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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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"Ship 5"
*** UPDATE *** Please read all the comments below my post. I should never have posted something that would cause others needless worry. Our kids will be JUST FINE! SMILE! **
Like a paranoid goofball, I've been reading about the horrors of having your recruit sent to Ship 5 for various reasons.
Is this common? I am so worried that my son will somehow end up there, even though he's strong and has been cleared pre-boot camp. ( He had ACL surgery about 5 years ago, and has healed very well since then. )
I know that nobody can predict anything, but I was more wondering if it's common for people to be shipped there these days.
All I need is something else to worry about!
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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Unless your recruit calls you and says he has been sent to Ship 5 or SEPS, then everything is fine and he is expected to have PIR as scheduled. Don't go borrowing trouble.
Each division starts out with an average of 88 recruits and an average of 75 of those will have PIR. Of the 13 or so that don't make it to PIR, some will be sent to SEPS and be sent home, some will end up in the RCU due to an illness or injury and may have PIR later with another TG or may go straight to "A" School or training straight from the RCU, some may be sent to PASS or FAST and have PIR with a later TG, and some may not pass the PFA and will end up in FIT (see the info in Battle Stations-21 (BST) for what happens then).
Plan to see your then Sailor on the day of his scheduled PIR and don't worry about things that might happen unless you get a call indicating there is a concern. It is so much nicer to think about having a Sailor than to think that something MIGHT happen to him to prevent it.
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You are very welcome.
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Permalink Reply by HulaMom on
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I guess you are right, but now I am worrying, but like you said, I haven't heard from him and it's been 10 days. I will feel better when I get the letter and it says what I hope it will say. Sometimes too much information is not good.
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"No news is good news!" from now on. If you hear nothing, then everything is fine. See the info in Arrival and What Happens at the RTC.
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If I used terms that are unfamiliar to you, you will be able to find them in What does ??? mean? (A Guide to Navy Abbreviations and Terminology).
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You are very welcome.
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Permalink Reply by Melinda on
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My daughter also had ACL surgery about 5 years prior to boot camp. She did fine. But everyone is different.
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Permalink Reply by BeckyLCM on
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I keep forgetting that he was in food service for the last 4 years as well, constantly on his legs, and working out and running all the time. Unless he has another injury, I think he's be just fine. Thank you!
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That is the Ship for SEPS where recruits who are to be separated from the Navy go to be processed out and sent home. See the info in Ship/Division--How it Works and What does ??? mean? (A Guide to Navy Abbreviations and Terminology).
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