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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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Permalink Reply by Phoenixmom on
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Hi Nisme, this isnt the first I have heard of this, actually it happens quite often. first off they have to train a person in the mail room, here is some info I have found and I will put the site for you also. I'm sorry to hear this as I know how important it is for them to receive Mail. I am hoping these letters will catch up to him very soon.
Know that letters mailed before you get the form letter do not get to your recruit much quicker, if at all, than letters mailed after receiving the form letter because the recruits cannot receive mail until they are in their permanent ship and a Recruit Mail Petty Officer has been trained in how to handle mail, which means it is usually sometime in the third week or later (1-3 or 1-4 DOT) when they start receiving mail depending on when P-days ended and the division officially formed. We are hearing that many recruits had one Mail Call without mail when their loved ones waited on the form letter. It is common for recruits to indicate in their first letter that they have not received mail due to the way that mail is processed at the RTC, but your letters will get to your recruit, not necessarily in the order you sent them, as long as you use the address in The Form Letter.
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Excuse me I forgot to put the site for you.
Letter Writing & Fun Stuff/Questionnaires to send to your Recruit
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Your Welcome, I know how fustrating it can be, but no need to worry, it will all fall into place soon enough.
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Permalink Reply by Tracy on
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Use Sandboxx app- letters printed at 5pm everyday and FedEx to the military address. Received in 2 days. Also, they only get mail M,W,F according to my recruit.
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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That is strange because Mail Call is supposed to be M-F.
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