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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.
**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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Great Lakes A School Q&A
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The purpose of this group is to allow family of new sailors assigned to school at Training Support Center Great Lakes a chance to voice questions to a Student Division Commander
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 2332
Latest Activity: Mar 12
Discussion Forum
leave after A/C school-- orders are confusing
Started by MANDY. Last reply by Anti M Aug 16, 2019. 2 Replies 0 Likes
What happens after ASchool?
Started by SailorMom18. Last reply by Phoenixmom Feb 13, 2019. 1 Reply 0 Likes
BECC Info?
Started by adubz33. Last reply by SuBHuni34 Nov 29, 2018. 9 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by TheRocksmom on November 10, 2015 at 2:09pm
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Thank you Anti M, I will ask him to send me the address; Do you know when they will know if they have duty that day or that weekend? Thank you again for your help!
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Comment by Anti M on November 9, 2015 at 9:38am
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You certainly can visit him on Thanksgiving. He should have the day off, if he doesn't have duty. Even then, you should be able to spend time together on base. He'll probably be in phase one still, so not wearing civilian clothes. He can ask for you to be his liberty buddy, or you can take him and two other "buddies" for a meal.
Here are the liberty phases for Great Lakes:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/training-support-center-tsc-great-la...He can get his address right away if he asks for it.
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Good morning, my son had PIR on Friday, there for Fire/Damage control. Can someone tell me how long it will be before I get his address? Also I am not sure, he even knows what to expect this week.
I know this sounds odd since I am still here in GL, but I realize he won't be home for Thanksgiving, I am willing to come right back up here just to have that meal with him. Even if its for a day, can anyone help me with finding out if this is possible? I know there will be many holidays without him so I figured while within my reach, I would try to come to him.
Thanks for any and all help!
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Comment by ProudNavyMom on November 5, 2015 at 2:23pm
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So elated and proud, my son passed all his examines today.
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Comment by Greenbelli on November 4, 2015 at 2:46pm
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Your very welcome!! My daughter and I will be traveling to see my son for Thanksgiving as well. I am not sure I have ever been more excited for anything in my life!! :-)
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Comment by Tati's mum on November 4, 2015 at 2:30pm
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Okay, thanks to both for the reply. I'll be traveling up there to see her for Thanksgiving. I can't wait to see her. I miss her so much. :)
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There will not be school, however they do still have duty responsibilities. My son has duty on Thanksgiving day, so he won't get to take liberty until Friday afternoon when his duty is complete.
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Yes, Thanksgiving is a federal holiday, so she will have it off. Friday is technically a working day, so I assume a muster and then special liberty (no school though). She should have Saturday off, and will need to stay on base on Sunday. She may or may not have a watch on Sunday, so visiting might not happen. She will only get an overnight if she has earned phase three already.
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My daughter is at Great Lakes A school. Will she have liberty for Thanksgiving? Do they get a 4 day weekend? She told me she will have duty on the 29th, Sunday.
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He cannot be both a YN and an FC. If he is being asked to give up AECF for yeoman, that is very odd. He'd have to go to school elsewhere, MS I think. What he might mean is he's being asked to handle the paperwork for his ship/barracks, which would also be titled "yeoman" as is any secretarial work. In which case it has nothing to do with his school or what he'll be doing in the fleet. Sounds like he is just being given an indoor job to do while on hold, and he'll give it up once school starts.
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