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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.
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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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Letter Mailing Day!
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Comment by CaroleW (Dylan's Mom) S:11 D:275 on August 8, 2011 at 5:54pm
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Hi Sailormom2011,
Yes, they have Sunday to write their letters, and they usually arrive on Wednesday or Thursday. Mine have been consistently on Wed. As she moves further into her training, she may get a teensy bit more time to write on Tues. & Thurs, however, it'll just be Sundays for awhile.
Prepare yourself to not hearing from your daughter for the first few weeks, that is, after she calls you for a moment when she reaches base. This is pretty challenging for both the parents and their SRs. You'll get a form letter after a week or so that will contain her address. Begin writing her then...write as often as you can. She'll get a stack the first day she can receive mail, and it'll feel like Christmas to her!
Then will come that wonderful day when you open your mailbox and find your first letter from her! I read the first line of my son's first letter home, sat down and cried. It was 10 minutes before I could see the words enough to read more.
Milk every moment with your daughter now that she'll allow. It will seem like forever until you see her face 8 weeks later at PIR. Personally, this has been the longest 5 weeks of my life!
Reach out during the coming rough patches. You'll be amazed at how much support exists from other N4Ms who know exactly what you're going through!
Hang in there!
Carole
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Oh, you'll find things to say, trust me! Send jokes, poems, what the dog did yesterday...anything! Letters from home are your SRs lifeline...and often what keeps them bolstered and able to cope with the demands of boot camp! Just so you know, cards automatically get flagged and your daughter will have to open it in front of the RDCs.
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