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Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
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Events
**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
Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.
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Navy Waivers
My son has been waiting on a waiver to see if he will be eligible to enter the Navy. How long do these usually take? He has 1 traffic violation leaving the scene of a accident without bodily/personel property damage. He ran through a stop sign and into a field. We decided to leave the car until morning and police came by and towed car then charged him with leaving an accident. Also has 2 drinking in public citations. What are his chances of getting a waiver approved?
Thanks in advance for any advise!
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I don't know for sure, but becuase there are so many people trying to get in these days and many of them do not require any waivers, I would think the chances of getting a waiver were not very good, BUT, I really just don't know, just going from what I've read on Navy 4 Moms the last 9 months.
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You will likely have to wait for the legal system to work it's way through the accident charge (if it hasn't already). If the case is still pending, nothing will happen until it is resolved.
After that, a lot will depend on 1) how long ago these things happened, and 2) your son's ASVAB scores. Our son had an under age drinking and a speeding ticket, both more than 3 years before he applied - neither actually required a waiver, although a transfer from a basic math class (trig) to a higher one (pre-calc) in high school did, since it appeared from his transcript that he had dropped the first class with no grade recorded.
Since the Navy is pretty much full, ASVAB scores are important because they determine your job prospects - our son scored rather well (he has a nuke contract) so the Navy (aka "the needs of the Navy") likely found it fairly easy to grant the waiver.
All that said, his waiver came through in a little over three weeks, but that included the Christmas/New Years stand-down. If your son had a high ASVAB (or did well on the AFQT the recruiters give) you probably don't have anything to worry about.
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He scored 74 on ASVAB. Nothing pending in the legal system. I am not sure what the average ASVAB score is? He seemed to think this was a decent score. At the request of the recruiter he attended a drug and alcohol evaluation and scored high (no dependacy characteristics).It has been about 10days since his paperwork all went to MEPS. Hopefully he will hear something soon
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