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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.
RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021
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Permalink Reply by Janie - ProudSailorWife on
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BESS is the Basic Enlisted Submarine School. It is 8 weeks long and every submariner must take it. Teaches the basics of a sub and just general info that they all have to have. Do you have specific requestions regarding it?
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Permalink Reply by Sam (AUX PAC - Groton, CT) on
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I know there are different phases, etc. But, what can they do? I am pregnant, and only able to fly up until Sept 11 (when I'm 36 weeks). I'd love more than anything to go see him before then! He just started today
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Oh you can come see him at any point now that he is here. He will have 24 hr duty days where he would be able to see you really but that is only every 6th day so you could schedule your visit around that.
He will have cards that he has to work through and each he will be in for about 3 weeks at a time. He can leave base when not in class but has to return at different times.
White card - no civilian clothes, back during the week at 10pm and 11pm on weekends
Yellow card - civilian clothes when not in class or on duty, back to room by 11pm on weeknights and midnight on weekends.
Blue card - civilian clothes when not in class or on duty. back by 5am during the week and can stay out during the weekends as long as he is back on base by 5am monday morning. -
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What do you mean about every 6th day?
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Every 6th day they have something called duty. They have to stay in the barracks for the full 24 hrs of that day and more than likely will have to stand watch at some point throughout the day. Even when you get marreid and he lives at home he will have to stay on base on duty days.
Like my husband has duty tomorrow so he will leave for class at 2pm-8pm and then reports to duty and won't be back home till thurs morning at about 6am. -
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Permalink Reply by Sharon(SailorJeffsMom) on
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Hi everyone! My son is in route to BESS today. Thank you for the information about the schedules and cards. Is there a "graduation" at the end? Can parents attend?
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Permalink Reply by randolphnavy(ship07 div270) on
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When my husband went through BESS 8 years ago me and our children went to his graduation.We went for his A school graduation also.Unless things have changed I don't see why you wouldn't be able to go to graduation.But your son should be able to find out for sure.Let me know if you find out our son graduates bootcamp friday and leaves for sub school next tue.I plan going to his BESS graduation also.
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There will be a graduation on the last Friday of BESS that parents can attend. It's a small graduation but from what I take from the others that have attended they really enjoyed it. We were getting things ready for me to move up here so I wasn't able to attend.
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