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Details of What Sailors Can/Cannot Do during PIR Weekend
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Permalink Reply by YMM (Ship 12 Div 98) on
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Liberty is ‘time off’ from the daily routine. Graduating Sailors will be granted liberty to go off-base during the day with their families.
1. Graduating Sailors may not smoke, drive, or consume alcoholic beverages while on liberty.
2. Graduating Sailors must stay within a 50-mile radius of RTC.
3. Graduating Sailors must remain in their complete uniform while on liberty. If they are engaging in physical activity or swimming, they must be in authorized Navy issued workout gear.
4. Liberty expires at 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 8 p.m. on Sunday. No overnight liberty is authorized. Due to security checks and transit time, please allow ample time for graduating Sailors to walk back to their assigned ship prior to the end of liberty.
5. Families may not enter the base after graduation and will need to meet graduating Sailors for liberty at the main RTC gate.
6. Graduating Sailors departing RTC for follow-up training the same day as graduation or in a duty status will be granted limited on-base liberty.
7. Graduating Sailors receive an in-depth liberty briefing prior to their graduation day.
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Comment by diannep
"Everyone remember...your new sailors will know what they are allowed and not allowed to do on liberty. It is drilled into them...believe me. They are threatened with losing more liberty if they violate them and for those who are GradNGo, they are told that they can be retained at RTC if they don't obey the rules during their brief liberty. So they are usually very serious about being compliant with the rules.
I don't know about having permission to swim on liberty...hadn't heard that...just know that they must be in Navy-issued swimsuit and outerwear"
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Permalink Reply by Momofasailorgirl on
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I don't know if we just had a good weekend or not. My sailor and several of her shipmates in her division PIR was on 02/11/11 and they are staying in great lakes. They checked into their barracks on Friday and stayed with us until Sunday. They had to be back in their barracks at 2145. We were allowed to drive on base on Sunday to take her and her items she bought for her room to her barracks. So like I said I don't know if it was just a good weekend or not but that was our experiance. We did all have to show our ID.
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Permalink Reply by Hunters_Mom_12/092_MAA on
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Hello Mamaofsailorgirl - How exactly were you able to take your daughter's friends with you? Did they need to put you on their PIR list? We are trying to figure out if there are specific rules on taking another Sailor with our own out to dinner or on liberty. All good stuff, Felicia
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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Once Liberty is called, Sailors can leave the RTC. If you have room in your vehicle for one or more Sailors who do not have family at PIR, then you can take them if they wish to go with you; otherwise Sailors who are on their own often go together and use public transportation. You do not have to be on their access list.
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Permalink Reply by BrandonsmomShip09Div338 on
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Most keep referring to shuttle service. How do you wait for your sailor after graduation outside the base if you do not use your rental car. How long do you have to wait until they are outside for Liberty? I do not understand why we should use the shuttle if we wish to take our sailor with us for Liberty. Enlighten me as to what to expect Graduation is 10/7/2011
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Permalink Reply by nukemom1993 on
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Hi BrandonsMom, Can you tell me if you used the shuttle or your car? Is your sailor allowed to come back with you on the shuttle if you use one?
thanks
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Permalink Reply by Invisible12 on
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What exactly can we bring our Sailors to take with them to A School? I know cellphones, laptops and ipads but what about any kind of civilian clothing and eyeglasses or contact lenses?
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You can actually send contacts and a small amount of solution about 2 weeks before PIR. Yes, you can put in the eyeglasses. They love to have favorite undies and you can can put in a set of civilian clothes, but they will not be able to wear them for a few weeks and some A Schools will lock them up until they are allowed. Other things to put in are favorite snack foods and/or candies.
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I am so confused, I thought that they could not bring anything back to the base with them after PIR liberty. What can we bring with us at graduation to send with him on the plane to A school?
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They cannot bring anything back to the RTC with them, but you can meet him at the airport and give him things in a black backpack (they are now issued one so your Sailor may want to use that one). Start with the second sentence in my reply above for what to put in the backback.
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What a relief about the contact lenses. He DID NOT want to wear those ugly glasses for pictures at PIR...LOL. Awesome idea about the snacks/candies. It's the little things that mean everything! Thank you.
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