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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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Phases of Liberty at A-School
Liberty is different than Leave. Leave is similiar to requesting time off for vacation at work, they must submit a chit and have it approved. Liberty basically means that they have "liberty" to leave the base but they are still "on duty" and cannot travel far and they are still accountable for their whereabouts and some even have duty while on liberty.
There are three (3) phases of Liberty - all of which must be earned. They can also be taken away!
Phases are like being a freshman, sophomore, junior, senior. They get different privileges depending on how long they have been at school. Phases are the same at "most" A schools, but the amount of time in each phase varies between schools and can vary between rates (a rate is the term for the job they will hold).
Phase I is for sailors who have just arrived. They are required to wear their uniforms at all times outside of their barracks, are not allowed to leave base and are required to muster three times each day.
Phase II sailors have been at the school for an average of 2-6 weeks. They can wear civilian clothes and they can go off-base - only with a liberty buddy. They are not allowed to stay out overnight.
Phase III are sailors who have been at the school approximately 4-12 weeks and have shown personal responsibility. They no longer have to attend evening muster and can stay out overnight.
Student sailors may be "phased back" or denied the next phase if they fail inspections, miss PT or morning muster or otherwise get in trouble. Even while in Phase III, there are certain cities they are not allowed to go to and there is a mileage boundary line which is unique for each A-School. For example, NASP/Corry Station in Pensacola, FL do not allow sailors to go to New Orleans.
Great Lakes A-School only has two phases of Liberty.
THESE ARE GENERAL GUIDELINES - each school is unique and they can change things at any time!
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Permalink Reply by redsilver812 on
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Thank you for some understanding. I hope that they don't go backwards in their liberty. Once it is earned it would be cruel to take back. LOL The Navy has done a great job with my daughter, she sounds different and she looks like she did when she was 12. She does not have 15 earrings in each ear and one in her lower lip like she has had in the past. She speaks to me like she actually likes me, amazing I always knew she was in there but I was not sure how long it would take to get back. So if the Navy needs to take liberty away sometimes then they know best! Because I love that person she is (I have always loved the person she was but you know what I mean).
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Permalink Reply by KJ's MOM, Ken's Proud Mom, Cathy on
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What are the two phases of GL A-School? What I mean is approximate weeks for each and mile limits they can go for holidays as example.
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Permalink Reply by TxNavyMomWifeCPO(Ship6Div941) on
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GL "A" schools actually have three phases--at least the Corpsman A school does. KJ you will have to ask your sailor in regards to the phases for their "A"school--it really all depends on the length of the school
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Permalink Reply by djloch (Zac's Mom) on
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When Zac arrived at his A school in MO apparently a couple of Phase III Seabees had decided it be fun to drink and get a fight with couple Army guys and so now all the Seabees on base went back to Phase I, Zac said.
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