about one percent of the population have. They sent him to the civilian hospital in Newport to have an MRI and all these cardiac tests to be sure it wasn't serious.
You can imagine how concerned we were when our son called and said, "They think there is something wrong with my heart." Yikes! --And here he was doing all that running and physical training; I was afraid he might have a heart attack! Turns out it was minor and likely never to cause him any trouble, even though it DQ'd him for flight. Whew!
My point of this story is that we started to receive some massive bills in his name at our home address from the civilian hospital and cardiologist consults etc. but Tricare paid for everything, thank goodness. Your son should have dental coverage too, but not all civilian dentists accept Tricare.
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Rosemom, my son is Sub Nuke. He had a battery of psych evals during the application process for NUPOC to determine whether character/personality traits are compatible with Subs. Then the selection weekend puts them under stress to evaluate performance under those conditions. But OCS really ratchets up the stress factor and they are evaluated throughout the program. From a physical testing perspective, they look very closely at any respiratory issues. There were 2 disqualified in my son's class for physical. They both reclassed as surface Nuke.
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Comment by Quilter on July 2, 2015 at 12:00pm
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Thank you everyone!!! I will get my LO on it!! When I asked him this morning, he said all he could remember about OCS, was how to put his face in the mud, get yelled at 24/7 and do 100 push-ups on command LOL LOL LOL
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Not sure if this is the best website for their benefits but you can find some info here: http://www.military.com/benefits/tricare/dental/tricare-active-duty...
As Tiggermanic suggested, checking with someone he is working with on OHARP may be the best source of information.
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Comment by Tiggermanic on July 2, 2015 at 11:36am
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I know their insurance is thru Tri-care but not sure about dental. Your LO could probably ask someone he is working with if he is home on OHARP.
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I might be in trouble LOL!! My LO graduated from OCS 1st part of June!! So I'm guessing he has it, and doesn't know he has it!! That's my LO!!!
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I believe your LO wont have insurance until they get to OCS and get all the paperwork done. Once there they will get all that info.
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Good morning everyone, quick question, I was making a dentist appt for my LO before he leaves and it donned on me, does my LO have his own insurance!! LOL So I asked my LO do you have your own insurance card, and he said no, I don't think so...So my question is, are they issued their own insurance and card??? Thank you in advance!!!
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