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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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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.
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Care packages for new graduates (a school)
Started by Cali's mama. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Mar 19, 2021. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Looking for current information for my daughter on what's allowed for care packages..idk if it matters that she is in the great lakes location or not..ship 7 div 136...lonely mom with confused tears lol
Bootcamp arrival Sept 8, 2020??
Started by Stephanie0725. Last reply by Shoosh Oct 5, 2020. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Hello! Got the call that my daughter made it to bootcamp quarantine last night 09/08/2020. Looking for other moms out there on the same timeline. Sadie is my baby, only daughter, and only child in the military. I think I am going to need lots of…Continue
PIR DATE: December 13, 2019
Started by Donita. Last reply by Donita Nov 5, 2019. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Anyone else’s recruit have a PIR date ofDecember 13, 2019?Continue
Arrived at boot camp October 2nd
Started by Donita. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Nov 5, 2019. 26 Replies 1 Like
Hey everyone- my daughter left for boot camp October 2nd. I missed a call from her last Friday telling me that her graduation is December 13th. I feel like the worst mom in the world for missing her call. Really didn’t expect her to call so soon but…Continue
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Comment by DC - G'mother of My Fav Sailor on January 11, 2010 at 10:06am
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It takes a lot to get me to give up my OJ. I won't tell you what I paid for Tropicana when we lived in Ireland for a year. Even 15 years later it would be an expensive price but Florida OJ beats OJ from Spain hands down.
Blondie, I hope you get the BP under control soon. That is important.
Most of the Christmas decorations are down but not put away. I do still have the garlands/lights on the banisters.
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Great, KR, would love to see you there. Be careful, you may yet get sewing skills. There are several who have started sewing with us! But even if you don't you are very welcome.
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Blondie, you do need to lighten your stress load. High BP is definitely not good!
Pat, I hope it warms soon in Florida.
Christmas, Welcome to the group! Empty nest syndrome is hard. For me, when our sons went off to college and the air force, I was younger, busier and it was sort of expected. Our oldest granddaughter lived with us for four years while she went to college. She did live on campus but it was only an hour or so away. I enjoyed going up on a Saturday for lunch and a movie or shopping. She would come home for a weekend or holidays. Sometimes she just showed up out of the blue. When she went left, and has since joined the Navy, I felt the empty nest syndrome much more.
I belong to another N4M group called Heads at Ease. We make pillowcases for deployed military, primarily sailors. Since I am a sewer, this suits me well. I can be creative, because we try to make every pillowcase unique, especially to the same unit. This is another active group and it gives me something productive to do. Come by the group to see if you would like to be involved. Some of the group are not sewers but they shop for fabric and donate it to the sewers. They have enabled me to sew many more than I would do all on my own. In addition, we have some who have learned to sew to participate. In any case, I think you will find looking at all the creativity interesting.
If you are not interested in this, there are many other ways that can occupy your mind and keep you from feeling the empty nest syndrome so much, e.g., become a docent at a local museum, read to children at the library, volunteer in the local grade school. My sister in law is so busy since retiring that we frequently have problems tracking her down to say hello.
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Blondie, I am glad that you were not hurt other than your feelings. We have a pet peeve with people who don't drive with lights on, like in the middle of fog, which we often get on the coast. I am not surprised your BP was up.
I decided to retire when I reached the point that my students whining for grades for nothing kept my BP too high. I once had a student failing my course because he did not apply himself and he had the nerve to tell me that it would be my fault if he did not graduate. I was so annoyed that I was not sure I could grade his test fairly. Would I grade it too tough because I was annoyed with him, or would I grade it too easy because I never wanted him in my class again? I finally decided the only fair thing to do was to grade the test blind. I would not know whose test it was until after grades were recorded. I announced it in class and guess what, he buckled down and passed the course, with a C no less. He knew he had no hope of badgering me into a grade.
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Pat, extended cold in Florida is hard because things are not built for it. I remember when we lived in Gainesville, one Christmas was unseasonably cold. We could stand in the yard and listen to the transformers blow up on the power lines. Some were out of power for five days. We had a skiff of snow and it caused total havoc in town. There was black ice in shady areas and black ice is not fun no matter where you live. I hope that it warms up some for you soon.
I do hope that they come up with a treatable diagnosis for Jenn soon!
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My pleasure, Joanne. I mailed them yesterday. The lady at the post office commented about their going to the State Department. Be sure to let me know when her boyfriend and best friend deploy.
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Comment by Anna on January 7, 2010 at 4:06pm
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Pat,
It is so good to see you back. I'm so sorry you weren't able to to find that cure for Jenn. I can certainly understand how sad it will be for you and her if she is not able to stay in. Will keep prayers going that something will work out for her after all.
A's step-mom,
Glad to see you here also. Stay with us we can help you over these coming weeks. Yes, you can lean on us!!
So many of us are going to be in the path of this storm coming. Hope everyone stays safe most of all.
Blondie,
Thank God the storm did delay just enough. Jenn was able to get to the recruiters this morning - some of her local roads were icy but she took her time and the major roads were ok.
Good news is she did pass the test - all sections of it - but bad news is, if she wants to get into the pilot program she will have to score higher on the aviation stuff. Competition is too high to get in with the score she got. So she will be doing more studying and will take the test again after 30 days!!! And she said to thank all of you for all the prayers!!! I'll let you know when she gets scheduled to take it again.
DC,
Those pillowcases look so nice!! What a special gift you have spread to many a sailor!!!!
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Hi, Pat, glad you back posting again. Many prayers continue to come Jenn's way.
Joanne, I have the address you sent earlier. It is heading out today.
This month we are doing a MASH unit in Afghanistan and the next big project is going to be two medical units that lost members in the Ft. Hood shooting. Each of those will carry an angel. I would never have thought that angel fabric would be so hard to find, especially fabric that is not expensive. I ordered two yards on-line and will make angel patches for mine. Some are appliqueing angels, other making bands. One mom is making embroidered ones for the families of the fallen soldiers. Those will have the name of the solder and an angel. One mom is making spiderman pillowcases for the berth cube of a sailor ... this was their request.
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I mean pillowcases, not the pictures. :=)
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Joanne, here are the pictures going to Kasey and her roommate. They can decide who gets which one.
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