Division 936

How RTC takes these photos:

We take informal division photos during the beginning of each division's training and then post the photos during their fourth week of training.

Division 255

Division 254

Division 256

Division 817

Division 257 and 258 Females

Division 257 and 258 Males

RTC has indicated that there will be gate construction that will affect the route used to access RTC on PIR days. They have posted a map at:

RTC Gate Impact & Map

Those of us going to see our newly minted Sailors in the next 8 weeks should make sure we know how we are getting to RTC on those Friday (or in my case Thursday) mornings. In this case, that would be almost all of us I think.

We ALWAYS recommend you take a taxi or shuttle to PIR and avoid the traffic

Oh, I plan to take the hotel shuttle. I don't mind Los Angeles traffic, but in a different city, not so much. Our hotel has a shuttle, and there is always Sarge's taxi service as well.

I've driven in a bunch of places in the US on both coasts and trying to get into and out of RTC for PIR is a different animal.....the shuttle is a good way to go!

Division 937

Division 938

Good morning Lori! If you are also going to be at Great Lakes for your own sailor's PIR, all your sailor has to do is bring someone along. There is no special sign out or anything of that nature on PIR weekend. 

Division 259

Division 260

Division 938

Division 261

Division 262

Division 263

Division 264

Division 265 and 266 Females

Division 265 and 266 Males

John...He will spend the first few days filling out paperwork and going through medical /dental testing (P-Days). You will receive a form letter in about 10 days that will have his address and Divisional information...as well as his PIR date. It will also have a password to download a Gate pass for PIR and information for local hotels. HOLD ONTO THIS!!!!!

That's why we are here, my friend! You keep asking and we will keep offering answers....LOL!

Very nicely put, Sean! Amen to that!

Yesterday was 1 year since watched my son swear in and watched him ride up the escalator at the airport to start his new life as a United States Sailor. This first 8 weeks will be a little rough but the changes in these young men and women is amazing .Sean said it perfectly. Congratulations to you all and god bless you and your future sailors.

Ginger they did post some 800 division. what Division are you looking for?

the informal division pictures are posted on there week 4-1. so you still have a few weeks to go.

i can only tell you what my wife has told me. i could be wrong. Navy has 7 weeks of training, but with processing weeks it makes 8 weeks of training. but a lot of things could happen to make it longer. my wife will be there for a total of 9 weeks due to a processing hold. this is what my wife has told me so.

There are occasions when a division may fill and a few unplaced recruits remain. Those "leftover" recruits will be placed as the first recruits for the following division. There are also times that a division is not quite filled with the normal 88 recruits and that division must wait for the next group arriving in Great Lakes to fill to division compliment. When a division is held waiting to fill the division with the next group of arriving recruits, they will placed in what is called a PUSH Division.
Because that division formed "late" it is composed of recruits arriving typically over two different weeks. Some of the recruits in that division will be at RTC for 7 1/2 weeks (8 Fridays) rather than the typical 8 1/2 weeks (9 Fridays) that most of the divisions in that TG (Training Group). To stay current with the projected PIR date for the TG, that division is "pushed" thru some accelerated training- hence the term PUSH division.
This may happen more often for those recruits arriving at the beginning of a week. Recruits who are unlucky enough to be held over may be placed in a TG for the following week. These recruits are at RTC 9 1/2 weeks (10 Fridays). That happens more frequently for recruits arriving at the end of the week. This happens more around holidays or when there is a week without a PIR. Weather or severe storms may result in extra recruits being shipped to RTC when others are delayed. This may also occur if a large number of recruits are shipped to RTC in the summer and early fall due to enlistments that happen during a high school student's senior year.

Exactly...always wait for that letter.....you can estimate but you can see things can be flexible and until final division assignments are made at RTC there is no firm PIR date

19 days in and we got our first letter from travis says it is really tough but he is making it thru. we were really hoping for a phone call today but nothing yet oh well hopefully next weekend

There are banks of payphones available at RTC. You are only guaranteed 2 calls....the "I have arrived" and "I'm a Sailor" calls. Anything more is a reward from the RDC's to the Division....