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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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My son left for boot camp on the 18th of June 2013. When will I know his grad date?

Thanks

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Good morning molfetta!  Congratulations to your son for making the choice to be in the Navy!  Very soon, you will receive a form letter from him that states his address as well as his graduation date.  The letter usually arrives 10 days or so after arrival at Great Lakes. 

Hello!  You should receive your "kid in a box" sometime next week and a form letter usually about 10 days after he left.  The letter will give you his PIR date and a password to print out a parking pass if you choose to drive onto the base.  PIR is usually 9 fridays after they leave, but not always.  Hope that helps!

Hi M! My son left on the 18th also. He called me early on June 19 (1:15 a.m.!) to let me know he was at GL. Since he's been gone my husband and I have been going on this site and the RTC site at bootcamp.navy.mil and getting information. We have "guesstimated" his graduation date to be August 19 but that's just a guess on our part. I've read somewhere that you don't want to get non refundable tix. You just never know what might go wrong!

By the way, I received his box of things yesterday. Now I'm just waiting for the letter with his address so we can send him the letters we've all been writing to him.

You take care molfetta.

Oops! Did I say Aug 19? I meant to say Aug. 16. Today I got a letter from my son (the first one!) and he said grad date is Aug. 16. It was a regular personal letter and NOT the "official" letter with his address and all. they were still in P-days when he wrote it, so I'm assuming the address he wrote for the return address is not the one I would use to write to him. Is that correct?

Thanks!

Anna

You are the second person to mention receiving a personal letter written during P-days; that is so unusual. Join the group, PIR 08/16/2013 TG 40 (clickable link), to connect with others with loved ones training with your SR. 

If the address included a ship and 3-digit division number, then it MAY be the correct one, but maybe not. Check the address against those in http://bootcamp.navy.mil/contact_recruit.asp and/or in Ship/Division--How it Works.

I was the one who mentioned getting a letter sent during P-days early last week. He said in his letter today that they usually don't send mail during P-days, but their temp RDC mailed them for them. V'sMom- The address on the envelope I got was the address for the temp barracks and he said not to send mail to that address and wait until we got the permanent address at a later time, which we got about a week later.

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