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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.

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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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My fiancé and I had originally planned to get married before he finished A school and got his first orders, but recently he's been told from a number of higher ups that a wedding will be too stressful for him and too much to deal with and he should postpone it until he gets his orders. Has anyone dealt with a similar situation? I feel like yes, a wedding will be stressful in A school, but it seems like everything I've read says a wedding after A school would be a lot tougher. Is this just the Navy hoping to put off doing the paperwork? Any insight would be great. Thanks ladies!

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If your not married before his orders are cut and he's out of A school. You won't be going where he is. They wont' pay for you to move with him and it will be on your dime (fyi E1-E3 really don't make much).

Also be prepared their first duty station could be Japan or Korea and they don't move families there (normally).

If I was in your situation I would elope and then plan a big wedding for later. He's gonna need to fill out a chit for the wedding. They can deny time requested off  while in school. 

Have your fiance talk to the chaplain.  We got married while my husband was in A School in Florida, and got all sorts of reasons from different higher ranking officials as to why we shouldn't get married.  My husband spoke with the chaplain, took a financial budget class and took a marriage class before he could submit a chit.

Sweet*Southern*Lady is right.  Get married before he gets those orders, even if it means heading to the courthouse for a quick JOP ceremony, with something bigger later on. 

Don't give up hope!  It CAN happen.  Your fiance needs to be persistent.  :-)

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