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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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Permalink Reply by Melissa(Sub Mom) on
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I think if our bosses actually knew how much time we spend talking to each other on here we may have our pay docked for have to stay late. LOL
I have been preparing for trials the last couple of weeks and every time I have down time I am on here catching up. I look forward to 3 things each week, my letters from my son is #1, talking to all of you #2 and Trivia Tuesday #3. I tell you every time my friends say you dont talk much about how you miss John and I tell them, you guys never want to hear how sad I am or how I miss him, you just say it is ok. So I talk to all my Navy Mom buddies on N4M and FB. At least they listen to me and know how I feel. I dont mean to make them feel bad but they have all their kids still at home. Other than one other lady I know her son is in the Navy on the Ronald Reagan and she knows exactly how I feel.
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Permalink Reply by kimmic1989/Eric's Mom on
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And seriously...if ONE more person says "it's just like when my kids went to college" I will scream!! I had two go to college before my SR....Not the same, I could call them every day!!! I knew when they were happy and when they were sad...NOT THE SAME!!
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Permalink Reply by DramaSoul on
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I agree!! NOT THE SAME! I have had friends say the same thing! This inability to be in communication with them is the hardest part.
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Permalink Reply by Doreen-ProudNavyMom on
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You are so right. My SR spent one semester away from home after HS graduation. I talked or texted him everyday. He wasn't committed for 6 years and wasn't going to live that away from home. Also, I think everyone forgets they signed up to serve their country and everything that means. Totally different from college. I have to say this experience might make it easier for me when my twin girls take off for college next year.
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Permalink Reply by Barbydahlzz ALUM 09/075 USS JPJ on
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yes ma'am... i'd punch them in the face too... or i get this..." Oh my how can you be excited for your son!!:" i want to say " Lady are you kidding me?? I miss my kid terribly...but totally understand why he made this decision (and im sure my mother said the same when i enlisted too) then say .. if it weren't for the proud men and women that serve what kind of life would YOU have" then punch them in the face.....
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I know right. I tell them go 8 weeks with talking to the 2 times and no pics no nothing. Then we will talk
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Melissa I feel the same way. I have wonderful friends but none of them have had a child in the military. If I am feeling bummed because I didn't get a letter and it is Hell Week...you ladies know EXACTLY what I am feeling. Many of them have asked me why I haven't cleaned his room yet...jeez.
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are they still only mailing out on Sundays??
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Permalink Reply by ColoradoMom Nuke ET on
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In my SRs letter (received yesterday), he said they were now given letter writing privileges on Tuesdays and Thursdays but could still only mail out on Sundays. That would have been training week 3.
Personally, I'm hoping that they are now allowed to mail more often than Sundays.
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it will change soon, my sr was asmo'd from his orig div on his 5-3 day and got to mail out almost everyday... knowing they can write on more days is a good thing.. HOOYAH... i got so used to getting mail almost every other day... feel like my privileges were taken away too
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Yes I think they are.
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