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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.
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Miserable:( Anyone have a soldier in Kuwait!!??
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I know how you feel. My fiance has been in Bahrain since March.
It is easier for me, I would guess, because he and I have both been in the military for about 12 years. That and I have been to Bahrain, so I know a little about what it is like.
The first week is the hardest-- hands down. It gets better as you get used to it. It doesn't get good, really, but it gets better.
Is he stationed in Kuwait? or is he following on to somewhere else?
Have you heard of Skype? If not, look into it. It is the best thing to have in this type of situation. I talk to Bill almost every day on Skype.
Don't stop missing him. Don't stop thinking of him. Don't stop praying for him. Send him cards and letters often and for no reason. Try to support him as best you can.
The important thing-- and I say this knowing nothing else about you or him-- is that he doesn't want you to sit around moping for him. He wants you to get out and enjoy life and have fun. It sounds hard now, but try. He wants to hear about the fun things you do. I pass the time planning the wedding (and bug him with all the details on Facebook.) It makes him happy because it makes me happy.
It is going to be hard. It is going to suck. But it is going to end. Not soon enough-- it is never soon enough-- but keep counting the days.
My most important piece of advice-- never end a conversation without ending it with 'I love you'. Regardless if you talk twice a day or once a month, always make 'I love you' the last thing he hears.
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LT here is a group for you http://www.navyformoms.com/group/bahrainmoms
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