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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

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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ALUMNI OF PIR 06/05/2015 TG 30 - 9 Divisions (197-204, and 930)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 06/05/2015. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 50
Latest Activity: Jun 9, 2015

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~OPSEC OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmost importance.

~N4M’s also has Community Guidelines just like any other social media.

~Please take the time to read the OPSEC and N4M’s Community Guidelines.

~A quick note here, from the N4M’s CG’s:

• Don’t Jeopardize the Safety of Our Sailors: Remember OPSEC (Operational Security) (Don’t Sink Ships With Loose Lips) This site and all content posted on it are viewable to everyone on the Internet. This doesn’t mean you can’t share things about your Sailor – but too many details can put Sailors in harm’s way. The following are examples of red flags and should not be shared within this community either by posting or sending via a Group message:

• Sailors’ last names. This includes your username if you share the same last name as your son or daughter.

Some Suggestions:

~If your last name is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended for you to use in your username for your own personal security. This is your option. It is also not a good idea to use an email address as your username for personal security reasons.

~First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember, everyone can see it and someone can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture to not include your Recruit at least for the duration of BC. Again, your option

~It is also a good idea to make your settings for your Profile Page "viewable only to your friends"

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You need to be a member of ALUMNI OF PIR 06/05/2015 TG 30 - 9 Divisions (197-204, and 930) to add comments!

Comment by CatMom509 on April 18, 2015 at 3:43am: antsmom,

You can make address labels for your SR to give to your family members. Sometimes your SR might want to see everyone address the letter in their own writing. But if you have someone who has a hard time writing or you think they will get the address wrong, then you could do labels. Please don't just post your SR's address at Boot Camp on FB. Have people who want to write private message you for the address. Here's the correct format:

SR LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, MI

SHIP XX, DIV XXX

????? STREET or SAILOR DRIVE

GREAT LAKES IL 60088-XXXX

Everyone is an SR (Seaman Recruit) while in Boot Camp. They change their titles after they have officially become a Sailor~~

Comment by CatMom509 on April 18, 2015 at 3:33am: Hey everyone, I want to give you a "HEADS UP" to be prepared to receive calls from your SRs this weekend! The call will show up as "847", "Waukegan, IL", "Pay Phone", or "Government" or anything else that may be unfamiliar. If it is a sales call, just politely tell them "No, thank you." Please also let your family members know about this too~~

During this time in Boot Camp, please keep your cell phones charged, ready, and with you all the time---upstairs, downstairs, out in the backyard, in the bathroom, out to get the mail, of course, out on errands. If you are going to a loud restaurant or a movie theater, remember to put it on "vibrate" and put in your pocket or some place you can feel it. They can call during the week or weekend, so just be prepared: 6:00 am - 6:00 pm (Pacific/West Coast); 7:00 am - 7:00 pm (Mountain time); 8:00 am - 8:00 pm (Central/Great Lakes time); 9:00 am - 9:00 pm (Eastern Coast).

Comment by antsmom on April 17, 2015 at 7:45pm: Can we make address labels with SR address?

Comment by diannep on April 17, 2015 at 5:41pm: tangled skeins: Yes, there is handicapped parking/seating there. Also wheelchairs on the base, manned by sailors, who will wheel anyone who needs it in and out of the PIR Hall.

This is what it says in the Family Guide on the RTC website:

Guests with Disabilities  Recruit Training Command will be happy to provide an on-site qualified interpreter for the graduation ceremony when a person with a disability requests the service prior to the event. Please place your request with the Public Affairs Office as soon as possible via e-mail at rtc.pao@navy.mil or via phone at (847)688-2405.  Use of wheelchairs and manually-powered mobility aids are authorized onboard RTC. RTC provides wheelchair spaces and a companion seat in a specialty seating area in the ceremonial drill hall. RTC has wheelchairs available on a first-come, first-served basis which can only be used to transport guests through the check-in process and after the ceremony to their vehicle or transportation service.  If you require handicapped parking please show your parking placard to security staff and you will be directed to the appropriate parking area.

Comment by tangled skeins on April 17, 2015 at 4:46pm: Received our son's letter today in the mail. I was so excited! I had a letter written . . . I simply needed his address. Put that in the mail today. I noticed our son put "Grandpa" on his guest list for graduation. I am wondering how feasible it will be for Grandpa to attend . . . he will need handicap accessible seating. Is handicap accessible seating available? How easy would it be for him to get around? Any input is appreciated.

Comment by CatMom509 on April 17, 2015 at 4:16pm: Momof9,

I'm sure there will no negative effects from calling to obtain information from his family...

Comment by CatMom509 on April 17, 2015 at 4:14pm: Happy Friday!!

     "For of Him and through Him and to Him

      are all things, to whom be glory forever."

                                           Romans 11:36

Comment by diannep on April 17, 2015 at 1:02pm: Good Afternoon! Good Morning ellen!

Comment by ellen0502 on April 17, 2015 at 12:17pm

Comment by Momof9 on April 16, 2015 at 11:56pm: Me too, Mattsmom! Got my first call today. It was for info! I little nervous because he called back this evening in need of more info and I wasn't here. I hope he doesn't have any trouble calling back to get the info he needed. Will it leave them in a negative light it they have to make multiple calls? I would love the calls. I just don't want it to affect him negatively in any way.