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RTC Graduation

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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Going through A School at San Antonio?

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Comment by bullindy on October 12, 2012 at 10:25am: Sorry, he said the same thing as your daughter. First Nov 30, then last night no..Dec 3.

Comment by MyAngel94 (Ship 14 Div 317) on October 12, 2012 at 10:20am: Bullindy, Did he give you the November date or Dec?

Comment by bullindy on October 12, 2012 at 10:16am: MyAngel94..I just talked to my son last night and he gave me the same graduation date.

Comment by MyAngel94 (Ship 14 Div 317) on October 12, 2012 at 9:49am: Thank you lemonelephant, one other question my daughter first gave me a grad date of Nov 30 but called me yesterday and said her new date is Dec 3. I thought I read some place that grads are usually on Fridays and once i awhile on Thursday's. Do you think they will actually have a grad on a Monday?

Comment by lemonelephant on October 9, 2012 at 9:23pm: MyAngel94, they fly out the same day and the time depends on flight availability. Only she will be able to tell you her flight plans. She can find out and let you know and perhaps you can be on the same flight,

Comment by MyAngel94 (Ship 14 Div 317) on October 9, 2012 at 3:55pm: Hello, Im new to this group my daughter PIR on October 5. Graduation is Nov 30 and she said she will be coming home the same day. Does anyone know how soon they fly them out. I want to come down for graduation but I would like to try and get a flight around the time she might be coming home.

Comment by k9kell on October 6, 2012 at 1:04pm: Guitar5150's mom- Thank you for the helpful info. I've been wondering about going. I want to, but not sure if it's going to be affordable for me. Plus I think mine graduates around Christmas and I looked at plane tickets and they were $500 due to holiday pricing. Your post was very inspiring though and I'm going to do everything I can to go, and appreciate the info you posted here.

Congratulations to your son!

Comment by Guitar5150's Mom on October 6, 2012 at 9:00am: Just went to graduation in San Antonio. Recommend Best Western Plus Sunset Suites at River Walk. Close enough to walk down town. Easy drive to the base. We took our GPS and did not have any trouble finding the base. We arrived the night before to get our gate passes. Your SA must put you on the list. The hotel had free parking and a nice continental breakfast. Enjoyed our stay and was able to spend the weekend with our son after graduation. Not many parents were there. It was worth the money and the trip to get to spend time with our son. He thanked us more than once for coming. They really work hard to get to this point. I recommend going if you can. We loved our trip and time with our son.

Comment by bhindthechair S.4 D.303 PIR 9/21 on September 28, 2012 at 6:22am: Ok thank you very much!

Comment by lemonelephant on September 27, 2012 at 11:51pm: They can choose someone to do the pinning--a fellow Sailor or one of the chiefs or other instructors. If you plan to surprise her, you still better let her know no later than the day before so she can get you on the list and so you can get the paperwork taken care of to get on base for graduation. You must have a sponsor to get on base and she will also have to let you know where the graduation will occur.