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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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Comment by Quilter on June 11, 2015 at 10:27pm
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My LO got his NAMI Letter!!!! It came in right before Hi Moms started!!! Thank you all so much for your prayers!! They worked!! Now off to sleep to jump up early to watch Class 12-15 do their EARLY MORNING run!! LOL
Thank you all again.. He is good to GO!!
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Hi Ladies, we made it to OCS!! When I saw my LO my heart melted!! I just couldn't stop holding him in my arms!! He looks great!! Still no NAMI letter..he is now the ONLY one without one!! And he's been here at OCS the longest... go figure!!
M's mom, I agree!! These fine young men and women go through 10-11 weeks of OCS and are sent home!! Pretty crazy!! At this point with our LO, no news is good news...but I totally agree... get the NAMI stuff out of the way, and then enter OCS... These LO's also have over $3,000 in uniform expenses, just to be sent home, should they get NPQ'd.
NYNancy, Hi there! Thank you for your kind words... we are hanging in there!! I just pray tomorrow our LO will get the word his letter is here and we can move forward!! Pop in more often!!!
Anna, we're still holding your daughter in prayer!!! She sounds like a wonderful smart young woman!!
We have a long road ahead of us for sure in the Aviation program, still many hoops to jump through and tests to pass. I know now my LO can handle it.. He is in great spirits. WE JUST NEED THAT LETTER!! LOL :)
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Comment by M's mom on June 10, 2015 at 8:58pm
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Doreen: My son graduated college in May 2012, and he was told that his report date to OCS would be at least December sometime. Then, all of a sudden, his recruiter called and he got moved up to June 2012, so as GalleyMom wrote, your son needs to be prepared and learn all of his Navy knowledge by heart now, because things could happen very quickly. Or not. Hurry up and wait! OCS tends to group designators into the same classes, like my son's classmates were all pilot/flight officers and nuclear officers. So if your son will be in supply, they may be assembling a class roster of just supply officers.
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Anna: Maybe we Moms should all write to the Secretary of the Navy and offer our opinions. I'm sure he would really value our input! hahaha But I was wondering back when my son failed the flight physical at OCS, why, oh why, doesn't the Navy have the prospective pilots/NFO's take a flight physical BEFORE they are sent to OCS???? Then, those who are NPQ for flight could apply for a different designator and maybe have to wait for an opening in their choice, but it seems to me an incredible waste of these young people's time and talent to get them started at OCS and THEN do the flight physicals, and THEN boot them out if they don't pass, if that is, in fact, what is happening now. My son passed two Navy "physicals" (but apparently NOT flight physicals) at the area MEPS before going to OCS and they said he was fine. If my son had been let go at OCS, and not been allowed to redesignate, the Secretary of the Navy WOULD have heard from me then! (Not that it would do any good, other than my venting! haha)
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Thanks GalleyMom! Gosh I hope it does not take a year but we are learning that the Navy has their own timetable! My DS is doing all the PT, timing is runs, etc. He is in good shape so I am happy about that. It has been an adjustment for all of us to have him move back home after college. Guess the wait continues. Thanks!
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Comment by NYNancy on June 10, 2015 at 1:12pm
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Hi everyone. I haven't posted a comment in a long time but do read the posts occasionally. My DS graduated OCS in 2012 and is a pilot.
Quilter, it is very difficult to wait and pray all goes well for your DS. This is only the beginning. Looking back I realize my DS had a relatively easy time of it, but every little bump in the road had me praying and worrying; It's just part of the journey. I think it is often worse for me then for him, lol. I hope you have an amazing trip and good news come soon. No matter what you will be so proud of him you will want to burst! I agree with Anna, there is probably more to the story about the candidate who was NPQ'd.
Anna, I'm sorry about your daughter delay and I'll pray that her winging will come very soon. She was a candio for my DS's class!
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Comment by Anna on June 10, 2015 at 12:22pm
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Thank you for the prayers. I know my girl greatly appreciates all those who are praying for her!!! You are so right GaileyMom. This aviation community can certainly add many grey hairs!!! I have no experience with the Nuke field but wonder if it is as selective. But we do understand the need for these extreme measures. Tiggermanic, So happy your son got his letter!!! I assume he heads to P'cola after commissioning? Quilter, There could be many reasons why the young man left the Navy instead of just getting redesignated. Have faith, even if he doesn't get aviation for some reason, there may still be a place for him. M's Mom made a good point - if the Navy is so full why would they be accepting new candidates all the time? Still praying he gets his acceptance letter soon!!!!! M's Mom, My daughter was right behind your son in 17-12!!!! Your facebook group really helped me knowing what was coming up for my daughter's class. And I think all us Moms like to second guess Mother Navy. I really think she could ask our opinions on stuff beforehand!!!!! But still, no one asks my opinion!!!!!!
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M's mom, I'm packing and looking forward to seeing our Fly Boy!!
About the Navy right now, that is what happened to the young man last month, so I was told.. I try not to go by hear say, but several people stated that right now everything is pretty much full in certain areas. Maybe this young man was given a choice and it wasn't for him, I'm not sure.
No matter what, it will all work out the way it's suppose to. I'm so glad we have you M's mom!! You help those of us in need in many ways!! Thank you again!!
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Anna: Sorry to hear about your daughter's setback. Hope all will be well soon, and she will get those wings! I think your daughter was in my son's OCS class (16-12) or soon after? I know it is true what you wrote about flight school being so difficult and many are let go. It may have been a blessing in disguise that my son was deemed NPQ for flight, as disappointing as that was, instead of him getting into flight school and being let go for not cutting it. Hope everything works out well for your daughter!
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Quilter: I'm sure his letter is coming. Hang in there. Just head to Newport with the belief that it will all work out. I'm thinking about you!
I'm flabbergasted to hear that the Navy is now just letting the candidates go if they fail medical, instead of letting them transfer!!!! Seems really harsh. There were several in my son's class including him who were NPQ'd from flight, and all were allowed to transfer designators at that time, back in 2012. Some of them even went through graduation and commissioning without their new designator, and just had to wait at Newport until it arrived. It kind of makes one wonder, if the Navy is full, why are they still taking in new OCS classes every three weeks? They apparently have spots open for the incoming. (Oops, there I go second-guessing Navy policy again. Sorry, Admiral.)
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