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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.

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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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**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

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Hello,

My name is Briana and my boyfriend just left for Bootcamp 2 days ago, July 24th. Im hoping to connect with some girls whose Sailors also left on this day! I already miss him like crazy so just wanna find out as much info as possible! Thanks :)

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Yeah they all have come in handy!! I used some for graduation things and then the rest have been for him. I'm glad to hear  that it is getting easier for you! I still have days like that, they never seem to go away. I miss him so much and there will always be the good and the bad days. There are less bad days once you start getting letters! I have a few rough days every now and then, I just miss the simple things we used to do together. I hope you get his address this next week!!

Great news actually...I got his address on Friday! :) Oh my gosh I was sooo happy. And he graduates sooner than I thought he would! But yeah, I  just gotta learn to take the bad days with the good. It gets hard when something bad or frustrating happens in my day. Normally I'd just talk to him and feel better about it. Like I always looked forward to spending time with him after the rough nights at work and stuff, but now I just have to go home alone. It sucks but hopefully I will be getting letters from him soon. I cant wait! :)

That is so exciting that you got his address on Friday!! That's also good news that he graduates sooner that you thought he would!! It was hard for me also when I would have bad days, he always seemed to know exactly what to say and it sucked not having him there to talk about it. I did write him in my letters a few times if I had a bad day or something that was frustrating and he wrote back helpful words of advice. He has only wrote me saying he had one bad day which I have been happy to see it has stayed that way! They start getting your letters on the second Sunday after they have been there, and sometimes they also get to write on that second Sunday and send their first letters!

That's really good to hear! Ive already sent of a couple of letters. His second Sunday was today, I really hope he got to write me. Im dying to hear from him. But even though there will be bad days for both of us, Im doing my best to stay positive and focus on the great future we have ahead of us! I miss him like crazy but I know in my heart that we're gonna be just fine. Fingers crossed I get a letter this week! Haha

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