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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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Permalink Reply by quiltblue on
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Peggy (me) only has 30 for July... will work on more, but have some family obligations during the month of July and probably will not be able to make additional pcs.
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Permalink Reply by Sue-Pillowcase lady on
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I have sorted thru the pcs that my dad's church has sent. I got 44 flannel and have taken out 24 of them for the Stennis. so I now have 56 of my 92 ready to go. I still have some more food fabric that I want sew up. I will tackle that next week.
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- Birdie's friend Diane, Birdie and I mailed to this unit. Diane's SIL is in it. Birdie could you post your photo of these pcs? Diane got a great photo of a soldier holding his pc.
Here is an e-mail I just received from one of the guys in the Blackhawk unit in Kuwait.
Dear Birdie and family,
My name is Specialist Axxx Dxxxx. I am 29 years old and a member of the Washington Army National Guard. I am currently deployed in support of Operation New Dawn in Kuwait. I recently received a pillow case from you and I wanted to express my gratitude to you. Thank you so much. It is a wonderful feeling to know that there are people back home thinking of us over here. Just know that we are safe, and honored to be serving our great nation. Thanks once again.
Sincerely,
Axxx Dxxxx - Birdie's friend Diane, Birdie and I mailed to this unit. Diane's SIL is in it. Birdie could you post your photo of these pcs? Diane got a great photo of a soldier holding his pc.
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Permalink Reply by Birdie on
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Hey Sue,
I haven't seen any pics of the pc's I sent. Will post them if I get any though.
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Do you mean for the Kuwait unit? Did you take photos of yours? I need to download mine. I am going to ask this soldier if I can post his photo. It is a great one!
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2 days after Christmas 2010, I mailed a couple of boxes of pillowcases to a sailor on the USS Ponce. I got a nice note from him, but his mom Theresa sent me this note this morning:
Oh! Our FRG had a picnic for the wives and children today. One sailor, who is in school and didn't go to fleet week came. He went on and on about how nice people were during deployment and how nice it was that I had sent Christmas cards and candy canes to the ship. They were delivered to their racks while they slept on Christmas Eve. :)) He was especially excited to tell all the wives about the wonderful lady who sent all those pillow cases. I wish you could have seen him talking about all the different designs. He was excited to know that you lived in Arizona, that we've never met and that there are moms all over the country sewing away for them. He asked me to thank you for thinking about them. You do such a good thing with HAE.Now this made me cry! To think so many months later that those pillowcases still had an impact. And to think I thought they were a frivolous item back in Jan 2009. Proved myself wrong haha. -
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These are the 30 pcs I just mailed for the USS Stennis! In the first 2 photos you can see the donated Hoffman strips used as the bands (I purchased the white fabric years ago). Most of the fabrics in the 3rd photo came from my sister-in-love Linda, my stash and some of the fabrics previously donated to me by one of my favorite stores.
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