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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.
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Hey ladies,
My SO and I are getting married at the end of May, and I'm moving out to his base in June or July.. The thing is, we're not sure if I should fly out to his base when he gets back from his deployment and get married then, just to have it legal, so we can start the paperwork early? We need to find an apartment too, but I'm on the other side of the country so it's something he's going to have to try to do after we get married.... the question is, would it be a good idea to have a quick courthouse wedding so he can do the paperwork for me, find an apartment, apply for BAH, moving stuff, etc. early? I'm stressing over how we're going to find an apartment and plan our move 2,000 miles away when I've heard horror stories about paperwork taking ages to process.
Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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I'm always in favor of getting the legal union down on paper as soon as possible. Go for it!
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Permalink Reply by EmilyNicole98 on
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Thanks you two! I don't want a delay to cause me to live all alone for a few weeks!
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Permalink Reply by Jenn_NicksWifey on
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Well, I would also suggest that you brace yourself for living alone. It still may happen regardless of how carefully you plan. We thought I was going to have to stay in IL until after the New Year. Luckily the kids and I were able to move with him last month.
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My husband has only been in Active Duty since May and I definitely recommend getting paperwork done as early as possible. It seems like any delay that can happen, will.
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Permalink Reply by Angie on
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If he is already at his duty station and than you get married, the Navy isn't going to pay to move you and your stuff from your home...that will be 100% out of your pocket.
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..They won't? What about his stuff that's still left behind, will they pay to move that? He graduated A school and immediately left on a deployment because his ship had already gone out months before..so he's technically already stationed in Washington but he's only spent a few days on hold there..
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