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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.
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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AE/CF - ET's & FC's members meet and greet.
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Permalink Reply by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on
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ETs and FCs is a very special field with lots of schooling on the front end and that is why it requires a six year agreement but it is a great field both in the Navy and can be in the civilian job market as well.
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Permalink Reply by CCR on
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The reason I started this discussion was - everytime we want to remember someone and their sailor, we have to go back and search and it takes up a lot of time to try to find someone and remember their sailor, what they do, where they are in their training, and where they are literally. So everyone try to play catch up and put your stats here!
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Permalink Reply by lr5370 on
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My name is Lisa, and my son, John, just graduated bootcamp on 2/12/10. He's FC, so he'll be in GL for...I really don't know how long :) We just started the process, so I'll have alot of questions. I've posted a few times since I joined the group, but I just noticed this discussion. I also joined the A school in GL Q & A group. My son called me last night to send his phone and said he would be on hold for a while, so I'm going to kind of plan on him being in GL for atleast a year. I have realized though, that I may need to get more of the "go with the flow" mindset now. Thanks for the help I know I'll be getting here, and I hope to eventually do the same for others!
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Go with the "flow" mindset - serves a Navy family well k5370. He could be in GL for a year, it took our FC son eight months with no holds and the holds are getting better now :-) But now he can have a cell phone and laptop so after eight weeks of bootcamp, you will love the comunications. Let us know what questions you have along the way.
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Thanks so much Mary. It is so nice to have all of you to go through this with and answer alot of the questions the new Navy families have. I do love the communication we have now. He's even talking about buying a laptop soon. Now, I need to start planning my next trip :-))
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They do sell laptops at the exchange and their is also a Best Buy store in Gurneville. They can get cable/internet in the rooms and many of the sailors will split the cost with their roommates so he might want to see but it could already be activated in his room and he can share in the cost (?)
We went a long eight month from PIR to A school graduation without seeing our son - it was awesome being at his graduation. -
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He mentioned going to Best Buy to compare prices with the Nex, and I'll mention to him about sharing the cost with a roommate.
With all the excitement of BC grad, I haven't really thought alot about A school grad. Is it the same type of ceremony? -
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Our son bought a new laptop when he got to his ship in Hawaii and had the same options...Best Buy or Nex. He shopped both and got it at the Nex - no taxes and they offered him 12 months/no interest and they gave him 10% off if he opened a Military Star card. He took advantage of the discounts and no taxes and paid it off in two months.
Nooooooooo --- A school grad is nothing like PIR. There are few guest that attend and there may only be 15 -20 graduating at a time. But we had not seen our son in eight months and he had orders for his C school and was not sure he was going to come home before C school so we made the trip and surprised him. Most sailors will tell ya - don't worry about it, A school graduation is nothing and if you compare it to PIR that is true but we enjoyed it just the same. -
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We went to A school Grad for one of our son's for the same reason as Mary, he was not going to be able to come home between A school and C school. The whole thing took less than 30 minutes but all the family members attending got nice certificates thanking us for our support of our sailors. I would say unless you are close to GL, or have other reasons like we had or Mary, the A school graduation is not worth the expense.
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I see. I guess I'll see what's going on when that happens, and if it's time for a visit, it would be nice to see it.
Thanks to you both for letting me know.
Mary - The no-tax thing is a big bonus...I'll remind John about the Nex perks when he's comparing. -
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Hey April and welcome and we have some great threads here about FCs and in the "wives" club thread, there is alot of good info about life in GL and living there as a spouse etc. You can count on your hubby being in Gl for a year - school can run six to eight months and then factor in the holds or waiting for C school orders...a year is not out of line with what we have seen this past year.
Don't know how far you are from GL but being separated is not easy. He will have weekends off if he doesn't have duty but he cannot go more than 300 miles from the base. -
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Hi, My name is Wendy and my son Steven Graduated from BC on 2-19-2010. He just started school last week Monday. His rating is FC.
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