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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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Permalink Reply by Kathy (AOMom) on
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Well what does he want? He will not deploy for a while, after Boot Camp he will have A school and depending on his rate, it could take anywhere up to 2 years, then possibly C school. Each rate is different for school requirements. From the way you write it sounds like he wants to deploy? Deployments for the Navy can be very different from other branches of the military, most (not all) Navy deployments are on ships, but there are rates that are over in Iraq and Afghanistan. ( Lots of seabees) and some expedionary squadrons, and some have IA (individual assignments) What is a long process for you? He will be trained to best of the Navys ability, which as a mom that is a good thing, the more training they have the better they will be at their jobs. He may not deploy for 2-3 years, my daughter has been in for 2 years and has not deployed yet, some even longer. If the Navy is his future, it will be a process, guess I am not understanding what the rush is? The long process you talk about do you mean waiting to start boot camp?
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Permalink Reply by tylers mom on
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Yes...just waiting to go to boot camp. He cant really sign up for college courses or do anything because he is just waiting. I guess Im just anxious for him to start his future.
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Permalink Reply by Arwen on
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Do have him sign up for college courses. My son doesn't have a date yet, he figures he can get in at least two full-time semesters (they're really short at our local community college) under his belt and earn enough college credits to join as an E-3.
It's rare for new signees these days to be in DEP for less than 6 months. During that time they drill, sometimes weekly, at least monthly, with their recruiter and other Deppers. They work out and study for their "entrance exam" (if they pass it and the physical fitness test they get an immediate promotion), the longer they do this the better they can perform on the test. And all that training makes boot camp a LOT easier.
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The Navy is overmanned right now so yes, there may be a long wait for his choice of job to become available. It might help if he has a couple of jobs in mind then if one comes up he can take it. Many kids are having to wait up to a year to go in so 6 months isn't bad.
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Tylers mom, welcome to the Navy, you will always be waiting for something. First its waiting for boot camp to begin, where I felt as though I was in limbo, then waiting for a letter or call from boot camp, then when in a school waiting to see what orders they get, then its waiting for their leave to be approved, then waiting for them to call or email when they are out to sea, theres a lot of waiting. I hope your son gets the job that he wants, best of luck to you and him. Please ask any questions you would like, we have all been through this process, and our kids dont always tell us everything, so that why we are here, to get as much info as possible.
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