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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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Boot Camp and the Holidays
Hi out there. My son is 20 and will be leaving for Boot Camp on Nov. 28th - right after Thanksgiving. What is the deal with Christmas and Boot Camp. I assume there is no celebrating Christmas....
The little perusing of the website that I have done, it is good to know hog many moms are out there feeling this same way that I am .... I am DREADING the holidays and can't believe I am dwelling on this in September.....Kathy
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Permalink Reply by 3athlete on
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Wow. That is good to know. I will have my son ask. I think he sees his recruiter tomorrow. I have been kind of shy about talking to the recruiter myself. K
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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That rumor of the change to 12 weeks has been around for over 4 years. Ask the recruiter to show you in writing when this change is to be implemented. I really doubt that he can.
The typical time that a recruit is at BC is 8 1/2 weeks, but can be a week less if the recruit is one of the last to fill the division (a Push Division) (more likely to happen for a recruit arriving on Monday or Tuesday) or a week longer if the recruit is one of the first to fill a division in a new TG (more likely to happen if a recruit arrives on a Friday) and is held over for others to arrive and/or the RTC skips a week and does not have PIR. Around the holidays, it is more likely that the recruits will be at the RTC closer to 10 weeks than 8 due to shortened training days around the holidays and/or weeks when there is no PIR.
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Permalink Reply by Leisure-Ley on
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lemonelephant true about the rumor mill, apparently however (in the rumor mill) theres alittle more to it now. My son who's in Pensacola told my other thats going in in November, info about the changes being made. He asked his recruitor who we have a close relatonship with and he had lots to say about it and felt that the November SR's would fall into the new training guidelines and extended time. We are really hoping its not the case, it doesnt work with our schedule. But as you know in Navy life (any military life-my ex-is Marines) anything can change at anytime time, nothing is definate and you just go with it.
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So, I guess I'll tell you to expect 12 weeks or more and be pleasantly surprised when/if you find out that it is less than 10 weeks.
Like I said, "Ask the recruiter to show you in writing when this change is to be implemented." If it is going to happen, then there would be a news release or other official document announcing the change.
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