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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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Winter Holidays
I just found out my husband won't be allowed to come home for Christmas as planned. He might get 5 days around New Years, take travel time and three days at home isn't much for the $600 plane ticket (but still worth seeing him again).
What is the Navy's standard policy for winter holidays? I realize if they're deployed, they can't do much. But if they're home is leave allowed? Low manning? Family days? How have you planned the holidays? Were you able to plan travel with your Sailor? Thanks for your thoughts!
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Permalink Reply by luvinmatt on
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There is no navy standard policy. It all depends on you command. Generally, there is a stand down period that goes from the week before Christmas till the first week of Jan. leave chits have to be in by a certain time, our command wanted them by Oct 15. While the command is on stand down the guys only go in on duty days or muster days unless they are on leave then they don't come in at all.
We don't travel during the holidays unless the leave chit has been approved. Normally, we would take leave but since we are in Guam there is no point cause there is no way we are going home to visit for a week.
IDK if you guys have kids or not but if it was just me I would probably go to my sailor, instead of having him come home. He should know by now if his leave got approved or not. -
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Permalink Reply by Mrs. STS <3 on
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it all depends on the command and where they are at... like down here if they are in offcrew yes they will most likely get the leave for the holidays.. refit assits, last christmas they got either christmas week or new years week plus thanksgiving..... if in regular refit if the other crew doesnt want to cooperate then they wont be getting any leave from what i have seen... so it all depends on where the boat is at and where the crew is and all of that. This ho;iday i cant quite help u out bc hes gone for all the holidays u mentioned.. but last year he wasnt. :) he was in refit assist and flew up to NY to see me for christmas and thanksgiving. he had watch for newyears... hope that kinda helped, i aws a little all over the place but hope it helped
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