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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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Duty Stations
Hello ladies, so glad I found a group that I could join and feel comfortable joining. My boyfriend has been in the Navy for about 3 years now, and we're coming up on not only a re-enlistment, but a deployment as well. He is set to re-enlist in April and deploy in May. When he comes back in December, we will get a new duty station, and I'm a little worried that he will get stationed over seas. Any one here have their SO stationed over seas? If so, how many times a year do they get to come home and what all do you have to go through to be able to go visit them, besides have a valid passport?
If any of you ladies can fill me in that'd be awesome!
-Ashley
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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I was stationed in Japan, came back to the US about once a year.
They earn 30 days a year of leave, but there's a lot of factors in coming home to visit. One is that ships rarely can let a sailor off for the whole 30 days at once. They usually get two or three weeks at most, and then the flights are terribly expensive. If they can only take a week, it wouldn't be feasible to come home. Shore commands often have the same problem, they can't take leave unless they have someone on hand who can do their job. There are places that can let them have the full month off once a year, but that isn't the norm. So expect them to fly to CONUS about once a year for a few weeks, and maybe have a little time off spent at their overseas command too.
Going to visit overseas is simple, you just need a passport for most overseas duty stations, although there's a few you can't go to (Diego Garcia for one). If you need a visa, those are simple to get as a tourist (Japan doesn't require one for visitors staying less than 90 days). Money is the biggest factor.
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Permalink Reply by Ashley10 on
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Thank you so much for the feedback on this, it really did help me understand over seas duty stations. I do believe he will be on shore duty, because that is what he is on now, but I know that can change with a new duty station. I'm just so scared that he will be sent overseas and will be there for 3+ years, because I have a friend that is stationed in Japan and has been there for going on 4 years about? And I know she hardly comes home, except on holidays, and the only real holiday she gets is Christmas. He did talk to me about moving with him, but if we're not married, I know I won't be able to really, unless he is able to live in town and not on base, so I don't know how any of this will work. He did apply for Blue Angels, so we hoping he gets that, and then we will be in Pensacola, so I won't have to worry about much, because I'll be able to move with him there, because he will be off base housing... I guess we will have to wait and see where he gets stationed after deployment. =/
Thanks again though, it really did help!
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You can look up his sea/shore rotation by rate. If he's on shore duty now, he's due for sea duty. Usually, there are exceptions.
Blue angels? Way cool.
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Hmmm... How would I look those up or would that be something he needs to do?
And yes I'm hoping he gets it, he won't be a pilot but will work with them and all like that of what I understand (he can't be a pilot and color blind)
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