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PIR and Tickets
Does anyone know if there will be actual tickets for PIR or whether being on the access list is sufficient? If tickets are needed, where do you get them?
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Permalink Reply by CryptoDad on
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"Tickets are not issued for the graduation. Recruits are permitted to list the names of their intended guests on the access list."
http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/faq_family.asp
"RTC does not issue tickets for the graduation ceremony;instead Recruits are permitted to place the names of their intended guests on the access list."
http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/pdfs/FamilyGuide_v18Jun2013.pdf
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Permalink Reply by BunkerQB on
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I would suggest printing out the Family Guide. Make sure you join the PIR group (here on Navy For Moms) associated with your son/daughter's date for PIR. You'll find many in the same boat. Good luck to your son/daughter and you.
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Permalink Reply by Irishcat on
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You should have received a letter when you recruit got there letting you know. It would have come after the box. The letter had his address on it and it also had instructions about the Gate Pass instructions etc!! If you lost it I and sure if you belong to the FB PIR page date (PIR DATE 12-05-14 etc) of "YOUR recruit " you can get it from one of the other parents.
NO tickets are actually given out!! The NAMES should have been on the letter that came in the mail to you !!! If it said MOM , DAD etc remind the recruit to have it changed to the actual name of parent JOHN Jones , Mary etc... If your name is not on it you cannot get in!!!
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Permalink Reply by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on
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"...also had instructions about the Gate Pass instructions etc!! If you lost it I and sure if you belong to the FB PIR page date (PIR DATE 12-05-14 etc) of "YOUR recruit " you can get it from one of the other parents. "
I am sorry but you may not give out the confidential Password supplied to obtain a Vehicle Gate Pass to anyone. It is a breach of security to do so. RTC is a restricted base and no one may brig their vehicle onboard with out an RTC base sticker or Gate Pass.
This password is only available from the Recruit. If this is being done, please inform them to stop this practice.
If you do not have a Gate Pass and are on the Access List for PIR you may park outside the base and walk onboard to attend PIR.
You may read about the particulars for the Gate Pass in the Family Guide , the NOTE from RTC FB - Gate Passes and the NOTE from RTC FB FAQ's.
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Permalink Reply by kaycee on
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Just wanted to mention that if you have to walk onto the base if you don't get a gate pass, it is a pretty long walk...Password for the gate pass is in your form letter that your sailor sends with all of the information about PIR. You can access the link to get you pass a few days before PIR.
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There are no tickets, but you need to print your gate pass to be allowed onto the base. All of the information is in your letter that you receive from your sailor. You can print the pass a few days before the PIR. You do have to show it at the gate and also an ID. Once you are entering the drill hall, you must show ID again and if you are not on the list, you are not allowed in. You will need to know your sailor's division number and provide it when you are checking in. Someone else mentioned that if you do not have a gate pass, you can park off base and walk, but it is avery long walk especially in the winter, we were there in November, and the weather was pretty cold, very windy. I suggest you don't forget that gate pass!!
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