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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.
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3 weeks and 4 days and no call yet!!
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Permalink Reply by mom4life on
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Hello acesmom, I hope you are hanging in there and trying to stay strong because I can promise you thats what our kids would want us to do.I am right there with you "no phone call yet:( Remember on the so positive side they are at this point more then halfway through!!!! My son's on the same ship as yours. I'm sure there so tired and working hard to do there best. Stay positive and keep yourself busy it's bound to come soon hopefully :) mom4life
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Permalink Reply by ochaos on
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The phone calls are not guaranteed to come, some divisions get more than others or the recruits simply do not call the parents.
Live your life as normal as possible, come to this site for support but do not stress over phone calls, letters and how they are doing. Phone calls get missed or not made, it is not the end of the world even though it may feel like it at that moment. We have wonderful recruits and who are on a new journey in their life and we need to be okay with the not knowing what is going on and not hearing from them as this may happen from time to time during their time in the Navy, the sooner you are okay with this the better for them as they do not need to know that we are stressing or worried about them.
This is the job that they have chosen and some of us have jobs that do not allow us to have phone calls at work, the same holds true for them, they will call when they can and after BC it does get better but there may be times when it gets worse. We are so used to knowing everything about what they are doing and having instant contact, that it can be hard to break that habit but it will get better, hang in there and before you know it you will be at PIR.
If you are sad, lonely, missing them, angry or many other emotions come here where we know how you feel and we can lift you up.
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Thanks for your support I really am being strong even though he's my only child, I'm proud for being as tough as I've been.I appreciate the encouragement and yes you are 100% correct with saying were so use to having them home and knowing were they are to knowing nothing at all. I have to remember to let go and let god......Thanks again mom4life
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