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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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RTC Graduation

**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

Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.

Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.

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GROTON, CT. SUBSCHOOL & "A" SCHOOL MOMS

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hi My Son is currently in Groton, Ct. for Submarine School then "A" School.

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Comment by Bradens mom on January 26, 2016 at 2:57pm: I agree with mom2smrefk... my son is also in A school in Groton, CT. and he calls, texts whenever he wants/ can. His PIR was 01/08/16 and he left for Groton, the day after and has been there since, waiting to start school. He will finally start, next Monday. I asked what he does all day and his reply was "shovel sidewalks". I just mailed him a box of clothes/ personal items (shoes, cologne, hats, contacts) that he asked for and he has already bought himself a new TV and Xbox that he has hooked up in his room. He also sends me pictures of him and his friends playing pool so there must be one in a rec room of some sort. I also got videos from him this last week of a bunch of them building a gigantic igloo out of the snow. haha

Comment by navymom on January 26, 2016 at 2:33pm: My son is currently at RTC and his PIR is scheduled for 3/4/16 - then he is headed for Groton for A School. Can anyone give me any information on what to expect for A School, like how much contact will I be able to have with him, what type of personal items can he have, how long is A School, is there a graduation, etc. Thank You!!

Comment by WearsLargeHats on January 26, 2016 at 2:18pm: Someone has been sending messages to the group. If you have questions, just post them here as a comment. I can't even figure out how to respond to group messages like that, even though they show up in my email. I think that feature is intended for announcements, or something like that. Unfortunately, her username is not distinct enough for me to message her directly.

Comment by Nicole_Storm on January 14, 2016 at 12:51am: Hello! :)

New to this group, my SR has PIR Jan 22nd and he's headed to Groton,CT for A School....

Anyone have any pointers for PIR day and what to do/not do?

Seems like they all fly out really early the following morning :/ bummer...

any suggestions on ensuring you get to spend the most time with them? (I just sent him a letter with an index card asking him to writ down his flight info once he gets it so he can give it to me at PIR)

Comment by Anchor's Aweigh Mom on January 13, 2016 at 11:19am: MaeJay - As you know, our sailor graduated from PIR the same day yours did. Is it possible that you were so restricted because your sailor graduated from PIR and then the terror attacks in Paris happened? We saw on the news November 14 that the Chicago airport was highly restricted and virtually locked down. Our sailor had asked us not to come to the airport because he was given extra responsibilities to assist with everyone heading to Groton and just wanted to be able to focus on what he needed to do. After he got to Groton he told us that he was glad we weren't there because he wouldn't have been able to see us anyway.

Comment by fayegirrl4* on January 12, 2016 at 6:48pm: HUGE FAVOR: Our son is scheduled to graduate A school the first week in February. If anyone is close by or going to be at the ceremony, would it be possible to get a picture of our sailor? I wish I had the time and money to fly to Groton to witness the graduation . Just asking .....thanks in advance!

Comment by fayegirrl4* on January 12, 2016 at 6:45pm: MaeJay, I m sorry you weren't able to get passes. I suppose security has been tightened up . I know you can never be too safe but it breaks my heart knowing that sailors ( military personnel in general) can't be with their loved ones. I suppose that is just the reality of serving our country. THANK YOU to all that served or have served!

Comment by fayegirrl4* on January 12, 2016 at 10:12am: For future sailors and families: check with the airline attendants as your sailors check in. You should be able to get gate passes so you can stay with your sailor at his/her gate while waiting for their flight. Makes for a very long day/night but SO WORTH IT AFTER not being able to see them for 8 weeks at boot camp or if they have been away at school or duty station.

Comment by fayegirrl4* on January 11, 2016 at 5:28pm: Our sailor's PIR was 09/04/15 and he wanted to be back on base pretty early so we dropped him off around 6:30 pm the evening of PIR. We met him at the airport around 1:30 am and his flight left at 7 am. Hope this helps!

Comment by ally684 on January 11, 2016 at 2:30pm: Our PIR was 11/20 and we had from the end of PIR until 8:00pm with him. His flight was at 5:30 the next morning and he left RTC around 12:30am. We met him at the airport at 1am and spent until about 3:30am with him at the airport.