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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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Got the letter today

We received the form letter today and Grant wrote both his dad and myself a personal note. I THOUGHT I was doing okay, but here come the tears. I am such a wuss. He did ask me to send him a better toothbrush (my dad and brother are both dentists so it's nice to know he hasn't forgotten all his early childhood training LOL). Now my question is....can I send him a toothbrush???? Looking forward to 17Aug for sure! Ship 03 Div 253. Anyone else have someone in this ship/division?

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Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on June 28, 2012 at 8:54pm: I am sorry...((chuckling out loud))...it's just that we get this on the PIR groups from time to time and I am still scratching my head over it! LOL

They are issued necessities (or are taken to the NEX to buy them as per the RDC sscheduling the trip) so I never quite get it! I will post a link to a Discussion about it from a recent PIR. I joked about the recruit possibly using it to clean the head and one mom did say that hers was using it on his boots!

Usually...the recruits only ask for items to be sent if they have cleared it with their RDC's...they no better than to ask for "contraband"...cookies and goodies...BIG NO,NO...but many will write home and ask for contacts with some solution (travel size) and for the females, make up for PIR. All bulky packages/envelopes, boxes are opened in front of their RDC's for inspection.

So, if he asked...then he should have the "okay" and you can send it. Mark the outside of the package or box with the content.

Here is the link so you can read the responses there:

sending a toothbrush?

Just click the link.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on June 28, 2012 at 8:54pm: ...and you're not a wuss! LOL

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on June 28, 2012 at 8:57pm: Oh and here is the Link to your PIR group:

PIR 08/17/2012

Boot Camp Moms:

http://www.navyformoms.com/group/bootcampmoms

Plus a great help on here:

http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/survival-guide-for-navy-for...

All clickable links!

Comment by mski73 on June 29, 2012 at 9:27pm: I just recieved my daughters letter today as well she is in Ship 03 Div 253. She was excited she got a jpb and can recieve pictures.

Comment by Jose's Mom-Yeoman on June 30, 2012 at 2:17am: I received my sons letter yesterday. He is on ship 3 Div 254. He says he is doing good and misses us. He says to tell my daughter/his sister he loves her, what am I chopped liver?? I felt so good getting the letter and with his PIR date. I have mailed him 3 letters with worry and I get his and he says he is fine but things will start to get harder and he states when I see him he will be a completely different person. I didn't even recongnize his writing, block writing. He wrote on the back of the form letter and it felt so good to have him wrote a note on the back. Are there any mothers with children on ship 3 div 254??