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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 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.
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Ratings, A School Locations, and Links to Groups
Attached is a table (in Excel format) that shows the different locations for "A" School and the Ratings at them. It also gives different groups by name that are associated with them. Please let me know if I need to add a group for a rating and/or location or if I have not indicated the correct information about training.
(Click HERE to go to the Attachment.)
(Table updated 11/29/2019.)
I know there is another way to post it so that it shows, but I haven't figured it out. Click on the Attachment and then you can click on the links you are interested in.
Although I try to keep the table current, I suggest that you double-check within the group for your Sailor's "A" School or rating to be sure that the info is still accurate. If you find an error, please let me know so that I can correct it. Thank you.
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Another site you may want to look at to get information on the different ratings is Navy COOL (Credentialing Opportunities On-Line), an official Navy site. The site has updated Rating Information Cards for each of the ratings. Go to https://www.cool.navy.mil/usn/index.htm and then click on Enlisted Search in the middle of the page. You can then select a Rating in the top drop down box and click Go. I have added the links for each rating in the table above. I noticed that some ratings have Apprentice Technical Training (ATT) at GL after PIR and that is not included in the Navy COOL links, but I have included that info in the table when I know about it.
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Permalink Reply by sorisk on
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Can someone tell me if they have a graduation ceremony when graduating from A school? My son has PIR date of 12/29 and is going to Lackland for Master at Arms....
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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Yes, there is a small ceremony when graduating from A School. There are a couple of Discussions in the San Antonio MA's (clicakble link) group that will give you more information.
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The group, EOD (clickable link), should be able to help you. A School is in Panama City, FL at Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center (NDSTC). I couldn't get a fact sheet to come up.
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The fact sheet is at http://www.cnrc.navy.mil/Graphic-Elements/Rating-Factsheets/EOD-Exp.... The Navy Recruiting webmaster misspelled "Explosive" so I couldn't find it until I found the main page again.
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Permalink Reply by Katze90210 (3/113) on
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Hey all, I'm lost can you help me find the link that will help me as my son goes through A School in Texas for a Corpsman? Thanks I know some fantastic people from PIR 4/6 moved on to these sites as well as many others who can answer my lists of questions as I enter this next phase of recruitment.
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No one has clarifed for me the ratings that go there and so I still have it at the bottom. I know that the Nuclear Power Training School is there, but I am not sure about A School.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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Nukes are ET, MM, or EM. Their A schools are in Goose Creek/Charleston, followed by Power School, followed by protoype, which is in SC or in New York. At a glance, I saw you had Nuke Moms under MM... but that is technically wrong, because the nuke rates are totally different from the conventional rates, and sub rates, which go by the same designations. A minor detail, but guaranteed to confuse everyone. I think the Navy does it on purpose.
It gets confusing, because there are at least three types of ETs ... conventional, nuke and sub. Same with MM and EM, although I'm less familiar with how many of what type those two rates have in the submariner community. And nukes can go on subs, but they aren't part of the sub training pipeline at Groton.
I can confuse you more if you'd like. Hehe.
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I've put groups with ratings if I found the ratings mentioned in them. I'll work on this in a little while. I have to be somewhere in a few minutes. Thanks for your help.
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